---
title: 'Dashboard'
description: 'Dashboard'
position: 10
category: 'Usage'
menuTitle: 'Dashboard'
---
## Setup your first super admin
Once you have started NocoDB, you can visit the dashboard via ``example.com/dashboard``.
Click ``Let's Begin`` button to sign up.
Enter your work email and your password.
< alert >
Your password has at least 8 letters with one uppercase, one number and one special letter
< / alert >
If you start your application without specifying ``NC_DB``. A local SQLite will be created in root folder. Your data will be stored there.
If you are using Docker, it is recommended to mount ``/usr/app/data/`` for persistent volume (since ``v0.10.6``), otherwise your data will be lost after recreating the container.
Example:
```
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name foo -v /local/path:/usr/app/data/ nocodb/nocodb:0.11.33
```
## Initialize your first project
Once you have logged into NocoDB, you should see ``My Projects``.
To create a project, you can click ``New Project``.
If you click ``Create``, you need to specify the project name and API type. A local SQLite will be used.
If you click ``Create By Connecting To An external Datbase``, you need to specify the project name, API type, and several database parameters.
Currently it supports MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and SQLite.
You can also specify SSL & advanced parameters.
Click ``Test Database Connection`` to see if the connection can be established or not.
