How do I create a Database?

This procedure explains how to create a Database in FeatureBase Cloud.

NOTE: You can also create a database with pre-loaded data

Before you begin

• Learn about FeatureBase Cloud

• Setup a cloud account then login

• Learn how to manage databases

Trial accounts

Trial accounts are limited to one database.

Cloud database shapes

FeatureBase Cloud has the concept of “shapes” which are based on real-world implementations of FeatureBase and define:

• How much memory is available
• how much disk space is available
• how many Virtual Central Processing Units (vCPUs) are available to perform ingestion and queries

NOTE: Production shapes are not available on trial accounts.

• Learn about cloud database shapes

Naming standards

FeatureBase object names can must start with an alphabetic character, and include:

• lower-case alphabetic characters
• numbers 0-9

• dash (-) and underscore (_) characters

• database names can be up to 300 characters in length

Create database

• Click Databases > New database

• Name your database.

• Choose from development shapes intended for testing:

• Or choose a production shape instead:

• Click Create database.

Next step

• Learn how to create tables

Further information

• Create database API reference
• Learn how to delete a database