Getting started with your workspace
Your provider has set you up with a personal workspace: your own apps for downloading, organizing and streaming your media, all managed from one simple web panel. This guide walks you from first login to watching your library — no technical experience needed.
1.First login
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Open the set-password email
Check your inbox for the set-password link from your provider and click it.
Don't see it? Check your spam or junk folder — emails from the panel sometimes land there. If you find one, mark it as "Not spam" so future emails arrive normally.
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Choose a password
Use a passphrase of a few words separated by dashes — at least 15 characters, with an uppercase letter, a lowercase letter and a digit.
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Sign in
Go to your panel address (your provider gave you the link) and log in with your username and new password.
2.Meet your dashboard
After signing in you land on your dashboard. Every app you install appears here as a tile with a live status light — green means running. The sidebar is where you go to add more:
| Where | What it does |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Your installed apps, one tile each. Click a tile to open the app. |
| Apps | The catalog — browse and install new apps. |
| Profile | Your password, email and security settings (including two-factor authentication). |
3.Install your first app
Click it. The panel builds it. You're in. There is nothing to configure — no settings, no passwords to invent, no wiring. You pick an app, the panel builds it for you and opens it with you already logged in.
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Open Apps in the sidebar
The catalog lists everything by category:
- Torrent clients — ruTorrent, qBittorrent, Deluge, Transmission
- Media automation — Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr and friends
- Media servers — Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and more
- File tools, VPN and extras — File Browser, FTPS, web shell…
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Click the app you want — that's the whole install
The panel builds the app, connects it to your other apps and handles every setting itself. Your Sonarr already knows your torrent client the moment both are installed.
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Tile turns green — click it, you're already signed in
The new tile appears on your dashboard within moments. One click opens the app with auto-login — no separate username or password to type.
4.Manage your apps
Each tile on your dashboard has a small menu (the gear) with everything you need day-to-day:
| Action | When to use it |
|---|---|
| Open | Launch the app in a new tab — you're already signed in. |
| Restart | First thing to try if an app misbehaves or won't load. |
| Stop / Start | Pause an app you're not using; start it again any time. |
| Logs | See what the app has been doing — handy when something looks stuck. |
| Reset | Factory-reset the app's settings and reinstall it fresh. Your downloads and media are kept. |
| Remove | Uninstall the app. You'll be asked whether to keep its settings for a later reinstall — your files are never touched. |
5.Your files
Your workspace has two folders, and every app already knows about them:
| Folder | What lives there |
|---|---|
downloads/ | Everything your download clients fetch. |
media/ | Your organized library — this is what media servers stream from. |
Three ways to manage them
- File Browser app — point-and-click file management in your browser.
- FTPS — connect with FileZilla or any FTP client; the app card shows your address and credentials.
- Web shell — a real terminal in your browser, if that's your thing.
downloads/ or media/ folders.6.Streaming
Media servers like Plex, Jellyfin and Emby get their own web address, so your TVs, phones and native apps can connect to them directly.
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Install a media server
Pick one from the Apps catalog and click Install.
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Open it right away and finish the setup wizard
The first person to open it gets a short one-time setup — create the app's admin account and click through. Do this straight after installing.
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Add
mediaas your libraryWhen the wizard asks for your library folder, point it at the
mediafolder. Your library appears — start watching. -
Connect your devices
Use the app's own address (shown on its tile) in your smart-TV, phone or desktop apps.
7.Protect your account
- Open Profile → Security
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Enable two-factor authentication
Scan the QR code with any authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Aegis, 1Password…) and enter the 6-digit code to confirm.
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Save your recovery codes
They're shown once — store them somewhere safe. If you lose your phone, a recovery code (or the emailed reset link) gets you back in.
8.Need help?
- Something misbehaving? Try Restart on its tile first — it fixes most hiccups.
- Still stuck? Click 🐛 Report a problem on your dashboard and describe what's wrong. Your provider gets it directly, with the technical context attached automatically — no log-digging needed on your side.
- Running out of space or speed? Use Request more resources on your dashboard to ask your provider for a bigger plan.
Auto-report: faster hotfixes, privacy first. The panel can report technical faults directly to the Cresdock team the moment they happen, so issues come back fixed as an official patch in the next update — often before you'd have written a ticket.
It's built privacy-first: reports contain technical details only — app status and error logs with passwords, keys, email addresses and other personal data automatically scrubbed out. Your files, downloads and media are never read or included.
Enjoy! 🍿