Get Your Own EMS Server

1. Go to https://ems.element.io/

2. Click Sign up or Sign in
   

3. Enter your email address
   

4. Click the confirmation link in the email
   

5. Enter your name or company name and a password on https://ems.element.io/user/account. Then click Billing address and payment method
   

6. Enter your billing address and credit card information on https://ems.element.io/user/billing
   

7. Click Your Account, then Manage Servers to get started setting up your EMS server

8. Click the Setup tab, and choose your Host Size
   

9. Select your hostname and click Check. Keep in mind that this cannot be changed later
   

10. Configure your host settings, then click Next. If you want to use Custom DNS (ie. have your usernames be @someone:yourdomain.com instead of @someone:yourhost.ems.host and have your Element client on your own domain), see EMS-Server-With-Custom-EMS Server With Custom Domain
    

11. Select Monthly or Annual billing and confirm your payment options. Then click Purchase
    

12. Sit tight for a few minutes while your server is being built
    

13. When it's done, click Manage hosts to configure additional settings and add users