Getting started
This section takes you from no account to a working Sectigo Edge workspace. Most teams finish it in one sitting, apart from waiting for workspace approval.
The path to your first sign-in
| Step | What you do | Who | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Create your account | Submit the sign-up form with your work email and a password. | You | — |
| 2. Verify email & domain | Confirm your mailbox, then publish and verify a DNS TXT record. | You (and your DNS administrator) | Within 7 days of sign-up |
| 3. Workspace approval | A Sectigo reviewer approves your workspace. | Sectigo | Within 7 days of sign-up |
| 4. First login & MFA | Sign in and enrol an authenticator app, then optionally a passkey. | You | — |
Start with What is Sectigo Edge? and keep Concepts & terminology open as a reference. Once you are in, the Console tour shows where everything lives.
What you need before you start
- A work email address on your organisation's own domain. Public mailbox providers are not accepted.
- The ability to add a DNS TXT record for that domain, or a colleague who can.
- An authenticator app on your phone or computer.
In this section
What is Sectigo Edge?
A plain-language overview of Sectigo Edge: the problems it solves, how the console and Mesh Nodes fit together, and where it sits alongside your existing certificate authorities and workloads.
Concepts & terminology
Definitions of the terms used across the console and these docs, such as workspace, Mesh Node, service claim, trust graph, rotation, migration, policy and evidence, with how they relate to one another.
Create your account
How to sign up for Sectigo Edge, what information is requested, and what happens after you submit the sign-up form.
Verify email & domain
How to confirm your email address and prove control of your organisation's domain with a DNS TXT record, including provider examples, how to check the record yourself, and how to resolve common verification problems.
Workspace approval
What workspace approval is, what happens while your request is pending, how to tell when your workspace is ready, and what approval does and does not grant.
First login & MFA
Signing in for the first time and enrolling multi-factor authentication with an authenticator app or a passkey, managing passkeys, resetting a forgotten password, and fixing common sign-in problems.
Console tour
A guided walk through the console layout: the sidebar sections, the top bar, the workspace and edge status indicators, your account dialog, and where to start on day one.