# Account Setup Logging in to Terra for the first time is a quick and straight-forward process. The process is easiest if you already have an email address hosted by Google. If you want to use an email address that is not hosted by Google, we have instructions for that as well.\ \ Article: ​[How to register for a Terra account](https://support.terra.bio/hc/en-us/articles/360028235911)\ Article: ​[Setting up a Google account with a non-Google email](https://support.terra.bio/hc/en-us/articles/360029186611)\ \ We also recommend our article on [navigating in Terra](https://support.terra.bio/hc/en-us/articles/360022704371) to get familiar with basic menus and options in Terra, as well as this [video introduction to Terra](https://youtu.be/3rH86vcAqK8). Read on in the next two subsections for primers on how to set up billing and how to manage costs. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bdcatalyst.gitbook.io/biodata-catalyst-documentation/written-documentation/analyze-data-1/terra/account-setup.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.