Materialize/doc/user/content/console/create-new.md

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title: "Create new" description: "Create new clusters, sources, and application passwords in the Materialize console" menu: main:

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identifier: console-create-new

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From the Console, you can create new clusters"), sources systems you want Materialize to read data from"), and application passwords.

Create new cluster

From the Materialize console:

1. Click + Create New and select Cluster to open the New cluster screen.

2. In the New cluster screen,

   1. Specify the following cluster information:

   | Field | Description | | ----- | ----------- | | Name | A name for the cluster. | | **Size** | The [size](/sql/create-cluster/#size) of the cluster. | | **Replica** | The [replication factor](/sql/create-cluster/#replication-factor) of the cluster. Default:1`
   Clusters that contain sources or sinks cannot have a replication factor greater than 1.|

   1. Click Create cluster to create the cluster.

3. Upon successful creation, you'll be redirected to the Overview page of the newly created cluster.

Create new source

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• For PostgreSQL and MySQL, you must configure your upstream database first. Refer to the Ingest data section for your data source.

• For information about the snapshotting process that occurs when a new source is created as well as some best practice guidelines, see Ingest data.

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From the Materialize console:

1. Click + Create New and select Source to open the New source screen.

2. Choose the source type and follow the instructions to configure a new source.

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   For PostgreSQL and MySQL, you must configure your upstream database first. Refer to the Ingest data section for your data source.

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Create new app password

1. Click + Create New and select App Password to open the New app password modal.

2. In the New app password modal, specify the Type (either Personal or Service) and the associated details:

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• Personal apps are run under your user account.
• Service apps are run under a Service account. If the specified Service account does not exist, it will be automatically created the first time the app password is used.

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For a personal app that you will run under your user account, specify the type and required field(s):

| Type | Details | | ---- | ----------- | | Type | Select Personal | | Name | Specify a descriptive name. |

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For an app that you will run under a Service account, specify the type and required field(s):

| Field | Details | | ----- | ----------- | | Type | Select Service | | Name | Specify a descriptive name. | | User | Specify the service account user name. If the specifie account does not exist, it will be automatically created the first time the application password is used. | | Roles | Select the roles to associate with the account.

• Organization Admin has superuser privileges in the database.
• Organization Member has restricted access to the database, depending on the privileges defined via role-based access control (RBAC). |

See also Create service accounts for creating service accounts via Terraform.

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1. Click Create password to generate the app password.

2. Store the new password securely.

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Do not reload or navigate away from the screen before storing the password. This information is not displayed again.

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1. For a new service account only.

For a new service account, after creating the new app password, you must connect with the service account to complete the account creation. To connect:

1. Find your new service account in the App Passwords table.

2. Click on the Connect button to get details on connecting with the new account.

   {{< tabs >}} {{< tab "psql" >}} If you have psql installed:

3. Click on the Terminal tab.

4. From a terminal, connect using the psql command displayed.

5. When prompted for the password, enter the app's password.

Once connected, the service account creation is complete and you can grant roles to the new service account.

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To use a non-psql client to connect,

1. Click on the External tools tab to get the connection details.

2. Update the client to use these details and connect.

Once connected, the service account creation is complete and you can grant roles to the new service account.

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To view the created app accounts, go to Admin > App Passwords.