Getting Started with Hasura Cloud

Step 1: Create an account

Navigate to cloud.hasura.io, and create a new Hasura Cloud account.

Step 2: Connect new/existing database

  • To use an existing database, choose I have an existing Postgres database.
  • To create a new database, choose Try a free database with Heroku.
Connect new or existing database

Step 2a: Enter database URL (for existing database)

If you chose I have an existing Postgres database in Step 2, enter a database URL.

Enter URL for existing database

Step 3: Create project

Click Create Project.

Create project for new database Create project for existing database

Next steps

Once you’ve created your project, you can get started with building with Hasura or manage your project.

Project actions

Explore the Hasura console

Click Launch Console to open the Hasura console in your browser and make your first GraphQL query or set up your first event trigger.

You can navigate to the Pro tab to check out the Pro features that Hasura Cloud has set up for you.

Hasura Console: Pro tab

Manage your project

Click the gear icon to manage your project (e.g. add collaborators, env vars or custom domains).

Add an admin secret

Add an admin secret to make sure that your GraphQL endpoint and the Hasura console are not publicly accessible.