> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tarsal.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

## Sign up for your Tarsal account

1. If you haven't already, email [support@tarsal.co](mailto:support@tarsal.co) for access, and then sign up
   [here](https://cloud.tarsal.co/) using your work email address.
2. Tarsal will send you an email with a verification link. After clicking the
   link, you'll be taken to your new workspace.

## Set up a source

⭐ A source is wherever you want to ingest data from, whether that's an API,
data warehouse, or an SNS queue.

To set up a source:

1. On the dashboard, click **Sources** and then click **+ New source**.
2. On the set up source page, select the source you want to set up from the
   **Source type** dropdown.
3. Fill out the displayed form to connect your source.
4. Click **Set up source**.

## Set up a destination

⭐ A destination is a data warehouse, data lake, SIEM, or wherever you want to
load your extracted data.

To set up a destination:

1. On the dashboard, click **Destinations** and then click **+ New
   destination**.
2. On the **Set up** the destination page, select the destination you want to
   set up from the **Destination type** dropdown.
3. Fill out the displayed form to connect your destination.
4. Click **Set up** destination.

## Set up a connection

⭐ A connection is an automated data pipeline that normalizes replicates data
from a source to a destination.

To set up a connection:

1. On the dashboard, click **Connections** and then click **+ New connection**.
2. On the New connection page, select a source:
   1. To use an existing source, select your source from the **Source
      dropdown**. Click **Use existing source**.
   2. To set up a new source, select the source you want to set up from the
      Source type dropdown. Then, go through the instructions above.
3. From the **Replication frequency** dropdown, select how often you want the
   data to sync from the source to the destination.
4. Optionally, set transformations you want to run on logs in-flight with
   [VRL](https://vector.dev/docs/reference/vrl/).
5. Click **Set up connection**.
6. Tarsal tests the connection. If the sync is successful, the Connection page
   is displayed.