Create a Pro database in an existing subscription

Before creating a Redis Cloud database, you need to create an account.

To create a database in your Redis Cloud account:

1. Sign in to the Redis Cloud console.

2. Select the New database button.

   

   This displays the Create database screen.

3. Select your Redis use case. There are four pre-defined use cases:

   
   • Cache: Stores short-term or volatile data. Can be used for session management, semantic cache, session store, and other uses where data is short-lived.
   • Database: Stores durable and consistent data. Can be used for document databases, feature storage, gaming leaderboards, durable caches, and other uses where your data needs to be highly available and persistent.
   • Vector search: Manages and manipulates vector data. Can be used for Generative AI, recommendation systems, visual search, and other uses where you can search and query your data.
   • Custom: If your Redis use case doesn’t match any of the other use cases, you can choose this option to customize all of your settings.

   Select the use case that best matches your Redis use case. You can always change the settings later. See Use case settings to view the settings for each use case.

4. Select the type of subscription you need. For this guide, select Pro, select Existing subscription, and then select your existing pro subscription from the list.

   
   Note:

   This guide shows how to create a Pro database in an existing subscription.

   • If you don’t yet have a Pro subscription, see Create a Pro database with a new subscription.
   • If you’d rather create an Essentials database, see Create an Essentials database.

After you select Pro and select your existing subscription from the list, select Continue to go to the New database page.

The New database page is divided into sections, each dedicated to a specific category of settings. The following sections provide more details.

When you’ve configured your new database, click the Activate database button to create and activate it.

General section

The General section defines basic properties about your database.

The available settings vary according to your subscription plan:

Scalability section

The Scalability section lets you manage the maximum size, throughput, and hashing policy for a database.

To learn more about these settings and when to use them, see Database clustering.

Durability section

The Durability section helps you keep your database (and your data) available when problems occur.

Tags section

The Tags section lets you add tags to the database.

Select Add tag to add a tag.

You can select the tag’s Key and Value from the suggestions, or you can enter your own.

A valid tag must follow these guidelines:

• Tag keys must be between 2 and 64 characters long, and values must be at least 2 characters long.
• Tags can only have lowercase letters, numbers, spaces, and these special characters: -, _, ., +, @, and :.

After you add your first tag, you can:

• Select the Key or Value field of an existing tag and enter new text to edit it.

• Select Delete next to a tag to delete it.

  

• Select Add additional tag to add another tag.

  

Security section

The Security section helps you control access to your database.

Alerts section

The Alerts section defines notification emails sent to your account and the conditions that trigger them.

The available alerts vary according to the subscription type.

Use case settings

The following table shows the default use case settings for a Pro database.

Billing Unit types

The Redis Billing Unit types associated with your Pro subscription depend on your database memory size and throughput requirements.

1. Used for databases with Auto Tiering before Redis 7.2.

2. Used for hosted databases with Auto Tiering for Redis 7.2 and later.

Prices vary according to the cloud provider and region. Minimum prices apply. To learn more, see Cloud pricing.