---
title: Cloud Quickstart
weight: 4
partition: cloud
aliases:
  - ../cloud-quick-start
  - cloud-quick-start
  - cloud-quickstart
  - cloud/quickstart-cloud/
---
# How to Get Started With Qdrant Cloud

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<p style="text-align: center;">You can try vector search on Qdrant Cloud in three steps. 
</br> Instructions are below, but the video is faster:</p>

## Setup a Qdrant Cloud cluster

1. Register for a [Cloud account](https://cloud.qdrant.io/signup) with your email, Google or Github credentials.
2. Go to **Overview** and follow the onboarding instructions under **Create First Cluster**. 

![create a cluster](/docs/gettingstarted/gui-quickstart/create-cluster.png)

3. When you create it, you will receive an API key. You will need to copy and paste it soon.
4. Your new cluster will be created under **Clusters**. Give it a few moments to provision.

## Access the cluster dashboard

1. Go to your **Clusters**. Under **Actions**, open the **Dashboard**.
2. Paste your new API key here. You can revoke and create new API keys in **Access Management**.
3. The key will grant you access to your Qdrant instance. Now you can see the cluster Dashboard.

![access the dashboard](/docs/gettingstarted/gui-quickstart/access-dashboard.png)

## Authenticate via SDKs

Now that you have your cluster and key, you can use our official SDKs to access Qdrant Cloud from within your application.

```bash
curl \
  -X GET https://xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io:6333 \
  --header 'api-key: <your-api-key>'

# Alternatively, you can use the `Authorization` header with the `Bearer` prefix
curl \
  -X GET https://xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io:6333 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>'
```

```python
from qdrant_client import QdrantClient

qdrant_client = QdrantClient(
    host="xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io",
    api_key="<your-api-key>",
)
```

```typescript
import { QdrantClient } from "@qdrant/js-client-rest";

const client = new QdrantClient({
  host: "xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io",
  apiKey: "<your-api-key>",
});
```

```rust
use qdrant_client::Qdrant;

let client = Qdrant::from_url("https://xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io:6334")
    .api_key("<your-api-key>")
    .build()?;
```

```java
import io.qdrant.client.QdrantClient;
import io.qdrant.client.QdrantGrpcClient;

QdrantClient client =
    new QdrantClient(
        QdrantGrpcClient.newBuilder(
                "xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io",
                6334,
                true)
            .withApiKey("<your-api-key>")
            .build());
```

```csharp
using Qdrant.Client;

var client = new QdrantClient(
  host: "xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io",
  https: true,
  apiKey: "<your-api-key>"
);
```

```go
import "github.com/qdrant/go-client/qdrant"

client, err := qdrant.NewClient(&qdrant.Config{
	Host:   "xyz-example.eu-central.aws.cloud.qdrant.io",
	Port:   6334,
	APIKey: "<your-api-key>",
	UseTLS: true,
})
```

## Try the Tutorial sandbox

1. Open the interactive **Tutorial**. Here, you can test basic Qdrant API requests.
2. Using the **Quickstart** instructions, create a collection, add vectors and run a search.
3. The output on the right will show you some basic semantic search results.

![interactive-tutorial](/docs/gettingstarted/gui-quickstart/interactive-tutorial.png)

## That's vector search!
You can stay in the sandbox and continue trying our different API calls.</br>
When ready, use the Console and our complete REST API to try other operations.

## What's next?

Now that you have a Qdrant Cloud cluster up and running, you should [test remote access](/documentation/cloud/authentication/#test-cluster-access) with a Qdrant Client.

For more about Qdrant Cloud, check our [dedicated documentation](/documentation/cloud-intro/).