Initial preparations

This page guides you through the initial preparations needed to establish a connection with itsme® through Signicat and to test your integration before you can go live in production.

Prerequisites

To connect to itsme® and get access to Signicat services, you first need to sign some contractual agreements with us.

In particular, you need to sign:

1. An agreement contract
2. A data processing agreement (DPA)

If you want to integrate with itsme®, contact us to get started with these agreements:

Sign up to Signicat

If you do not have an account already, then you need to sign up to the Signicat Dashboard for free and complete the initial preparations. To do this:

1. Sign up to the Signicat Dashboard and register your profile.
2. Ensure that you have created an organisation.
3. Create an account. To do this:
   1. Go to Signicat Dashboard > Organisation, then select + Add account.
   2. Enter an account name, choose the type of account that you want to create, then select Create.
4. Create a domain. To do this:
   1. Go to Signicat Dashboard > Settings > Domain management, then select + Add domain.
   2. To create a standard domain, enter a domain name. Then, select Add domain.
   3. To create a custom domain, follow the instructions in the Custom domains documentation.

Account types

We recommend that you create a sandbox account to test our services before going live. Sandbox and production accounts must be set up separately.

Request access to itsme®

Before you can start connecting to itsme®, you need to receive access to itsme® in the Signicat Dashboard. To do this, contact our Sales department.

After you receive access to itsme® in the Signicat Dashboard, you can view your eID configuration at Products > eID and Wallet Hub > eIDs.

Next steps

Set up itsme®

Configure and connect to itsme®