Quickstart for Milvus

Milvus is an open-source vector database built for GenAI applications. Install with pip, perform high-speed searches, and scale to tens of billions of vectors with minimal performance loss.

Deploy Milvus on Elestio

1. Open the Milvus deployment page and sign in, or create an account.
2. Choose a cloud provider, a region and a data center. Pick the region closest to your users for the lowest latency.
3. Choose an instance size. Elestio only lists the sizes that can run Milvus properly (at least 1 vCPU and 2 GB of RAM).
4. Choose your support plan and the maintenance window for system and software updates (times are in UTC).
5. Click Create Service. Milvus is deployed and ready in a few minutes, and you receive an email with the access details.

The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the installation guide.

Access Milvus

Open your service in the Elestio dashboard and go to the Overview tab. Click Display Admin UI to reveal the URL, username and password of your Milvus instance.

If the password field is blank, Milvus does not ship with a pre-created admin user: open the admin URL to start its setup. Software without a web interface, such as databases, is reached with the credentials and port listed in the same tab. See Admin UI and credentials.

Next steps

• Custom domain and SSL: point your own domain to Milvus (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the Milvus version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn Milvus: read the official Milvus documentation.