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Sign Up to Cockroachlabs Cloud
Go to the cockroachlabs.com and create your account.
Create a Cluster on their Cloud
After successfully login you will see an option to create the cluster.
- Click on the Create Cluster.
- Select Serverless on the plan section.
- Configure other options like Cloud provider, Regions, Spend limit, and the Cluster name as you like.
- Next, click on the Create your free cluster.
You get a cluster with 5 GB of storage space. It is ~10x more than the offering from MongoDB Atlas.
Create the DB User
After the cluster creation it will ask you to create the user. Enter the username you like and generate the password for that user.
Copy the generated password for future use.
Get the Connection String
Now that your are ready to connect to the database, click on the Connect button for the connection URL.
It will have the postgresql dialect and all the other details except the password which you have copied from the previous step.
There you have it! A PostgreSQL* cluster on cloud for free.
*Does CockroachDB supports all the features of PostgreSQL?
- No, there are few features which are not supported. Please refer to the PostgreSQL Compatibility page for more info.