Document Center

    PolarDB for PostgreSQL Cloud Native Database

    • Release notes
    • Product Introduction
      • Overview
      • Benefits
      • Architecture
      • Glossary
      • Limits
    • Quick start
    • Pricing
      • Billable items
      • Purchase procedures
        • Purchase a pay-as-you-go cluster
        • Purchase a subscription cluster
        • Purchase a storage plan
        • Change the billing method from subscription to pay-as-you-go
        • Change the billing method from pay-as-you-go to subscription
      • Instructions for purchase
        • Manage storage plans
          • View the deducted capacity of a storage plan
          • Renew or upgrade a storage plan
        • Expiration or overdue payments
        • Renew subscription clusters
          • Manual renewal
          • Auto-renewal
        • View bills
      • Billing rules of PolarDB for MySQL
        • Specifications of compute nodes
        • Storage pricing
        • Pricing of data backups that exceed the free quota
        • Pricing of SQL Explorer (optional)
        • Configuration change fees
      • FAQ
        • Storage plans
        • Scale-out and scale-in
    • User Guide
      • Overview
      • Overview of data migration plans
      • Data Migration
        • Migrate data from a user-created PostgreSQL database to PolarDB for PostgreSQL
        • Migrate data from ApsaraDB RDS PostgreSQL to PolarDB for PostgreSQL
      • Pending events
      • Set IP address whitelists for a cluster
      • Connect to PolarDB
        • View endpoints
        • Modify or delete an endpoint
        • Connect to a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster
        • Cluster endpoint
          • PolarProxy features
          • Consistency levels
          • Read/write splitting
          • Transaction splitting
          • Create a custom cluster endpoint
          • Modify a cluster endpoint
          • Delete a custom cluster endpoint
        • Private domain names
      • Cluster management
        • Create a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster
        • Change specifications
        • Add or remove a read-only node
        • Set a maintenance window
        • Restart nodes
        • Release a cluster
        • Clone a cluster
        • Deploy a cluster across zones and change the primary zone
        • Perform a switchover
        • Upgrade the minor version
      • Account management
        • Overview
        • Register and log on to an Alibaba Cloud account
        • Create and authorize a RAM user
        • Create a database account
        • Manage a database account
      • Databases
      • Backup and restoration
        • Back up data
        • Restore data
        • Cluster recycle bin
        • FAQ about the backup feature
        • View the database storage usage
      • Data Security and Encryption
        • Configure SSL encryption
        • Configure TDE
      • Diagnostics and optimization
        • SQL Explorer
        • Performance monitoring
        • Manage alert rules
        • Performance insight
      • Configuration parameters
        • Configure cluster parameters
        • polar_create_table_with_full_replica_identity
      • Tags
        • Bind a tag
        • Filter clusters by tag
        • View tags bound to a cluster
        • Unbind a tag
      • Plug-ins
        • Use the plprofiler plug-in
        • Use the pldebugger plug-in
        • Use the pg_roaringbitmap plug-in
        • Use the pg_pathman plug-in
        • Read and write external data files by using oss_fdw
        • Enable the zhparser plug-in
      • Error codes
      • Solutions to frequent errors
    • Performance White Paper
    • Spatio-temporal Database
      • Overview
      • Models
        • Geometry model
        • Raster model
        • Path model
        • Point cloud model
        • Trajectory model
        • Grid model
        • Vector pyramid
      • Advanced usage
        • Enable spatio-temporal two-phase query optimization
        • Enable spatio-temporal parallel query
        • Enable GPU-accelerated computing
        • Spatial-temporal object storage optimization
          • Feature signature-based storage optimization for large spatio-temporal objects
          • ST_SetTypeStorage
          • Use the Simple storage policy
      • Raster SQL reference
        • Basic concepts
        • Parallel operations
        • Raster creation
