cockroachcloud-create-your-account.md

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The CockroachCloud offering provides a running CockroachDB cluster suitable to your needs, fully managed by Cockroach Labs on GCP or AWS. Benefits include:

• No provisioning or deployment efforts for you
• Daily full backups and hourly incremental backups of your data
• Upgrades to the latest stable release of CockroachDB
• Monitoring to provide SLA-level support

We are offering initial access to select organizations through our beta program. Sign up here for early access to CockroachCloud.

Create your CockroachCloud account

To create your CockroachCloud account:

1. On the Create your account page, enter your first and last name, email address, and password. {{site.data.alerts.callout_info}} Password should be at least 12 characters long. We recommend using a password manager for added security. {{site.data.alerts.end}} Click Next Step.
2. Enter an Organization name to set up your Organization to manage your clusters under a shared billing account and collaborate with team members. {{site.data.alerts.callout_info}} This page is displayed only if you are creating a new CockroachCloud Organization. This page is not displayed if you are creating a CockroachCloud account after being invited by a Team Member to an existing Organization. {{site.data.alerts.end}}
3. Click Create your account.
4. A verification email will be sent to your email address. Click on the verification link in the email to access your CockroachCloud account.

Sign in

To sign in to your CockroachCloud account:

1. Navigate to the Console.
2. Enter your Email and Password.
3. Click Continue. The Clusters page is displayed.