# Overview

This section will help you get started with Akamas Insights, from requirements to initial login and basic configuration.

## Prerequisites

Before using Akamas Insights, you should have:

* **Access credentials**: Sign up at [akamas.io/get-insights](https://akamas.io/get-insights/) to get yours
* **Monitoring data source**: API access to one of the supported monitoring platforms:
  * [Dynatrace](/insights/connecting-your-data/datasources/dynatrace.md)
  * [Datadog](/insights/connecting-your-data/datasources/datadog.md)
  * [Prometheus](/insights/connecting-your-data/datasources/prometheus.md)
  * [Grafana Cloud](/insights/connecting-your-data/datasources/grafana-cloud.md)
  * [Amazon Managed Prometheus](/insights/connecting-your-data/datasources/prometheus.md#amazon-managed-prometheus-amp)

## First-Time Login

1. Navigate to the Akamas Insights URL provided when you first registered (check your inbox for the welcome email)
2. Click the **Login** button on the welcome page
3. Enter your credentials (email and password)
4. If this is your first time logging in, you might be prompted to set up a new password
5. Upon successful authentication, you will be redirected to the Akamas Insights dashboard

## Interactive Onboarding Tour

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When you first log in, Akamas Insights launches an interactive onboarding tour that guides you through the platform's essential features in five steps:

1. **Integrate Data Source** (\~ 2 minutes)\
   Connect your monitoring platform to begin collecting telemetry / observability data.
2. **Import Data** (\~ 2 hours)\
   Import metrics of your clusters from the monitoring datasource.
3. **Monitoring Infrastructure Health - Home page** (\~ 5 minutes)\
   Review the Akamas homepage to uncover potential cost saving and performance enhancements.
4. **Analyze Cluster Performance - Cluster Overview page** (\~ 2 minutes)\
   Deep-dive into individual cluster health and performance. Review detailed cost breakdowns, savings opportunities, and risk factors. Identify what's driving costs and risks, then drill down into specific areas for targeted optimizations.
5. **Explore optimization opportunities - Workloads page** (\~ 2 minutes)

   Dive into specific workloads and applications to discover tailored optimization recommendations. Akamas analyzes your infrastructure patterns to suggest precise configuration changes that reduce costs and improve performance.
6. **Implement Recommendations - Workload page** (\~2 minutes)\
   Implement optimizations in your clusters.

You can access the onboarding tour at any time from the **Get Started** page in the main navigation.


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