Getting started
SHTERA installs nothing. Everything happens in the browser: you create the account, sign in, and you can already reach a server. This chapter covers signup through your first sign-in.
Create the account
Signup asks for three things: your email, a password and your company name. No card, no billing details: the Free plan is active from minute one.
Your company identifier is generated automatically from the first eight letters of the name you entered. If that identifier is taken, a number is appended. From the Inicial plan up you can pick a different one, or use a domain of your own instead.
Verify your email
After signup you get an email with a verification link that expires in 24 hours. Until you open it, the account cannot sign in.
Turn on two-factor
The six-digit code is mandatory, not optional. At the end of signup a QR code appears: scan it with any authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, whichever you use) and confirm with the first code it shows.
Store the secret somewhere safe besides the phone. If you lose the phone and do not have the secret, you will need your recovery code.
Signing in
Sign-in has two steps. First your email and password. Once those check out, the second factor is requested: if you registered quick access on that device, a fingerprint, face or PIN is enough; otherwise, the six-digit code from your app.
If you have quick access but you are on a different computer, a link on that same screen lets you use the app code instead.
Several sessions at once
You can have several sessions open at the same time — the office and your laptop, for instance — without signing in on one closing the other. Each session, yours or another user's in the company, counts against the concurrent sign-in limit your plan sets.
From "Settings" you can see your open sessions (since when, and which browser) and close one or all but the one you are using.
