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Create an AstraDB Instance

Cedrick Lunven edited this page Feb 12, 2022 · 9 revisions

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A - Overview

ASTRA DB is the simplest way to run Cassandra with zero operations at all - just push the button and get your cluster. No credit card required, $25.00 USD credit every month, roughly 5M writes, 30M reads, 40GB storage monthly - sufficient to run small production workloads.

B - Prerequisites

  • You should have an Astra account. If you don't have one yet, keep reading and we'll show you how to create it.

C - Procedure

✅ Step 1:Click the sign-in button to login or register.

You can use your Github, Google accounts or register with an email. With the latest make sure to chose a password with minimum 8 characters, containing upper and lowercase letters, at least one number and special character.

If you already have an Astra account, skip this step, locate and click the "Create Database" button on the left-side navigation bar of your Astra UI, and read next step.

✅ Step 2: Complete the creation form

As you create a new account, you will be prompted to create a database; you will see the same form if you simply hit the "Create database" button in your existing Astra account.

  • ℹ️ Fields Description
Field Description
database name It does not need to be unique and not used to initialize a connection but only a label (Between 2 and 50 characters). It is recommended to have a database for each of your application. The free tier is limited to 5 databases.
keyspace It is a logical grouping of your tables. (Between 2 and 48 characters), Please use lower cases and snake_case.
Cloud Provider Use the one you like, click a cloud provider logo, pick an Area in the list and finally pick a region. We recommend to pick one the closes to you to readuce latencies but in free tier very few difference.
  • ℹ️ Create Database button becomes enabled only when all fields are filled properly. Please use only lower cases and no space for a keyspace name.

  • ℹ️ You will see your new database pending in the Dashboard.The status will change to Active when the database is ready, this will only take 2-3 minutes. You will also receive an email when it is ready.

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