# Step 1: Sign up Wether you want to use helmut.cloud for yourself, as member of a team or for your company: The first thing you will always need is your personal account. ## Process overview * Sign up to helmut.cloud * Choose a region for your data and operations * Provide an e-mail-address and personal data * Check and confirm your input * Verify your e-mail-address Visit in your browser and sign up to helmut.cloud. Please choose a location for your data and operations depending on where you are located. Bear in mind that this does not only have influence on your connection to helmut.clouds servers, but also may be a legal decision about where your data is stored. A valid e-mail-address is needed for your helmut.cloud account. Follow through with the sign-up process. When you have confirmed your data and validated your e-mail-address, you can sign in for the first time. Welcome to helmut.cloud! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.helmut.cloud/getting-started/step-1-sign-up.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.