KDB.AI Cloud Setup
This section details the steps to setup KDB.AI Cloud.
Sign up
Sign up for KDB.AI Cloud here.
Log in to KDB.AI Cloud
To log in:
- Click on the link provided in your welcome email.
- Enter your username and password as created when you registered.
- Click Sign In.
Connect to your database
- In the Connection Details tab, go to Endpoint URL and copy the URL using the Copy button.
- Paste the endpoint URL into a notepad until you need it in the Connect a KDB.AI session step.
Create an API key
- To create an API key, click Add new API Key.
- Copy the key code to your clipboard. It's only visible once. Once you close this window, you can't copy the code again.
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Paste the API key into a notepad until you need it in the Connect a KDB.AI session step.
You can generate up to three API keys. If you mislay the API key code, you can delete the existing API key and then generate a new one.
Install KDB.AI client
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In a command window, use the following pip command to install the latest version of the KDB.AI client:
pip install kdbai-client
KDB.AI supports Python versions >= 3.8
Ensure curl is installed, for example, `which curl`
Connect a KDB.AI session
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Establish and verify the connection with your KDB.AI session:
import kdbai_client as kdbai session = kdbai.Session(endpoint="https://cloud.kdb.ai/instance/XXX", api_key="XXX")
Verify session
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Check if your connection has been successful using the
list
function:session.list()
An empty list [] should be returned as you haven't created any tables yet.
Next steps
Go to our Quickstart Guide page to set up your table schema and start inserting data.