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title: "Getting Started with the Control Panel"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/getting-started-with-cp.htm
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applies_to:
  - product: "Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
  - product: "Design Editor"
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# Getting Started with the Control Panel

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
The Control Panel represents a web application to manage files and configure the Design Editor.
 
## A Cloud Instance
  
Cloud instances of Design Editor have the Control Panel already installed.
 
### Running the Cloud Control Panel
 
To administrate your cloud instance, follow the [h.customerscanvas.com↗](https://h.customerscanvas.com/) link and enter your login and password.
 
**Note** 
Accounts on `h.customerscanvas.com` and `customerscanvas.com` are two different accounts.
 
## An On-Premises Instance
  
### The Distribution Package
 
You can contact our [support team↗](https://customerscanvas.com/account/cases/add) to get the Control Panel for your Windows server. This distribution package represents the `Hosted_<version>.zip` file and contains the compiled application.
 
### Deploying the Control Panel
 
To deploy this application:
 
- Unzip the archive to a new IIS folder.
- In IIS Manager, create an application pool with the **NetworkService** identity.
- Create an Application (if you want to put it to a folder of your main site) or Add a website to the Sites list associated with this folder (if you want to deploy this app on a separate domain).
- Set up the AppPool that you have created for this application/site.

For detailed instructions, you can refer to the topic about [Deploying Applications to Windows Servers](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/deploying-application-to-windows-server.htm.md).
 
### Running the Control Panel
 
Let us assume that your Control Panel shares a domain name with the main website and is located in the `/CP/` virtual folder. To run this application, navigate to `https://example.com/cp/` in your browser.
 
If you face any problem with the Control Panel, please contact our [support team↗](https://customerscanvas.com/account/cases/add).
 
## See Also
  
### Manual
 
- [Control Panel](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customers-canvas-hosted.htm.md)
- [Deploying Applications to Windows Servers](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/deploying-application-to-windows-server.htm.md)