Get Started with dex
Begin your dex journey by trying one of our quickstarts, which provides a step-by-step guide to help you set up and use our Lakehouse Platform
Welcome to dex—the fastest way to build, operate, and scale data pipelines without the headaches of stitching tools together or maintaining infrastructure.
In just a few minutes, you'll be able to:
Connect to your data sources
Write your first data model
Schedule and run your pipeline
View lineage, docs, and tests in one place
Before you begin
To get started, you’ll need:
Access to a cloud warehouse (we currently support BigQuery, Athena and Redshift)
Access to your dex workspace (or sign up here)
A GitHub or GitLab repo (recommended for version control and CI/CD)
Choose your setup
dex supports multiple deployment options. Pick the one that fits your environment:
Quickstart with GCP – set up dex using your Google Cloud project
Quickstart with AWS – configure dex with your AWS credentials and preferred services
Both guides walk you through installing dex, connecting your first data source, and deploying your first pipeline in under 30 minutes.
What you’ll build
In the quickstart guides, you’ll create a project that:
Connects to a sample Postgres database
Ingests and transforms data with simple SQL models
Automatically runs tests and generates documentation
Outputs production-ready tables to your warehouse
By the end, you’ll have a working project that you can adapt and expand for your own business use cases.
Next steps
Once you’ve completed the quickstart, explore these next areas:
Set Up dex – configure Git, environments, secrets, and project structure
Connector Catalog – explore ready-to-use integrations for SaaS apps, databases, and file sources
Write Your First Model – define business logic using only
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Schedule Runs – automate orchestration with built-in job management
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