          • ST_CreateRast
        • Import and export
          • ST_ImportFrom
          • ST_ExportTo
          • ST_AsImage
          • ST_AsPNG
          • ST_AsJPEG
        • Pyramid operations
          • ST_BuildPyramid
          • ST_deletePyramid
          • ST_BestPyramidLevel
        • Coordinate system conversion
          • ST_Rast2WorldCoord
          • ST_World2RastCoord
        • Pixel value operations
          • ST_AddZ
          • ST_ClipDimension
          • ST_Clip
          • ST_ClipToRast
          • ST_Values
          • ST_Update
          • S​T_MosaicFrom
          • S​T_MosaicTo
        • Overview operations
          • ST_BuildOverview
          • ST_UpdateOverview
          • ST_EraseOverview
        • DEM operations
          • ST_Aspect
          • ST_Slope
          • ST_Hillshade
          • ST_Overflow
          • ST_Flow_direction
        • Attribute query and update
          • ST_Name
          • ST_SetName
          • ST_MetaData
          • ST_Width
          • ST_Height
          • ST_NumBands
          • ST_Value
          • ST_RasterID
          • ST_CellDepth
          • ST_CellType
          • ST_InterleavingType
          • ST_TopPyramidLevel
          • ST_Extent
          • ST_ConvexHull
          • ST_Envelope
          • ST_Srid
          • ST_SetSrid
          • ST_ScaleX
          • ST_ScaleY
          • ST_SetScale
          • ST_SkewX
          • ST_SkewY
          • ST_SetSkew
          • ST_UpperLeftX
          • ST_UpperLeftY
          • ST_SetUpperLeft
          • ST_PixelWidth
          • ST_PixelHeight
          • ST_Georeference
          • ST_IsGeoreferenced
          • ST_UnGeoreference
          • ST_SetGeoreference
          • ST_RPCGeoreference
          • ST_SetRPCGeoreference
          • ST_NoData
          • ST_SetNoData
          • ST_ColorTable
          • ST_SetColorTable
          • ST_Statistics
          • ST_SetStatistics
          • ST_SummaryStats
          • ST_ColorInterp
          • ST_SetColorInterp
          • ST_Histogram
          • ST_SetHistogram
          • ST_BuildHistogram
          • ST_StatsQuantile
          • ST_Quantile
          • ST_MD5Sum
          • ST_SetMD5Sum
          • ST_XMin
          • ST_YMin
          • ST_XMax
          • ST_YMax
          • ST_ChunkHeight
          • ST_ChunkWidth
          • ST_ChunkBands
          • ST_MetaItems
          • ST_SetMetaData
          • ST_BeginDateTime
          • ST_EndDateTime
          • ST_SetBeginDateTime
          • ST_SetEndDateTime
          • ST_DateTime
          • ST_SetDateTime
        • Algebra and Analysis Functions
          • ST_Reclassify
          • ST_MapAlgebra
        • Raster Image Processing
          • ST_SubRaster
          • ST_Transform
          • ST_Rescale
          • ST_Resize
          • ST_RPCRectify
        • Operators
          • Equal to operator (=)
          • Greater than operator (>)
          • Less than operator (<)
          • Greater than or equal to operator (>=)
          • Less than or equal to operator (<=)
        • Functions for Identifying Spatial Relationships
          • ST_Intersects
          • ST_Contains
          • ST_ContainsProperly
          • ST_Covers
          • ST_CoveredBy
          • ST_Disjoint
          • ST_overlaps
          • ST_Touches
          • ST_Within
        • Auxiliary functions
          • ST_CheckGPU
          • ST_AKId
          • ST_SetAccessKey
          • ST_SetAKId
          • ST_SetAKSecret
        • Variables
          • ganos.parallel.transaction
          • ganos.parallel.degree
          • ganos.raster.calculate_md5
          • ganos.raster.md5sum_chunk_size
          • ganos.raster.mosaic_must_same_nodata
      • SpatialRef SQL reference
        • ST_SrEqual
        • ST_SrReg
        • ST_SrFromEsriWkt
      • Point cloud SQL reference
        • Constructors
          • ST_makePoint
          • ST_makePatch
          • ST_Patch
        • Attribute functions
          • ST_asText
          • ST_pcID
          • ST_get
          • ST_numPoints
          • ST_summary
        • Object operations
          • ST_boundingDiagonalGeometry
          • ST_compress
          • ST_explode
          • ST_patchAvg
          • ST_envelopeGeometry
          • ST_filterGreaterThan
          • ST_filterLessThan
          • ST_filterEquals
          • ST_filterBetween
          • ST_isSorted
          • ST_patchMax
          • ST_patchMin
          • ST_patchAvg
