»Getting Started

Before getting started with Boundary, it's important to understand a few key concepts. Please consult our Boundary concepts page to familiarize yourself with Boundary's architecture and terminology.

»Requirements

The Getting Started section uses HCP Boundary, a HashiCorp hosted and fully-managed version of the Boundary product.

To get started with HCP Boundary, users need:

• A HashiCorp Cloud Platform account
• Installation of Boundary CLI
• A Boundary binary in your $PATH
• Optionally, an installation of Boundary Desktop

If you prefer to get started on your local machine, refer to Run and Login in Dev Mode. For more information on Boundary OSS and self-managed installations, refer to Boundary OSS.