# Accessing and Using SMN

The cloud platform provides a web-based management console and HTTPS-based APIs through which you can access the SMN service.

- Management console

  The management console is a web user interface for you to manage your computing, storage, and other cloud resources. After you register an account on the management console, you can log in and select Simple Message Notification on the homepage to switch to the SMN console.

- API calling

  If you want to integrate SMN into a third-party system for secondary development, you can access SMN using APIs. For details, see the Simple Message Notification API Reference.

Parent topic: Overview