Getting Started

Welcome to Databricks. Getting Started shows you how sign up for a free trial and gives a quickstart to using Databricks. The remaining articles give you a rundown of the most important Databricks concepts and offer a quickstart to developing applications using Apache Spark.

• Try Databricks
  • Step 1: Launch the sign up wizard and select a subscription type
  • Step 2: Optionally add security features
  • What’s next
• Databricks Quickstart
  • Requirements
  • Step 1: Orient yourself to the Databricks UI
  • Step 2: Create a cluster
  • Step 3: Create a notebook
  • Step 4: Create a table
  • Step 5: Query the table
  • Step 6: Display the data
  • What’s next
• Data Overview
  • Import data
  • Read data on cluster nodes using Spark APIs
  • Read data on cluster nodes using local APIs
  • Modify uploaded data
• Databricks Concepts
  • Workspace
  • Interfaces
  • Data Management
  • Computation Management
  • Model Management
  • Authentication and Authorization
• Databricks Datasets
• Apache Spark Getting Started
  • Apache Spark Quickstart
  • DataFrames
  • Datasets
  • Machine Learning
  • Structured Streaming
  • What’s Next
• Training and FAQ
• Supported Browsers