How to Start a Cluster on ScyllaDB Cloud
A step-by-step walkthrough of signing up for ScyllaDB Cloud , launching a free trial cluster, and connecting to it with cqlsh. You’ll need a ScyllaDB Cloud account for the demo lab later in this section, so create one now if you haven’t already. For the full written walkthrough, see the ScyllaDB Cloud Quick Start guide .
Transcript
Getting a production-ready cluster running in ScyllaDB Cloud only takes a few clicks and a couple of minutes. Here’s exactly how to do it.
By the end of this video, you’ll have a live ScyllaDB cluster running in the cloud, ready to connect to. All you need is a browser and a few minutes. Let’s go.
Start at cloud.scylladb.com. If you already have an account, log in. If this is your first time, sign up — it takes about a minute, and new accounts come with a free trial, so you can follow along with zero cost.
Once you’re in, you land on your dashboard. Since we don’t have a cluster yet, click Free Trial to start one. This opens the cluster configuration wizard.
First, give your cluster a name — anything that helps you recognize it later. Then choose a cloud provider. ScyllaDB Cloud runs on both AWS and Google Cloud.
Next, pick a region — ideally the one closest to where your application runs, to keep latency low. We’ll use the default CQL API. On a trial cluster, the node count and instance type are preset for you, so there’s nothing to configure here. Click Next to continue.
Now for network access. We’ll use Public Internet, so your current machine can reach the cluster right away. Make sure that your IP is in the Allowed IPs list. If your app lives in the same cloud account, you can also enable Private Connection, also known as VPC peering, to connect privately. We’ll leave that off for this quick demo.
Now, for the last step, review your choices on the summary screen, and when everything looks right, click Launch Cluster.
Your cluster now starts provisioning. That usually takes a couple of minutes. You can track progress from the All Clusters page. Once the status turns green, your cluster is live and ready to use.
Click into your cluster and open the General tab to download your public key. Then click on Connect and cqlsh. Here you’ll find everything you need to connect: a ready-to-run cqlsh command if you want to jump into the CQL shell, plus code snippets for whichever driver your application uses.
And that’s it — you’re connected. From account signup to a running, reachable cluster in just a few minutes.
If you want the full written walkthrough, check the Quick Start guide linked below. In the next videos, you’ll connect a real application to the cluster that we just built.