Quick start

Get started with RisingWave Cloud in 5 steps.

Step 1: Create an account

You can use your company email to create an account.

1. Sign up for RisingWave Cloud.
2. Log in to your account.

Alternatively, continue with your third-party account: Google, Microsoft, or Github.

Step 2: Create a cluster

After you sign up, open the RisingWave Cloud dashboard and click New cluster. A cluster in RisingWave Cloud provides the resources for hosting independent data repositories and streaming pipelines. Within a cluster, you can create and manage database users and databases.

You can choose a Basic cluster or a customizable Pro cluster if your organization has access. See Choose a cluster plan to decide on a plan and configure the resources.

Step 3: Connect to your cluster

After getting a cluster up and running, connect to it so that you can interact with RisingWave.

Choose from the following ways to connect to your cluster.

SQL Editor

The SQL Editor offers a notebook-style interface for writing SQL, running queries, viewing results, and creating quick visualizations.

To connect via SQL Editor, follow the steps below:

1. In RisingWave Cloud, go to the dashboard, and open the cluster you want to use.
2. In the cluster navigation, click SQL Editor.
3. For detailed instructions, see SQL Editor.

Local client

If you need to connect to the RisingWave cluster via local clients, you can configure the connection in multiple ways.

To connect with any local clients, follow the steps below:

1. In RisingWave Cloud, go to the dashboard, and open the cluster you want to connect to.
2. In the cluster navigation, click Connect.
3. Select a database user, database, and connection format.
4. You may need to set up a CA certificate to enable SSL connections. See the instructions displayed on the portal for more details.
5. Copy the command and run it in a terminal window.
6. Log in with the password of the database user.

For detailed instructions, see Local client.

Step 4: Explore RisingWave with examples

You can kickstart your journey with RisingWave by exploring templates and sample SQL in the cluster SQL Editor.

These demos cover the most common steps in using RisingWave, such as establishing a connection with a data source, processing data by defining materialized views, and querying the results.

Step 5: Ingest, process, and deliver data

Congrats, you are now ready to unleash the full potential of RisingWave on your own. Read Develop with RisingWave Cloud to start your journey.

Develop with RisingWave Cloud

RisingWave Cloud leverages the superpower of RisingWave, an open-source distributed SQL database specifically designed for stream processing. Start building your real-time applications with RisingWave, in the cloud.