Vela Tutorials: Create Your Vela Account and first Postgres Database

Welcome to Vela Tutorials — your step-by-step guide to running Postgres like a self-service product. In this episode, we walk through the full first-time setup in Vela Sandbox: ✅ create your account (Google login or email + password) ✅ set up your organization ✅ create your first project ✅ choose project-wide limits vs per-branch limits (because Vela branches are full databases) ✅ spin up your first branch (e.g., production) in seconds ✅ open the branch dashboard to see health, services, slow queries, security/performance signals, and connection details ✅ run your first query to confirm everything works Try it hands-on right now: Vela Sandbox (sign up + get a Postgres DB): https://demo.vela.run Vela Website: https://vela.simplyblock.io 💡 Quick note: Vela uses the term “branch” because you can clone an existing database (config + data) and keep working on it—perfect for dev, staging, and production workflows. If you want to learn more, keep watching the Vela Tutorials series for branching, cloning, auth/RBAC patterns, file storage, and day-to-day Postgres workflows. Chapters (quick skim): 00:00 Intro 00:08 Go to Vela Sandbox + login options 01:05 Create organization 01:33 Create project + enable file storage (optional) 02:12 Project limits vs branch limits 03:20 Create first branch (production) 05:04 Branch dashboard + metrics + actions 05:46 Connection info + run first query #Vela #Postgres #DatabaseTutorial #DevTools #PlatformEngineering #RBAC