Provisioning options for Apigee Pay-as-you-go organizations
After you complete your pre-requisite steps and reach the Welcome to Apigee API Management page,
you can choose how to provision your Apigee Pay-as-you-go organization.
One click provisioning
To get started quickly with smart default configurations, click Set up with defaults. When you select this one-click
provisioning option, Apigee enables the required Google APIs, creates the Google-managed resources
required for your Apigee organization, and creates a default networking configuration. To learn more,
see Provision Apigee with one click.
Customize your Apigee configuration
To customize your Apigee organization with the
networking, access, routing, and encryption configuration options you select, click Customize your setup.
For more information on the customized provisioning process, see the detailed information for each step:
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