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title: "Creating Cloud IDE"
date: "2024-10-28T05:37:11+00:00"
summary: "Create a powerful Cloud IDE for your Drupal projects using Acquia's user-friendly interface or CLI. Learn step-by-step how to set up, launch, and manage your development environment efficiently."
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You can create Cloud IDE through:

*   [Cloud Platform user interface](#cloud-platform-ui)
*   [Acquia CLI](#acquia-cli)

Creating a Cloud IDE through the Cloud Platform user interface
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You can create a Cloud IDE through the Cloud Platform user interface in the following ways:

### Using the applications dashboard

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com).
2.  Go to **Applications**.
3.  Go to **Actions** > **Create Cloud IDE**.
    
    ![ide_creating-cloud-ide-applications](https://acquia.widen.net/content/76f350e4-aa84-49ad-a46e-e0d61c70d811/web/a56b1_ide_creating-cloud-ide-applications.png?h=480&itok=zNh5jIhj)
    
4.  Specify a name for your IDE and click **Submit**.
    
    ![ide_specifying-a-name-for-your-ide](https://acquia.widen.net/content/461c9e33-088b-4f57-9127-61c699a3d94f/web/b6ee0_ide_specifying-a-name-for-your-ide.png?w=480&itok=EwrAeN9G)
    
    While the IDE gets provisioned, the system displays a spinner on the card. The IDE is available within a few minutes.
    
    ![ide_provisioning](https://acquia.widen.net/content/5623aa57-1486-4f00-a4ea-dbeb75ed9237/web/051a9_ide_provisioning.png?w=480&itok=hVIbC618)
    
      
    After the IDE is ready, the updated card displays the IDE URL and the owner.
    
5.  To launch the IDE in a new tab, click **Launch Cloud IDE**. 
    

### Using the codebase dashboard

Note

You must have the Multi-Experience Operations entitlement added to your Cloud Platform subscription to use the following procedure.

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com).
2.  Go to **Codebases**.
3.  Select your codebase.  
    This displays the Codebase Overview page.
    
    ![ide_creating-ide-codebase](https://acquia.widen.net/content/13516efb-2b79-4697-80b0-6df6d930797b/web/e30b7_ide_creating-ide-codebase.png?w=720&itok=urp0DBzC)
    
4.  Click **Cloud IDEs**.
5.  Click **Create Cloud IDE**. 
    
    ![ide_creating-cloud-ide-ide](https://acquia.widen.net/content/9960651a-e53a-4205-be6d-083ec86825d9/web/c9ea3_ide_creating-cloud-ide-ide.png?w=720&itok=gg8_USGb)
    
6.  Specify a name for your IDE and click **Submit**.
    
    ![ide_specifying-a-name-for-your-ide](https://acquia.widen.net/content/461c9e33-088b-4f57-9127-61c699a3d94f/web/b6ee0_ide_specifying-a-name-for-your-ide.png?w=480&itok=EwrAeN9G)
    
    While the IDE gets provisioned, the system displays a spinner on the card. The IDE is available within a few minutes.
    
    ![ide_provisioning](https://acquia.widen.net/content/5623aa57-1486-4f00-a4ea-dbeb75ed9237/web/051a9_ide_provisioning.png?w=480&itok=hVIbC618)
    
      
    After the IDE is ready, the updated card displays the IDE URL and the owner.
    
7.  To launch the IDE in a new tab, click the ellipsis icon and select **Launch Cloud IDE**. 
    
    ![ide_launching-ide](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ea41425a-104a-4b00-8eb2-2584057cbdbd/web/1db04_ide_launching-ide.png?w=173&itok=VgSH275P)
    

Creating a Cloud IDE by using Acquia CLI[¶](#creating-a-cloud-ide-by-using-acquia-cli "Permalink to this heading")
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To create a Cloud IDE by using Acquia CLI:

1.  [Install Acquia CLI](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/acquia-cli/install).
2.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](https://cloud.acquia.com).
3.  Open your local terminal application.
4.  From the command line, authenticate with the Cloud Platform API and follow the prompts:
    
        acli auth:login
    
    Note
    
    If you authenticated with the Cloud Platform API or if you want to create a new IDE from a Cloud IDE, you do not need to authenticate again.
    
5.  From the command line, create the Cloud IDE and follow the prompts.
    
        acli ide:create
    

After the IDE is created, [Acquia CLI](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/acquia-cli) displays a link to your IDE and a link to the Drupal application hosted in the IDE.

To open your IDE at any time:

1.  Run the following command from your terminal:
    
        acli ide:open
    
2.  Select the IDE you want to open.

Review all the commands to [manage your IDE lifecycle](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/ide#ide-manage).

For information about changing preferences in Cloud IDE, visit [Settings and preferences](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/ide/settings).