Create a Project

This document guides you to create a project, transfer a database into the project and assign users. Make sure you have configured environments, instances, and members properly at the workspace level.

Step 1 - Create a project

1. Click Projects on the navigation bar.
2. Click Add Project.
3. Enter Project Name and Key. Choose Standard Mode.
4. Click Create, and you will be redirected to the new project page.

Now the project is created successfully, it is still empty. Next, you need to fill it with some Databases.

Step 2 - Prepare a database in the project

In Bytebase, Database refers to a single database from a (Database) Instance, and a Database always belongs to a single Project. Bytebase periodically syncs the databases' info for all managed instances. After the sync, those synced databases are first placed in the Default Project, and waiting to be transferred to the user project later.

To make changes to a database, you need to place it in a user project first. There are two options:

• Option A) Transfer an existing database into the project.
• Option B) Create a new database in the project.

Option A) Transfer an existing database into the project

1. Go to the new project page you created.
2. Click Transfer in DB, and you will see Transfer in database from other projects dialog.
3. Choose From Default Project, and choose the database you want to transfer.
4. Leave Location and Tenant empty, click Transfer and you will see that database listed on your project page.

Option B) Create a new database in the project

1. Go to the new project page you created.
2. Click New DB, and you will see Create database dialog.
3. Enter New Database Name, choose Environment, and then choose Instance you want the database to be located.
4. Click Create, and an issue of creating a database is created automatically, you will be redirected to the issue page. If the database is in test environment, the issue will run without approval.

Step 3 - Manage the members in the project

A project is only visible to its related users.

1. Go to the project page you created.
2. Click Settings on the project tab bar, you will see Manage members section, and you’re Project Owner by default.
3. Click Select user to add new project member from the users who have been already added at the workspace level.