# Neon

{% hint style="info" %} <sub>Treat Neon like plumbing. Nobody claps for plumbing until it fails in front of a customer.</sub> \ <sub>Test is your smoke detector.</sub>
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<h2 align="center"><sub>This page means</sub></h2>

<table><thead><tr><th width="266.727294921875">This page is</th><th>This page is not</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><sub>Operator guidance for the Neon slot</sub></td><td><sub>Neon’s full branching and autoscaling guide</sub></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Save, Test, environment hygiene</sub></td><td><sub>Schema migration advice for every ORM</sub></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h3 align="center"><sub>How to get a Neon API key for ARIA</sub></h3>

{% stepper %}
{% step %} <sub>**Sign in to Neon**</sub>

<sub>Open the</sub> [<sub>console</sub>](https://console.neon.tech) <sub>and sign in with the identity that owns the projects ARIA should manage.</sub>
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{% step %} <sub>**Open API keys**</sub>

<sub>Go to</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Account settings**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>(profile or gear menu, depending on UI), then</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**API keys**</sub><sub>.</sub> \
![](/files/eE5QrBQc66JaT5Q49l5B)\ <sub>Direct link:</sub> [<sub>API keys</sub>](https://console.neon.tech/app/settings/api-keys)<sub>.</sub>
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{% step %} <sub>**Create a key and copy it**</sub>

<sub>Create a new API key with a clear name, for example</sub> <sub></sub><sub>`aria-automation`</sub><sub>. Copy the full secret. Treat it like a password. ARIA stores it encrypted at rest.</sub>\
![](/files/ZQ52wU6jihT5i8BM8o8d)
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{% step %} <sub>**Paste in ARIA and Test**</sub> <sub></sub><sub>In ARIA</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Settings**</sub>

<sub>Open</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Neon API Key**</sub><sub>, paste,</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Save**</sub><sub>, then</sub> <sub></sub><sub>**Test**</sub><sub>. Success should confirm Neon project listing. If you pasted a database URL by mistake, go back to Neon and copy the management key only</sub>.
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<h2 align="center"><sub>Ask a question</sub></h2>

<p align="center"><sub><strong>If you ran a migration right now, which database would actually change?</strong></sub> <br><sub>If you hesitate, stop and re verify the connection string.</sub></p>

<table><thead><tr><th width="202.18182373046875">Resource</th><th>URL</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><sub>Neon console</sub></td><td><a href="https://console.neon.tech"><sub>https://console.neon.tech</sub></a></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Account API keys</sub></td><td><a href="https://console.neon.tech/app/settings/api-keys"><sub>https://console.neon.tech/app/settings/api-keys</sub></a></td></tr><tr><td><sub>Neon API docs</sub></td><td><a href="https://api-docs.neon.tech/reference/getting-started-with-neon-api"><sub>https://api-docs.neon.tech/reference/getting-started-with-neon-api</sub></a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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