clarify getting an account is necessary before enabling

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@ -9,24 +9,9 @@ import DownloadCard from '@site/src/components/download-card';
import DownloadCardStyles from '@site/src/css/download-card.module.css'; import DownloadCardStyles from '@site/src/css/download-card.module.css';
## Choose Your Path ## Get an Account
<Columns className='text--center getting-started-cards'> <Columns className='text--center getting-started-cards'>
<Column style={{paddingBottom: 20}}>
<Card shadow='tl'>
<CardHeader>
<h3>Self-Hosted zrok</h3>
</CardHeader>
<CardBody>
Run a zrok instance on Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes.
</CardBody>
<CardFooter>
<a href="/docs/category/self-hosting/">
<button className='button button--secondary button--block'>Guides</button>
</a>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</Column>
<Column style={{paddingBottom: 20}}> <Column style={{paddingBottom: 20}}>
<Card shadow='tl'> <Card shadow='tl'>
<CardHeader> <CardHeader>
@ -42,6 +27,21 @@ import DownloadCardStyles from '@site/src/css/download-card.module.css';
</CardFooter> </CardFooter>
</Card> </Card>
</Column> </Column>
<Column style={{paddingBottom: 20}}>
<Card shadow='tl'>
<CardHeader>
<h3>Self-Hosted zrok</h3>
</CardHeader>
<CardBody>
Run a zrok instance on Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes.
</CardBody>
<CardFooter>
<a href="/docs/category/self-hosting/">
<button className='button button--secondary button--block'>Guides</button>
</a>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</Column>
</Columns> </Columns>
@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ If [sharing privately](./concepts/sharing-private.md), only users with the share
## Enabling Your zrok Environment ## Enabling Your zrok Environment
After you have [an account](#get-an-account), you can enable your `zrok` environment.
A zrok environment usually refers to an enabled device where shares and accesses can be created, .e.g., `~/.zrok` on a Unix machine. It can be a specific user's environment or a system-wide agent's environment owned by the administrator. A zrok environment usually refers to an enabled device where shares and accesses can be created, .e.g., `~/.zrok` on a Unix machine. It can be a specific user's environment or a system-wide agent's environment owned by the administrator.
When your `zrok` account was created, the service generated a _secret token_ that identifies and authenticates in a single step. Protect your secret token as if it were a password, or an important account number; it's a _secret_, protect it. When your `zrok` account was created, the service generated a _secret token_ that identifies and authenticates in a single step. Protect your secret token as if it were a password, or an important account number; it's a _secret_, protect it.