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## Setup Your First Super Admin ## Setup Your First Super Admin
Once you have started NocoDB, you can visit the dashboard via `example.com/dashboard`. Once you have started NocoDB, you can visit the dashboard via `example.com`. You will be redirected to `example.com/#/signup`.
Click `Let's Begin` button to sign up.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163138119-be4314f9-22eb-4df6-b0af-b6990c563795.png)
Enter your work email and your password. Enter your work email and your password.
<img width="1485" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189030350-89a4d361-1f0c-495f-bb03-4958dc5eb556.png">
<alert id="password-conditions"> <alert id="password-conditions">
Your password has at least 8 letters with one uppercase, one number and one special letter Your password has at least 8 letters with one uppercase, one number and one special letter
</alert> </alert>
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163138460-59ddd93f-a8ef-4c02-8b7b-037a53cefd77.png)
## Initialize Your First Project ## Initialize Your First Project
Once you have logged into NocoDB, you should see `My Projects`. Once you have logged into NocoDB, you should see `My Projects`.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163135335-652470ee-f69e-4b12-8884-63e8056bfce3.png) <img width="1482" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189045961-0801accb-e07f-42cd-b679-cab5c3cab8a6.png">
To create a project, you can click `New Project`. To create a project, you can click `New Project`. You can choose create an empty project or a project connecting to an external database.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/167252813-84876756-f6a1-488a-a185-cbb09f163c5b.png) <img width="1497" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189046071-113c424f-c908-4bb6-99f1-a4447337f1fc.png">
### Creating Empty Project ### Creating Empty Project
Click `Create`, you need to specify the project name and API type. Click `Create 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.
<alert> <alert>
A local SQLite will be used. NC_DB is an environment variable used to store the meta data in the given database.
</alert> </alert>
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163135608-5e135a73-afcd-40bb-9d26-f2970dab7143.png) <img width="1499" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189047000-e2f9cf80-fe85-4a79-9e34-76b8a28d66ec.png">
### Connecting to External Database ### Connecting to External Database
Click `Create By Connecting To An External Database`, you need to specify the project name, API type, and other database parameters. Click `Create By Connecting To An External Database`, you need to specify the project name, API type, and other database parameters.
<alert type="success"> <alert type="success">
Tip 1: If you are running NocoDB on Docker and your local DB is running on your host machine, your Host Address would be host.docker.internal instead of localhost. Tip: If you are running NocoDB on Docker and your local DB is running on your host machine, your Host Address would be host.docker.internal instead of localhost.
</alert> </alert>
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163135736-d209061e-893d-4441-aaaa-ff22a1c82ceb.png) <img width="1500" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189047070-7600d2f9-bec5-47ed-948e-c6da46202e9c.png">
Currently it supports MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and SQLite. Currently it supports MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL and SQLite.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/126597320-fd6b19a9-ed3e-4f4a-80b7-880a79a54a11.png)
You can also configure associated SSL & advanced parameters. You can also configure associated SSL & advanced parameters.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163135911-04e01016-0ffd-4f38-83a8-c667bd268759.png) <img width="689" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189047293-05176c44-e162-495a-a7cd-e02377c1f42c.png">
<alert type="success"> <alert type="success">
Tip 2: You can click Edit Connection JSON and modify SSL settings in "ssl". Tip: You can click Edit Connection JSON and modify SSL settings in "ssl".
</alert> </alert>
```json ```json
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``` ```
<alert type="success"> <alert type="success">
Tip 3: You can click Edit Connection JSON and specify the schema you want to use in "searchPath". Tip: You can click Edit Connection JSON and specify the schema you want to use in "searchPath".
</alert> </alert>
```json ```json
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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. 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.
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/163136039-ad521d74-6996-4173-84ba-cfc55392c3b7.png) <img width="632" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35857179/189048167-0725c306-12d3-4c5c-91a9-55b0aa63732d.png">

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