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# VegaFlow quickstart

> Create a Postgres connection and cluster, configure a QuickFlow, and inspect its first run.

# Run your first QuickFlow

This workflow uses the implemented Postgres connection path. Exact fields are provided by the connector property schema in the dashboard and API reference.

## Prerequisites

* An active organization and workspace
* Permission to use secret vaults and create connections, clusters, and QuickFlows
* Reachable Postgres source or destination details
* A permitted node type and available cluster capacity

## 1. Store credentials safely

Create or select a [Secret Vault](/platform/secret-vaults), then create the required secret. Use the secret reference in connection configuration; never paste credentials into documentation, descriptions, or logs.

## 2. Create and validate a connection

Open **VegaFlow → Connections**, choose the PostgreSQL connector, name the connection, provide its configuration and secret references, and run validation. Save only after validation succeeds. See the [PostgreSQL connector guide](/vegaflow/connectors/postgresql) for both direct password and SSH-tunnel authentication.

## 3. Create a cluster

Open **Clusters** and choose a node type. Set minimum nodes to at least one and maximum nodes greater than or equal to the minimum. If auto-stop is enabled, provide a positive auto-stop time. Configure auto-scale or auto-resume only when that lifecycle matches the workload.

## 4. Create a QuickFlow

Open **QuickFlows** and select source/destination connections plus the execution cluster. Choose the streams and columns to include or exclude. Use snapshot mode for a complete read, or configure incremental cursor mode with valid cursor fields and ordering. Enable schema evolution only when the destination workflow should accept it.

## 5. Start a manual run

Save the QuickFlow, start a manual run, and open its run details. Confirm the connection remains valid and the cluster is ready while the run advances through its lifecycle.

## 6. Schedule after a successful run

Create a schedule only after the manual run proves the resource configuration. Review [runs and schedules](/vegaflow/runs-and-schedules) before pausing, resuming, updating, or deleting it.