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title: Create a Zero Trust organization · Cloudflare Learning Paths
description: To start using Zero Trust features, create a Zero Trust
  organization in your Cloudflare account.
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To start using Zero Trust features, create a Zero Trust organization in your Cloudflare account.

## Sign up for Zero Trust

To create a Zero Trust organization:

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select **Zero Trust**.

   [Go to **Zero Trust**](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/)

2. On the onboarding screen, choose a team name. The team name is a unique, internal identifier for your Zero Trust organization. Users will enter this team name when they enroll their device manually, and it will be the subdomain for your App Launcher (as relevant). Your business name is the typical entry.

3. Complete your onboarding by selecting a subscription plan and entering your payment details. If you chose the **Zero Trust Free plan**, this step is still needed but you will not be charged.

## (Optional) Manage Zero Trust in Terraform

You can use the [Cloudflare Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest) to manage your Zero Trust organization alongside your other IT infrastructure. To get started with Terraform, refer to our [Terraform tutorial series](https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/).

To add Zero Trust to your Terraform configuration:

1. [Sign up for Zero Trust](#sign-up-for-zero-trust) on the Cloudflare dashboard.

2. Add the following permission to your [`cloudflare_api_token`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_token):

   * `Access: Organizations, Identity Providers, and Groups Write`

3. Add the [`cloudflare_zero_trust_organization`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/zero_trust_organization) resource:

   ```terraform
   resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_organization" "<your-team-name>" {
     account_id                         = var.cloudflare_account_id
     name                               = "Acme Corporation"
     auth_domain                        = "<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com"
   }
   ```

   Replace `<your-team-name` with the Zero Trust organization name selected during [onboarding](#sign-up-for-zero-trust). You can also view your team name on [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com) under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

You can now update Zero Trust organization settings using Terraform.

Tip

If you plan to manage all Zero Trust settings in Terraform, set the dashboard to [API/Terraform read-only mode](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/#set-dashboard-to-read-only).
