Dashboard
Setup Your First Super Admin
Once you have started NocoDB, you can visit the dashboard via example.com
. You will be redirected to example.com/#/signup
.
Enter your work email and your password.

Initialize Your First Project
Once you have logged into NocoDB, you should see My Projects
.
To create a new project, you can click New Project
.
You need to specify the project name. The data will be stored in NC_DB
. If it is not specified, a local SQLite will be created and used.
Connecting to External Database
Click on three-dot menu adjacent to BASES
. Pick required database option from the menu Connect to new datasource
.
Above menu is also accessible from Team & Settings
> Data Sources
. Click on New
button to add existing database.
You need to specify the project name, API type, and other database parameters.
Currently it supports MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and SQLite.
You can also configure associated SSL & advanced parameters.

{
"client": "pg",
"connection": {
"host": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"port": "5432",
"user": "<YOUR_DB_USER>",
"password": "<YOUR_DB_PASSWORD>",
"database": "<YOUR_DB_NAME>",
"ssl": {
"require": true,
"rejectUnauthorized": false,
"sslMode": "no-verify"
}
}
}
{
"client": "pg",
"connection": {
...
},
"searchPath": [ "<YOUR_TARGET_SCHEMA>" ]
}
Click Test Database Connection
to see if the connection can be established or not. NocoDB creates a new empty database with specified parameters if the database doesn't exist.
