Prerequisite

You need an account before creating a database, create one here.

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Create a Database

Once you logged in, you can create a database by clicking on the plus sign at the top right corner.

Database Name: Type a name for your database.

Region: Select the region where your database will run. For best performance, choose the Region which your applications are closer to. We are planning to support other regions and cloud providers. Please send your requests to feedback@upstash.com to expedite it.

Once you click on Create button, you should see your cluster up and running as below:

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Connect to Your Database

You can connect to your database with any Redis client. For simplicity, we will use redis-cli tool in this guide but please refer to Connect Your Client section for more about connecting via Redis clients.

redis-cli comes packaged with the official Redis distribution. If you do not have Redis installed, you can get it as described at

Redis Quick Start

document. Now, you can connect to and run commands on your database as below:

> redis-cli -a PASSWORD -h ENDPOINT -p PORT
Warning: Using a password with '-a' or '-u' option on the command line interface may not be safe.
ENDPOINT:PORT> set counter 0
OK
ENDPOINT:PORT> get counter
"0"
ENDPOINT:PORT> incr counter
(int) 1
ENDPOINT:PORT> incr counter
(int) 2

Now you will start to see some action on the charts. Please go to Metrics and Charts section for detailed information about metrics and charts. Note that charts are updated every 10 seconds.

Congratulations! You have created your first database with Upstash.