          • ST_patchMax
          • ST_patchMin
          • ST_pointN
          • ST_sort
          • ST_range
          • ST_setPcid
          • ST_transform
          • ST_unCompress
          • ST_union
        • OGC WKB operations
          • ST_asBinary
          • ST_envelopeAsBinary
          • ST_boundingDiagonalAsBinary
        • Spatial relationship judgment
          • ST_intersects
        • Spatial processing
          • ST_intersection
      • Trajectory SQL reference
        • Terms
        • Constructors
          • Overview
          • ST_append
          • ST_makeTrajectory
        • Editing and processing functions
          • ST_attrDeduplicate
          • ST_Compress
          • ST_CompressSED
          • ST_deviation
          • ST_sort
        • Attribute metadata
          • ST_attrDefinition
          • ST_attrSize
          • ST_attrName
          • ST_attrType
          • ST_attrLength
          • ST_attrNullable
        • Event functions
          • ST_addEvent
          • ST_eventTimes
          • ST_eventTime
          • ST_eventTypes
          • ST_eventType
        • Attribute functions
          • ST_startTime
          • ST_endTime
          • ST_trajectorySpatial
          • ST_trajectoryTemporal
          • ST_trajAttrs
          • ST_attrIntMax
          • ST_attrIntMin
          • ST_attrIntAverage
          • ST_attrFloatMax
          • ST_attrFloatMin
          • ST_attrFloatAverage
          • ST_leafType
          • ST_leafCount
          • ST_duration
          • ST_timeAtPoint
          • ST_pointAtTime
          • ST_velocityAtTime
          • ST_accelerationAtTime
          • ST_timeToDistance
          • ST_timeAtDistance
          • ST_cumulativeDistanceAtTime
          • ST_timeAtCumulativeDistance
          • ST_subTrajectory
          • ST_subTrajectorySpatial
          • ST_samplingInterval
          • ST_trajAttrsAsText
          • ST_trajAttrsAsInteger
          • ST_trajAttrsAsDouble
          • ST_trajAttrsAsBool
          • ST_trajAttrsAsTimestamp
          • ST_attrIntFilter
          • ST_attrFloatFilter
          • ST_attrTimestampFilter
          • ST_attrNullFilter
          • ST_attrNotNullFilter
          • ST_trajAttrsMeanMax
        • Functions to process bounding boxes
          • ST_MakeBox
          • ST_MakeBox{Z|T|2D|2DT|3D|3DT}
          • ST_BoxndfToGeom
          • ST_Has{xy|z|t}
          • ST_{X|Y|Z|T}Min
          • ST_{X|Y|Z|T}Max
          • ST_ExpandSpatial
        • Operators to process bounding boxes
          • Basic concepts
          • INTERSECT operators
          • INCLUDE operators
          • INCLUDED operators
        • Spatial relationship judgment
          • ST_intersects
          • ST_equals
          • ST_distanceWithin
        • Spatial processing
          • ST_intersection
          • ST_difference
        • Spatial statistics
          • ST_nearestApproachPoint
          • ST_nearestApproachDistance
        • Spatio-temporal relationship judgment
          • ST_intersects
          • ST_equals
          • ST_distanceWithin
          • ST_durationWithin
          • ST_{Z|T|2D|2DT|3D|3DT}Intersects
          • ST_{2D|2DT|3D|3DT}Intersects_IndexLeft
          • ST_{2D|2DT|3D|3DT}DWithin
          • ST_{2D|2DT|3D|3DT}DWithin_IndexLeft
          • ST_{T|2D|2DT|3D|3DT}Contains
          • ST_{T|2D|2DT|3D|3DT}Within
        • Spatio-temporal processing
          • ST_intersection
        • Spatio-temporal statistics
          • ST_nearestApproachPoint
          • ST_nearestApproachDistance
        • Distance measurement
          • ST_length
          • ST_euclideanDistance
          • ST_mdistance
        • Similarity analysis
          • ST_lcsSimilarity
          • ST_lcsDistance
          • ST_lcsSubDistance
          • ST_JaccardSimilarity
        • Indexing
          • GiST indexing
          • TrajGiST indexing
        • Variables
          • ganos.trajectory.attr_string_length
      • GeomGrid SQL reference
        • Usage notes
        • Functions for output
          • ST_AsText
          • ST_AsBinary
          • ST_AsGeometry
          • ST_AsBox
        • Functions for input
          • ST_GridFromText
          • ST_GridFromBinary
        • Functions to query spatial relationships
          • ST_Intersects
          • ST_Contains
          • ST_Within
        • Operators
          • @>
          • <@
        • Functions to compute grids
          • ST_AsGrid
      • Geometry Pyramid SQL reference
