First login and dashboard tour

What to expect after your first login: workspace, navigation, and where Applications and Worker Nodes live.

Written By Zoro

Last updated 28 days ago

Use this page right after Create your account and workspace (cloud) or your first successful sign-in on self-hosted dFlow.

Prerequisites

  • You can open the dFlow dashboard (app.dflow.sh or your self-hosted URL).

  • Optional: five minutes to read How dFlow is structured under Core Concepts in the sidebar alongside this tour.

1. Understand your workspace and Organisation

You work inside an Organisation (tenant). On dFlow Cloud, billing, members, and shared settings are scoped there. Concept detail: Organisations and tenants under Core Concepts in the sidebar.

2. Find Applications and Worker Nodes

Area

What it is for

Applications

Containers for Environments and Services; start here for app work

**Worker Nodes** / **Servers**

Machines that run workloads when attached to Environments

**Integrations**

Git providers, registries, and cloud accounts

**Team / Organisation**

Invites and roles (Invites and team members under Security and Team Management in the sidebar)

3. Map the mental model

Organisation └── Application └── Environment (compute attaches here) └── Service └── Deployment

  • Applications concept under Core Concepts in the sidebar

  • Environments concept under Core Concepts in the sidebar

  • Services concept under Core Concepts in the sidebar

4. Legacy navigation

If you still see Projects in the UI, read Legacy Projects vs Applications under Core Concepts in the sidebar and prefer Applications for new work.

Expected outcome

You know where to create Applications, where Worker Nodes are managed, and how those pieces relate to Environments and Services.

If something fails

  • Getting started issues under Troubleshooting in the sidebar

Where to go next

Goal

Start here

Shortest cloud path

Quick start for dFlow Cloud

Self-hosted path

Quick start for Self-Hosted dFlow

First deploy

Deploy your first app

Add compute

Worker Nodes overview under Worker Nodes and Compute in the sidebar, Add a self-hosted server under Worker Nodes and Compute in the sidebar

Deeper architecture

Platform architecture under Core Concepts in the sidebar