Quickstart for RavenDB

RavenDB is a NoSQL document database that stores and queries JSON documents while still offering full ACID transactions across multiple documents, unlike many document stores that trade consistency for speed. It includes built-in clustering and replication for distributed deployments, native time series data support, and real-time subscriptions that push data changes to subscribers as they happen. Full-text search is handled through an integrated Lucene-based search engine, and a built-in ETL pipeline can stream data out to SQL databases, Elasticsearch, Kafka and more. Everything is managed through RavenDB Studio, a web-based UI for creating databases, running queries, and inspecting the cluster. This deployment runs the free, unlicensed edition under AGPLv3, with RavenDB's own internal security disabled in favor of HTTP basic auth at the proxy layer.

Deploy RavenDB on Elestio

1. Open the RavenDB 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 RavenDB properly (at least 2 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. RavenDB 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 RavenDB

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 RavenDB instance.

If the password field is blank, RavenDB 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 RavenDB (guide).
• Backups: new services follow a 3-2-1 backup strategy by default (backups).
• Updates: manage the RavenDB version and update policy (software versions and updates).
• Learn RavenDB: read the official RavenDB documentation.