Step 1: Begin

To access DC Assurance, you must create an account in DC Assurance and activate your account. You can create an account in DC Assurance in one of the following ways:

• Access the DC Assurance portal at https://dc.ai.juniper.net, create an account, and create your organization.

• Use the invite received from an administrator in DC Assurance to join an organization.

To access DC Assurance and create an account:

1. Access DC Assurance at https://dc.ai.juniper.net from a web browser.

2. Click Create Account on the DC Assurance page.

3. On the My Account page, type your first name, last name, e-mail address, and password, and click Create Account.

   The password can contain up to 32 characters, including special characters, based on the password policy of the organization.

   DC Assurance sends you a confirmation e-mail to validate the account.

4. In the verification e-mail that you receive, click Validate Me.

   The My Account page appears.

5. Click Create Organization.

   The Create organization page appears.

6. Enter a unique name for your organization and click Create.

   The New Account page appears displaying the organization that you created.

7. Select the organization you created.

   You have successfully logged in to your organization in DC Assurance.

To access DC Assurance using the invite from an administrator:

1. Click Access organization-name in the e-mail body of the invite that you received.

   The Invite to Organization page appears.

2. Click Register to Accept.

   The My Account page appears.

3. Enter your first name, last name, e-mail address, and the password that you'll use to access your account.

   The password can contain up to 32 characters, including special characters, based on the password policy of the organization.

4. Click Create Account.

5. In the verification e-mail that you received, click Validate Me.

   The My Account page appears.

6. Select the organization for which you received the invite.

   You can access the organization in DC Assurance. The tasks you can perform in this organization depends on the role assigned to you.

By default, the first user who creates an account and the organization has the superuser privileges in that organization. The Super User can perform functions such as create organization, add sites, add users to various roles, and so on. For more information about roles, see Predefined User Roles Overview

To receive data center network data in DC Assurance, you must install and register Apstra Edge in the Apstra Data Center Director instance. For Juniper Apstra releases 5.0 and earlier, follow the instructions provided in Juniper Apstra Edge Setup Guide to install Apstra Edge.

For Juniper Apstra release 5.1 and later, you can install Apstra Edge from within Juniper Apstra. Refer Data Assurance Onboarding Guide for more information.

To receive data center events from the Apstra Data Center Director-managed data center, you need to install Apstra Edge and then adopt it in DC Assurance. Apstra Edge maintains connectivity with the cloud and sends the event information it receives from Apstra Data Center Director to DC Assurance.

To adopt Juniper Apstra Edge in DC Assurance:

Pre-flight checks verify whether certain prerequisites and configuration requirements are met and provides actionable guidance on how to resolve potential issues. These checks enable you to validate the environment, identify issues that might affect the performance of DC Assurance features, and resolve them. For more information, see Pre-Flight Checks.