# Getting started with Unikname Connect
Integrating Unikname Connect onto your website is quite simple. It's a five step process taking between a few minutes and several hours depending on your website technology.
We guide you through the process to make it simple. Let's go 👉
# Prerequisites
Before to start you need to install the CLI and to get your personal @unikname.
⚡️ Get your personal @unikname with the CLI?
⚠️ This step is not required if you already have your @unikname.
# Setup your Unikname-Connect account
⚡️ 1. Sign-up for a Unikname-Connect account?
⚡️ 2. Get the trust certificate for your website, and to setup it?
⚡️ 4. Get your Unikname Connect Credentials?
# Install Unikname-Connect on your website
For this installation, the process depends on your website:
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nodejs SDK | your website has been developed with nodejs programing langage, few lines of code need to be added. |
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Auth0 | your website already embed Auth0 Authentication services, e.g. Social Authent, a simple setup is required. |
Discourse Forum | you want to install to a Discourse Forum, install and setup our plugin |
WordPress | you want to install to a Wordpress website, install and setup our WP plugin |
WooCommerce | you want to install to a WooCommerce website, install and setup our WP plugin |
Matomo | you want sign-in to your Matomo account with your @unikname, install and setup the OIDC plugin |
Any other website | for any website you can call our APIs compatible with OAuth2.0 and OpendID Connect standard protocol. |

# ...to go further
Then if you've joined the APOLLO Partnership program you will see incoming traffic as soon as the partnership tag is taken into account on your website. Finally you may want to Participate in securing the network and to operate a node.
⚡️ Join the partnership program
⚡️ Participate in securing the network
Still need help?
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