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title: Create your server
description: >-
  Create a MapleDeploy account, choose a plan, follow provisioning, and open
  your managed Coolify server when it is ready.
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---

This guide covers the first MapleDeploy step: creating your account and server.

Each server is a dedicated VM in Toronto with its own Coolify instance. Once provisioning finishes, you can deploy applications from Coolify.

## Step 1: Create your account

Go to the [signup page](https://app.mapledeploy.ca/signup) and create an account. If you already have an account, sign in and go to the dashboard.

## Step 2: Create a server

From the dashboard, select **Create server**.

Choose a subdomain. This becomes your MapleDeploy server address, such as `your-name.mapledeploy.ca`, and is used for your Coolify dashboard URL.

Then choose a plan. Starter and Pro include a 30-day free trial, so you can deploy a real project before the first charge.

{% content-image src="dashboard-create-server-zoom-plans" caption="Choose the plan that matches the resources your apps need." /%}

## Step 3: Wait for provisioning

After checkout, MapleDeploy creates your VM, installs Coolify, prepares SSL, and connects the server to your dashboard.

Provisioning usually takes about 10 minutes. The dashboard shows progress while the server is being prepared.

{% content-image src="dashboard-provisioning-progress-zoom-card" caption="The provisioning checklist updates as your server is prepared." /%}

You will receive an email when the server is ready.

## Step 4: Open Coolify

When provisioning completes, open the server details page and select the Coolify dashboard link.

{% content-image src="dashboard-server-detail-active-zoom-card" caption="Your server details page links to your Coolify dashboard." /%}

Coolify is where you deploy applications, create databases, configure domains, and manage environment variables.

## Next step

Continue with [Deploy your first app](/docs/deploy-your-first-app).