Create a TiDB Serverless Cluster
This document describes how to create a TiDB Serverless cluster in the TiDB Cloud console.
Before you begin
If you do not have a TiDB Cloud account, click here to sign up for an account.
- You can either sign up with email and password so that you can manage your password using TiDB Cloud, or sign up with your Google, GitHub, or Microsoft account.
- For AWS Marketplace users, you can also sign up through AWS Marketplace. To do that, search for
TiDB Cloudin AWS Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account. - For Google Cloud Marketplace users, you can also sign up through Google Cloud Marketplace. To do that, search for
TiDB Cloudin Google Cloud Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account.
Steps
If you are in the Organization Owner or the Project Owner role, you can create a TiDB Serverless cluster as follows:
Log in to the TiDB Cloud console, and then navigate to the Clusters page.
Click Create Cluster.
On the Create Cluster page, Serverless is selected by default.
The cloud provider of TiDB Serverless is AWS. You can select an AWS region where you want to host your cluster.
Update the default cluster name if necessary.
Select a cluster plan. TiDB Serverless provides two cluster plans: Free Cluster and Scalable Cluster. You can start with a free cluster and later upgrade to a scalable cluster as your needs grow. To create a scalable cluster, you need to specify a Monthly Spending Limit and add a credit card.
Click Create.
The cluster creation process starts and your TiDB Cloud cluster will be created in approximately 30 seconds.
What's next
After your cluster is created, follow the instructions in Connect to TiDB Serverless via Public Endpoint to create a password for your cluster.