Sign up¶
Before you can start using CrateDB Cloud, you must first sign up for a user account.
As a CrateDB Cloud user, you can create and manage organizations. As an organization administrator, you can also manage other CrateDB Cloud users as well as launch CrateDB Cloud clusters and other CrateDB Cloud products.
We currently support four signup methods: using an account at Github, Google or Microsoft, and making a separate username and password supported by Amazon Cognito.
Consequently, the signup screen will look as follows:
If you intend to subscribe and deploy a cluster using a credit card - our recommended procedure - any of these signup methods will work. When coming from the Software as a Service (SaaS) marketplaces, however, restrictions apply. Only the Microsoft option allows you to deploy clusters on CrateDB Cloud when coming from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Similarly, for cluster deployment through our other cloud provider, AWS, you should use the Amazon Cognito signup service. The Cognito authentication service is indicated in the UI as Username & Password. Both signup processes are described below.
To go directly to the cluster deployment tutorials, see the tutorial on deploying a cluster using a credit card or the tutorials on deploying a cluster via the SaaS Marketplaces respectively.
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Sign up via Github¶
Visit the CrateDB Cloud Console. You will be presented with a Github Github sign up option. You must have a Github account to proceed.
Sign up via Google¶
Visit the CrateDB Cloud Console. You will be presented with a Google Google sign up option. You must have a Google account to proceed.
Sign up via Microsoft¶
Visit the CrateDB Cloud Console. You will be presented with a Microsoft Azure Microsoft sign up option. You must have a Microsoft Azure account to proceed.
Sign up with Username & Password (Cognito)¶
If you select the Username & Password sign-in method (supported by Amazon Cognito), you should be presented with a username and password sign-in page:
However, before you sign in, you must first sign up for an account.
Select Sign up from the bottom of the dialogue box. You will be redirected to the sign-up page:
Fill in your details, then select Sign up.
Next, you should see this screen:
Check your email, fill in the code, and, finally, select Confirm Account to finish the process.
Sign in¶
Once you’re signed in, you should be redirected to the CrateDB Cloud Console. Since you somehow do not have an organization defined yet in the signup process, it will look like this:
There’s nothing much here yet. We suggest you turn to our cluster direct deployment tutorial for next steps. By the end of that tutorial, you will have created your first CrateDB Cloud cluster and this CrateDB Cloud Console landing page will display an overview of your organization and its assets and attributes.
For more information on how the CrateDB Cloud Console works, refer to our Console documentation.
Next steps¶
Now that you have an account, you can choose a cloud provider. Follow the relevant tutorial steps to subscribe and deploy your first cluster.