Create a TiDB Cloud Starter or Essential Instance

This document describes how to create a TiDB Cloud Starter or TiDB Cloud Essential instance 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 Cloud in AWS Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account.
• For Azure Marketplace users, you can also sign up through Azure Marketplace. To do that, search for TiDB Cloud in Azure 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 Cloud in Google Cloud Marketplace, subscribe to TiDB Cloud, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your TiDB Cloud account.
• For Alibaba Cloud Marketplace users, you can also sign up through Alibaba Cloud Marketplace. To do that, search for TiDB Cloud in Alibaba 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 Cloud Starter or TiDB Cloud Essential instance as follows:

1. Log in to the TiDB Cloud console, and then navigate to the My TiDB page.

2. Click Create Resource.

3. Select a plan.

   You can start with a Starter instance and later upgrade to an Essential instance as your needs grow. For more information, see Select a Plan.

4. Enter a name for your instance, and then choose a cloud provider and a region where you want to host your instance.

5. (Optional) To group this instance in a project for management, click Group Your Instance in a Project, and then select the target project for the instance. If there is no project in your organization, you can create one by clicking Create a Project.

6. Update the capacity of the instance.

   • Starter plan:

     • You can update the spending limit for your TiDB Cloud Starter instance. If the spending limit is set to 0, the instance remains free. If the spending limit is greater than 0, you need to add a credit card before creating the TiDB Cloud Starter instance.

     • By default, each organization can create up to five free TiDB Cloud Starter instances. To create additional TiDB Cloud Starter instances, you must add a credit card and specify a spending limit.

   • Essential plan:

     • You must specify both a minimum and maximum number of Request Capacity Units (RCUs) for your TiDB Cloud Essential instance.

     • RCUs represent the compute resources provisioned for your workload. TiDB Cloud automatically scales your TiDB Cloud Essential instance within this range based on demand.

7. Click Create.

   The instance creation process starts and your instance will be created in approximately 30 seconds.

What's next

After your TiDB Cloud Starter or Essential instance is created, follow the instructions in Connect to TiDB Cloud via Public Endpoint to create a password for your instance.