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Create a cluster

Weaviate Cloud (WCD) provides two instance types.

  • Sandbox clusters. Sandbox clusters are small, free clusters designed for learning and experimentation. Sandbox clusters are not scalable and expire after 14 days.
  • Serverless clusters. Serverless clusters are robust, paid clusters designed for production use. Manage clusters scale to meet your needs and don't expire.

Create a cluster​

To create a cluster, click the 'Create cluster' button on the WCD Dashboard page.

Create a cluster

Follow the steps to create a cluster:

Sandbox clusters​

To create a sandbox cluster, follow these steps:

  1. Select the "Free sandbox" tab.
  2. Give your cluster a name. WCD adds a random suffix to sandbox cluster names to ensure uniqueness.
  3. Verify that "Enable Authentication?" is set to "Yes".
  4. Click create.

It takes a minute or two to create the new cluster. When the cluster is ready, WCD displays a check mark (✔️) next to the cluster name.

Serverless clusters​

Serverless clusters require billing details. WCD prompts you to add billing details if you have not already added them.

To create a serverless cluster, follow these steps:

  1. Select the "Managed cluster" tab.
  2. Give your cluster a name.
  3. Select a version.
  4. Select a region.
  5. Accept the terms and conditions.
  6. Click create.

It takes a minute or two to create the new cluster. When the cluster is ready, WCD displays a check mark (✔️) next to the cluster name.

Authentication​

By default, API keys are enabled for all WCD clusters. Serverless clusters have an administrator key and a read-only key. Sandbox clusters only have an administrator key.

When you develop your client application, use an API key to connect your client to the cluster. For more details, see authentication.

To get API keys, click the API keys button.

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Weaviate core version​

When you provision a new cluster, WCD uses the current version of Weaviate core to set up the new cluster. You can also choose from a limited number of older versions. There may be a short delay between the release of a new Weaviate core version and its availability in WCD.

WCD does not automatically update existing clusters when a new version of Weaviate core is released.

For more details on WCD versioning, see Cluster server version.

Number of clusters​

By default, an organization can have up to six serverless clusters and two sandbox clusters at the same time. To change these limits, contact support.

Support​

For help with Serverless, Enterprise SaaS, and Bring Your Own Cloud accounts, contact Weaviate support directly to open a support ticket.

For questions and support from the Weaviate community, try these resources:

To add a support plan, contact Weaviate sales.