Create a Developer Account

Set up your development environment in three connected steps. Takes about 10 minutes.

To build on the JTL platform, you’ll work across four connected environments. Each one plays a different role in your development workflow. Three of them are needed to start building, and the fourth comes in when you’re ready to test your app.

This guide walks you through setting them up in one go. It takes about 10 minutes.

Your Development Environment

Here’s what each environment does and why you need it:

Environment	What you’ll use it for
JTL-Wawi	The ERP system where merchant data lives: products, orders, customers, inventory. Your app reads and writes this data through APIs or GraphQL.
Partner Portal	Where you create and manage your apps.
JTL Hub	A dedicated environment where you can install and test your apps, verify the connection to JTL-Wawi, and manage the app lifecycle before going live.
ERP Cloud	The web-based interface where your installed app actually runs. Currently in development, with MVP release coming soon. You can already use it to test your app and validate how it integrates. See Test your App.

JTL-Wawi is the ERP itself (the data), Partner Portal is where you create and manage your apps, JTL Hub is where you install, and ERP Cloud is where your app runs for the merchant.

Here’s how they connect:

The overall flow is: you create your app in the Partner Portal, install it in JTL Hub, run it in the ERP Cloud against live data from JTL-Wawi, and when everything looks good, submit it to the App Store.

Now let’s get everything set up.

Step 1: Set up your Partner Portal

This is your app management hub where you create apps and get your client credentials.

1. Go to the Partner Portal

   Open Partner Portal in your browser.

2. Create your JTL ID

   SSO is currently not supported with your JTL ID. You’ll need to register separately with your email.

   Once you navigate to the URL, you’ll be prompted to log in with your JTL ID. Click on the Register now button to create a new JTL ID.

   JTL ID provides a single access point to all JTL cloud-related services (JTL Hub, Partner Portal, ERP Cloud, etc.)

   

   On registering, you’ll be asked to fill in the confirmation code sent to your email address. Once you fill in the code, you’ll be redirected to the log in page.

3. Log in and Create a Customer Center Account

   Once you log in with your credentials, choose one of the following:

   

   • New to JTL: Click Create organization and fill in the required details if you don’t have an existing Customer Center Account.
   • Existing JTL customer: Click Link your JTL customer account and log in to your Customer Center Account. Then Authorize JTL Cloud when prompted.

   Customer Center Account is your central hub for managing licenses, JTL services, billing, and support.

   After completing either option above, continue with the steps below:

   1. Once your organization is created, you’ll see your organization name and custom URL path.

      

   2. Click Continue to JTL Hub and you’ll be redirected to JTL Hub dashboard.

      
      It’s recommended to set up 2FA before proceeding.

   3. On your JTL Hub dashboard, click the Partner Portal link.

      

      You’ll be redirected to the Partner Portal domain. Click Create an account.

      Next, select how you want to use the Partner Portal and then Continue.

      

   4. Enter your business contact details and Create account.

      

      Once your account is created, you’ll be redirected to the Partner Portal dashboard. This is where you’ll create and manage your apps.

      

Step 2: Connect to JTL-Wawi

The final step is to connect your JTL Cloud environment to JTL-Wawi. Your app uses this connection to read and write merchant data.

1. Initiate connection from JTL-Wawi

   Log in to your JTL-Wawi instance.

   In the Admin menu, click JTL Cloud, then click Connect.

   

   Read the message in the dialog carefully and click OK. This opens a new tab with the JTL Cloud login page.

2. Log in to JTL Cloud

   Log in using the JTL ID you created in Step 1.

   Once authentication is successful, close the browser tab and return to your JTL-Wawi instance.

3. Confirm connection status

   Back in JTL-Wawi, you’ll see a Connected status, indicating the pairing was successful.

   
4. Start the Wawi API

   Pairing JTL-Wawi with JTL Cloud is not sufficient on its own. You must also configure and start the Wawi API so your app can access and sync data.

   Open the JTL Administrator to start the Wawi API.

   JTL creates a desktop shortcut for the JTL Administrator after installation.
   For older versions of JTL-Wawi, you can find it in the installation folder.

   Create a new entry by selecting Wawi-API.

   

   Select the desired profile and certificate, then enable the Cloud Connection checkbox.

   Click Save.

   

   Once the connection is established, you will see an is running status. This may take a few seconds.

   

   You can start or stop the API service from the JTL Administrator.

   If the API service is stopped, Cloud Apps cannot read or write data.

5. Verify in JTL Hub

   Navigate to the Connection (JTL-Wawi) menu in JTL Hub to see your connected Wawi instance.

   

You now have everything you need to start building Cloud Apps.

What’s Next?

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Need help? If you run into issues during account setup, reach out via the support channel.