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  Every Realtime App is a separate environment, so you can make one for
  development, staging and production versions for your product.

  Either using Dashboard, or the API create a Realtime App. When you create a
  Realtime App, you will get:
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Before you get started:

You must first [create a Cloudflare account](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/create-account/).

## Create your first app

Every Realtime App is a separate environment, so you can make one for development, staging and production versions for your product. Either using [Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/calls), or the [API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/calls/subresources/sfu/methods/create/) create a Realtime App. When you create a Realtime App, you will get:

* App ID
* App Secret

These two combined will allow you to make API Realtime from your backend server to Realtime.
