Sign up for Starburst Galaxy #

If your organization has an existing account, contact an administrator and request a user account invitation. Once received, you can activate your user account in the existing organization account.

To get started with Starburst Galaxy using a new organization account, proceed to create an organization account.

Create an organization account #

To create a new Starburst Galaxy organization account, you must sign up for a free trial.

Open the Starburst Galaxy trial page, and fill out the sign-up form:

1. Enter your first name, last name, business email, job role, and company name. The business email address is used as your username for Starburst Galaxy. The activation code is sent to the email address you provide.

2. Click Start free trial to proceed to the next step. Do not close the browser tab or window.

    

3. Open the invitation email sent to the email address you provided, and enter the six-digit activation code in the dialog.

4. Click Submit.

    

5. After the code is verified, enter the domain you want to use for your organization. Your domain becomes the subdomain of your account URL, for example: <domain>.galaxy.starburst.io. We suggest using your business, organization, or department name so users can readily identify the full FQDN.

   The domain name chosen during setup is permanent and cannot be modified later.

6. Click Continue.

    

7. Enter a password of at least eight characters in the Password field and the same password in the Confirm password field.

8. Click Sign in.

    

   After your account is set up, the browser redirects you to your new Starburst Galaxy organization’s home page. Note the change of the URL in your browser, which is now <domain>.galaxy.starburst.io.

Choose your experience #

The pop-up window on the home page allows you to choose an independent or assisted experience.

Continue with Galaxy lets you explore Starburst Galaxy and try your first query independently. Make AIDA default login introduces you to AIDA, our AI data assistant.

Ask AIDA something you would like to know about the sample dataset. AIDA then accesses and queries the data for you.

You can always change your experience later in the user menu.

Invite a user as account administrator #

Any user with the accountadmin role can create catalogs, clusters, or perform administrative tasks, such as inviting new users to join the organization and start using Starburst Galaxy.

1. In the navigation menu, click Access > Users.

2. On the Users pane, click Create user.

3. In the dialog, enter the email address of the user, select roles, and assign a default role for the user. Check the access control documentation for more information about security aspects for users with roles and privileges.

4. Click Add user to confirm and automatically send an invitation email to the user.

Activate your user account #

If you have been invited to join an organization, open your Starburst Galaxy email invitation, and follow these steps to activate your new user account:

1. Click Set up account.

2. On the Create account page, enter a password.

3. Click Create account to activate your account.

Functionality and available features depend on the roles and privileges granted to you. Learn more about Galaxy’s access control system.

Next steps #

• Explore the query editor. Try your first query.
• Learn how to create an object storage catalog.
• Get started with relational database catalogs.
• Connect Galaxy to Tableau and build your first dashboard.
• To get help, chat directly with Galaxy support staff as described in Help center.