Getting Started (Cloud)

Meltano Cloud is currently in Beta.

While in Beta, functionality is not guaranteed and subject to change.
If you're interested in using Meltano Cloud please join our waitlist.

Existing Meltano Project

If you already have a Meltano project you can go straight to the onboarding guide to configure your GitHub repository with Meltano Cloud.

New to Meltano

Meltano Cloud connects to an existing Meltano project in your GitHub repository, so if you don't yet have a Meltano repository set up you can do the following:

1. Create a GitHub repo

2. Clone the repo locally

3. Initialize Your Meltano Project

   Using the init command you can create the scaffolding for your project, just choose a name:

   meltano init <INSERT_YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>
   cd <INSERT_YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>

4. Add Sample Plugins and Schedules

   The following configuration snippet can be added to your meltano.yml file located in your new project directory. The configuration includes a sample extractor and loader with an associated job and schedule:

   plugins:
     extractors:
     - name: tap-smoke-test
       variant: meltano
       pip_url: git+https://github.com/meltano/tap-smoke-test.git
       config:
         streams:
         - stream_name: animals
           input_filename: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meltano/tap-smoke-test/main/demo-data/animals-data.jsonl
     loaders:
     - name: target-jsonl
       variant: andyh1203
       pip_url: target-jsonl
   jobs:
   - name: sample_job
     tasks:
     - tap-smoke-test target-jsonl
   schedules:
   - name: sample_schedule
     interval: 0 0 * * *
     job: sample_job

5. Lock your new plugins and commit the changes

   meltano lock --update --all

   Commit your changes back to the GitHub repository.

6. Next follow the Onboarding Guide to configure your GitHub repository with Meltano Cloud.

Once your Meltano Cloud project is set up you can explore the Meltano Core getting started guide to learn how to customize your project.