Follow the guide for the best practices on setting up, deploying, and operating Hydra Cloud, our fully managed cloud database service.

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1. Sign-up

To get started, please sign up at https://www.hydra.so/. Check your email. Once approved, select “Sign Up” below listed in the purple link

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Create Project

After selecting create project, please enter a name, choose and plan, and modify hardware specs in the “scaling and storage” dropdown - then select the “Create Project” button at the bottom of the page.

Hydra “Pro” databases are set to the “small” plan by default with 2 Performance CPU & 8GB RAM with 50GB on-disk storage. Pro databases can be vertically scaled to larger plan sizes at any time. To modify before a database is created, select the “Scaling and Storage” drop down menu before finishing the “create a project” setup flow.

Hydra “Development” databases are 8 shared-CPU & 4GB RAM with 10GB of on-disk storage. Development databases must be upgraded to Hydra production plans to scale hardware specs and storage. Note, on-disk storage can not be scaled down to a smaller footprint once provisioned per instance.

Hydra service defaults (can be modified in “Pro” databases):

  • the latest supported version of Postgres

  • US-East region

Once your Hydra is deployed it will be listed as “Running.” The Credentials box will display your new Postgres connection string. Select the “Connection Type” drop down menu to select additional connections options, such as .env, psql, drizzle, next.js, prisma, django, SQLalchemy, or a JDBC URL.

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2. Create analytics schema, tables, insert data

Navigate to the SQL tab in the left sidebar, which is connected to your newly created Hydra database. For a detailed walkthrough, navigate to the Quick Start for the next steps.

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Operating Hydra Cloud

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