---
alwaysopen: false
categories:
- docs
- operate
- stack
description: null
linkTitle: Quick start
title: Redis Open Source quick start
weight: 1
---
To quickly set up a database with Redis Stack (Redis Open Source) features,
you can sign up for a free [Redis Cloud](https://cloud.redis.io/#/sign-up) subscription and create a Redis Stack database.

Alternatively, you can use one of these methods:

- [Redis Software]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/redis-enterprise-software-quickstart" >}})
- Redis Software in a [Docker container]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/docker-quickstart" >}})
- [Other platforms]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes" >}}) for Redis Software

## Set up a Redis Cloud database

To set up a Redis Cloud database with Redis Stack features, follow these steps:

1. [Create a new Redis Cloud subscription](#create-a-subscription).

1. [Create a Redis Stack database](#create-a-redis-stack-database).

1. [Connect to the database](#connect-to-the-database).

For more details, see the Redis Cloud [quick start]({{< relref "/operate/rc/rc-quickstart" >}}).

### Create a subscription

To create a new subscription:

1. Sign in to the Redis Cloud [admin console](http://cloud.redis.io) or create a new account.

1. Select the **New subscription** button:

    {{<image filename="images/rc/button-subscription-new.png" alt="The New subscriptions button in the admin console menu." width="150px">}}

1. Configure your subscription:

    1. Select **Fixed plans**.
    1. For the cloud vendor, select **Amazon Web Services** (AWS), **Google Cloud** (GCP), or **Microsoft Azure**.
    1. Select a region to deploy the subscription to.
    1. From the dataset size list, select the Free tier (30MB).
    1. Enter a name for the subscription.

1. Select the **Create subscription** button:

    {{<image filename="images/rc/button-subscription-create.png" alt="The Create Subscription button." width="150px">}}

### Create a Redis Stack database

After you create a subscription, follow these steps to create a Redis Stack database:

1. Select the **New database** button:

    {{<image filename="images/rc/button-database-new.png" alt="The New Database button creates a new database for your subscription." width="120px">}}

1. In **General** settings, enter a **Database name**.

1. For database **Type**, select **Redis Stack**.

1. Select the **Activate database** button:

    {{<image filename="images/rc/button-database-activate.png" alt="Use the Activate database button to create and activate your database." width="150px">}}

### Connect to the database

After creating the database, you can view its **Configuration** settings. You will need the following information to connect to your new database:

- **Public endpoint**: The host address of the database
- **Redis password**/**Default user password**: The password used to authenticate with the database

With this information, you can connect to your database with the [`redis-cli`]({{< relref "/operate/rs/references/cli-utilities/redis-cli" >}}) command-line tool, an application, or [Redis Insight](https://redislabs.com/redisinsight/).

## Try Redis Open Source features

To try out Redis Open Source features, follow the examples provided by the corresponding guides:

- [Redis Query Engine quick start]({{< relref "/develop/get-started/document-database" >}})
- [JSON quick start]({{< relref "/develop/data-types/json/" >}}#use-redisjson)
- [Time series quick start]({{< relref "/develop/data-types/timeseries" >}})
- [Probabilistic data structures quick start]({{< relref "/develop/data-types/probabilistic/" >}})