# Course: TiDB Cloud Kickstart Workshop

## Prerequisites
+ You need to have basic operating system, network and database knowledge. In addition, you should be able to read simple SQL statements and understand the basics of Amazon S3.

## Description
+ This workshop contains a collection of hands-on labs and tasks to help you gain an understanding of TiDB Cloud features.

## Audience
+ DBA

## Level
+ Intermediate

## Duration
+ 0.5 day

## Summary
+ Lab 1: Getting Started With TiDB Cloud change name ·
  + Lab 1 Overview
  + Create TiDB Cloud Account
  + Create Serverless Tier Cluster
  + Create Dedicated Tier Cluster
  + Pause or Resume a TiDB Cluster
+ Lab 2: Connect To TiDB Cluster
  + Lab 2 Overview
  + Connect by Standard Connection
  + Connect by VPC Peering
  + Connect by Web SQL Shell
+ Lab 3: Manage User Access
  + Lab 3 Overview
  + Manage User Passwords
  + Manage User Profiles
  + View the Organization and Project Settings
  + Invite Member
  + Remove Member
  + Configure Member Roles
Lab 4: Monitor And Alert
  + Lab 4 Overview
  + TiDB Cloud Built-in Alerting
  + TiDB Cloud Built-in Monitoring
Lab 5: Back Up TiDB Cluster
  + Lab 5 Overview
  + Backup a TiDB Cluster
  + Restore a TiDB Cluster
  + Delete Backup
Lab 6: Scale TiDB Cluster
  + Lab 6 Overview
  + Scale Out and Scale In TiDB Cloud Cluster
  + Restore a TiDB Cloud Cluster and Increase its Nodes Size
  + Scale Up TiKV and TiFlash Nodes in TiDB Cloud Cluster
Lab 7: Import Data Into TiDB Cloud Cluster
  + Lab 7 Overview
  + Prepare Example Data
  + Import CSV Data from Amazon S3 Bucket into TiDB Cloud Cluster
  + Import SQL File from Amazon S3 Bucket into TiDB Cloud Cluster
  + Import Parquet Data from Amazon S3 Bucket into TiDB Cloud Cluster

## References
+ TiDB documentation: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb