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title: "Getting started with authentication"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/ACLI/1313014091/Getting%20started%20with%20authentication"
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> Macro (aura-html)

After successfully [installing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACLI/pages/60560924) ACLI on your machine, you can continue with authentication. This involves creating a site connection.

A site connection is the configuration of the URL and credentials used to allow ACLI to connect to an instance of a service, such as Confluence, Jira, or monday.com, so that ACLI can perform actions on it. 

The video below walks you through the process of authenticating with ACLI.