Create your database
Databases store data for your applications.
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If you plan to bring your own encryption keys, you must create and register your customer keys before creating databases. |
To create and launch an Astra DB Classic database, do the following:
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In the Astra Portal, go to Databases, and then click Create Classic Database.
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Select a workload capacity tier for this database.
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Select a cloud provider and region.
This is your database’s primary region. To optimize performance, select a region that is geographically close to your users.
For multi-region availability, you can add more regions after you create the database.
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In the Cost Summary section, review the hourly and monthly estimates, and then click Configure Database.
DataStax offers $25.00 in free Astra DB credits per month.
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Enter a meaningful database name.
You can’t change the database name after you create the database.
Database names can contain any amount of alphanumeric characters.
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Enter a name for the database’s initial keyspace.
Keyspace names can contain up to 48 alphanumeric characters. The names
dseandsystemare reserved words that you can’t use as keyspace names.Astra DB Classic databases organize data into tables, and tables are grouped into keyspaces. Keyspaces are like schemas in relational databases. They help keep related tables of information in a single place within your database.
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Click Create Database to initiate database creation. DataStax sends you an automatic email notification when your database is ready to use.
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In the Astra Portal navigation menu, click Databases. The Databases page lists all of the databases in the current organization and their statuses. Click a database’s name to manage or connect to that database.
