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title: "Log in and access"
date: "2026-05-12T08:40:38+00:00"
summary: "Sign in and launch Cloud IDE from your Cloud Platform dashboard with easy step-by-step access to your development environment."
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Logging in to Cloud IDE
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Access to Cloud IDE is managed through the Cloud Platform interface. After you create your IDE, you can launch it directly from the Cloud IDE page for your application.

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](/node/55875).
2.  Navigate to your application and select the environment where you want to use Cloud IDE.
3.  Launch Cloud IDE from the environment dashboard.
4.  Follow the on-screen prompts to authenticate and access your development environment.