ElephantSQL is a PostgreSQL database hosting service. ElephantSQL will manage administrative tasks of PostgreSQL, such as installation, upgrades to latest stable version and backup handling.
ElephantSQL is also integrated to several cloud application platforms (also known as PaaS). With a click of a button your database is provisioned in the same data center as your application is hosted, and is ready to be used immediately.
If you would like to create a paid plan, you need to start by adding a credit card to your ElephantSQL account.
To create a new instance, press + Create New Instance
Only available for dedicated plans.
Immediately after the instance is created it will be provisioned to you. The instance details, such as connection URL, statistics, connections and your slow queries can be seen at the details pages. From here will you also be able to restore backups and rotate your password. If you are on a dedicated plan you will be able to view server metrics, you can set up followers and you can view information for all your databases.
Connection URL format:
postgres://username:password@hostname/databasename
Once you have created your account you can get started using your PostgreSQL database by using any of the guides listed, depending on platform and language. These tutorials cover the basics of how to get started with ElephantSQL.
The database instance can be tested and used via different tools, e.g the ElephantSQL SQL browser, pgAdmin or psql. A link to ElephantSQL SQL browser page can be found from the management console for your instance. From that page you can execute sql queries from your web browser. psql is an interactive terminal for work with Postgres and pgAdmin is a graphical administration client for PostgreSQL.
More information about ElephantSQL, tool, monitoring and backups can be found under the Product Overview.
Press edit on your instance and you will see the options to add a follower, to create a fork or to do a point in time recovery. You can also find the option to add a follower from the control panel of your instance.