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# Basic Tutorials

### Recommended for beginners:

| **Tutorial**                                                                                                                                                     | **Targeted Use**                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Log in to the Data Center Designer**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/getting-started/basic-tutorials/log-in-dcd.md) | Log in to the Data Center Designer (DCD), explore the dashboard and menu options. |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Data Center Basics**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/getting-started/basic-tutorials/data-center-basics.md)         | Create a data center and learn about individual user interface (UI) elements.     |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a Data Center**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/getting-started/basic-tutorials/configure-data-center.md) | Create a Server, add storage and a network. Provision changes.                    |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Manage User Access**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/getting-started/basic-tutorials/manage-user-access.md)         | Set user privileges; limit or extend access to chosen roles.                      |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Account Settings**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/getting-started/basic-tutorials/account-settings.md)             | Manage general settings, payment and contract details.                            |

### Selected user guides:

This section lists the most commonly referred topics in the **User Guides**.

| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a Dedicated Core Server**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/compute-engine/how-tos/set-up-dedicated-core.md)                      | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a Network Load Balancer**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/network-load-balancer/setup-nlb.md)                     |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a Database Cluster**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/database-as-a-service/postgresql/api-howtos/create-a-database.md) | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set Up Storage**</mark>](https://github.com/ionos-cloud/twt-products-documentation/blob/gitbook-main/compute/block-storage/dcd-how-tos/add-block-storage.md) |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a NAT Gateway**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/nat-gateway/setup-nat-gateway.md)                                      | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure a Network**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/networks/how-tos/configure-networks.md)                                        |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set Up S3 Object Storage Access**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/s3-object-storage/get-started/setup-access.md)                 | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Connect via SSH**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/compute-engine/how-tos/connect-via-ssh.md)                                         |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set Up Backup Units**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/backup-service/how-tos/backup-units.md)                                    | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Configure Flow Logs**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/compute/networks/how-tos/flow-logs/configure-flow-logs.md)                             |
| [<mark style="color:blue;">**Set Up a Kubernetes Cluster**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/managed-kubernetes/how-tos/cluster_management.md)                  | [<mark style="color:blue;">**Create Alarms and Actions**</mark>](/cloud/~/revisions/bM7yG7XCmGE9IxWqMpBu/managed-services/monitoring-as-a-service/dcd-how-tos/create-alarms-actions.md)   |


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