# Getting Started with Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL and AlloyDB

Getting started with Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL includes completing the databases guided setup, configuring entities, and performing a test backup and restore.

## Complete the Databases Guided Setup

To add the first database in your Command Center environment, use the Databases guided setup. In the Command Center, go to Guided setup > Databases.

To complete the guided setup, you need the following information:

- The server name

- The host name

- The credentials that you use to access the server

- The packages that you want to install, such as PostgreSQL

  Note

  - If you are configuring a database that uses a pseudoclient, you must manually install the packages on the physical servers before you use the guided setup. For more information, see Adding a New Server.

  - The cloud account for a cloud database instance cannot be modified after the instance is created. Deleting a cloud account or hypervisor permanently deconfigures all associated cloud database instances. Deleting a server from (Manage > Infrastructure > Servers) permanently removes all associated cloud database instances. Before deleting a cloud account, hypervisor, or server, ensure that you understand the impact on dependent resources and retain any required backup data.

## Configure Entities

1. Add an access node.

2. Add an instance.

3. Add a database group for content that have different backup requirements.

## Perform a Test Backup and Restore

1. Restore a PostgreSQL database.

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