        • Usage notes
        • Functions to build pyramids
          • ST_BuildPyramid
        • Functions to delete pyramids
          • ST_DeletePyramid
        • Functions to view pyramids
          • ST_Tile
          • ST_AsPng
      • Map services
        • Overview
        • Publish geometry data
        • Publish raster data
      • Desktop applications
        • Use OpenJump to access Ganos data
        • Use QGIS to access Ganos data
        • Use uDig to access Ganos data
      • FAQ
        • Load raster data
        • Load vector data
        • Trajectory FAQ
      • Best practice
        • Trajectory best practices
    • API Reference
      • API overview
      • Use RAM for resource authorization
      • RAM role linked to Apsara PolarDB
      • Call methods
        • Common parameters
        • Request structures
        • Signatures
      • Regions
        • DescribeRegions
      • Cluster management
        • CreateDBCluster
        • DeleteDBCluster
        • DescribeDBClusters
        • DescribeDBClusterAttribute
        • DescribeTasks
        • ModifyDBClusterDescription
        • ModifyDBClusterMaintainTime
        • Deployment architecture
          • FailoverDBCluster
          • ModifyDBClusterPrimaryZone
        • Renewal management
          • ModifyAutoRenewAttribute
          • DescribeAutoRenewAttribute
          • DescribeDBClusterAvailableResources
      • Data Security
        • Whitelist management
          • ModifyDBClusterAccessWhitelist
          • DescribeDBClusterAccessWhitelist
        • SSL encryption
          • DescribeDBClusterSSL
          • ModifyDBClusterSSL
      • Node management
        • CreateDBNodes
        • DeleteDBNodes
        • RestartDBNode
        • ModifyDBNodeClass
      • Cluster parameters
        • ModifyDBClusterParameters
        • DescribeDBClusterParameters
      • Connection points
        • CreateDBEndpointAddress
        • CreateDBClusterEndpoint
        • DescribeDBClusterEndpoints
        • ModifyDBClusterEndpoint
        • ModifyDBEndpointAddress
        • DeleteDBEndpointAddress
        • DeleteDBClusterEndpoint
      • Logs
        • DescribeDBClusterAuditLogCollector
        • ModifyDBClusterAuditLogCollector
      • Account management
        • CreateAccount
        • DescribeAccounts
        • ModifyAccountDescription
        • DeleteAccount
        • CheckAccountName
        • ModifyAccountPassword
      • Database management
        • CreateDatabase
        • DescribeDatabases
        • DeleteDatabase
        • CheckDBName
        • DescribeDBInitializeVariable
      • Backup management
        • CreateBackup
        • DeleteBackup
        • DescribeBackups
        • DescribeBackupTasks
        • DescribeBackupLogs
        • DescribeDetachedBackups
        • DescribeDBClustersWithBackups
      • Tag management
        • TagResources
        • ListTagResources
        • UntagResources
      • Pending events
        • DescribePendingMaintenanceAction
        • DescribePendingMaintenanceActions
        • ModifyPendingMaintenanceAction
      • Monitoring management
        • DescribeDBNodePerformance
        • DescribeDBClusterMonitor
        • DescribeDBClusterPerformance
        • ModifyDBClusterMonitor
      • Appendixes
        • Client error codes
        • Cluster status
        • Character set tables
        • Performance metric monitoring
    • Download the SDK
    • FAQ
 
All Products
Search
  • Document Center
  • PolarDB for PostgreSQL Cloud Native Database
  • Quick start

This Product

  • This Product
  • All Products

    Quick start

    Document Center

    Quick start

    Last Updated: Feb 19, 2021

    This topic describes how to create a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster, configure the basic settings, and connect to the cluster. You can familiarize yourself with the process of purchasing and using a PolarDB cluster.

    Procedure

    To purchase, create, and use a PolarDB cluster, perform the following steps:

    1. Create a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster
    2. Set IP address whitelists for a cluster
    3. Create a database account
    4. View endpoints
    5. Connect to a PolarDB for PostgreSQL cluster
    Previous: Limits Next: Billable items

    How helpful was this page?

    What might be the problems?

      More suggestions?

      Thank you! We've received your feedback.
      Free Trial Free Trial