Blnk exists to give developers the tools and confidence to bring any financial product idea to life regardless of whether you’re working solo, with a small team, or as part of a large organization. Blnk Cloud is a clean and intuitive platform that allows you to view and act on your Core’s data, collaborate with your team, and monitor your transactions for any anomalies in real-time. This guide will walk you through getting started with Blnk Cloud and help you get set up quickly. Let’s get started!

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Sign Up or Log In

To access Blnk Cloud, visit cloud.blnkfinance.com. Create new account | Blnk Cloud For first-time users, create a new account. You can sign up via Google or manually provide your account details. We send a 6-digit verification code to your registered email address to verify your account. Once your email is verified, you’ll be redirected to sign in with your account information.
For existing users, sign in via Google or with your email and password.
Google SSO is automatically enabled for your account if your email is linked to a Google account.

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Workspace Setup

To complete your account, you need to create and set up your workspace.
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Create your organization

Organization setup | Blnk CloudEnter your organization’s information:
  • Organization name
  • Team size
  • Country
  • Team
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Select a Cloud plan

Select a Cloud plan that fits your needs to complete your setup and enter your workspace.Billing | Blnk CloudYou can choose from our 3 plans:
  • Developer: Gives you read-only access, 1 seat and 1 instance.
  • Lite: Gives you back-office operations, 2+ seats and unlimited instances.
  • Pro (Recommended): Gives you custom reports, transaction monitoring, 5+ seats and unlimited instances.
To learn more about our plans, visit our Pricing page.

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Create an Instance

For Cloud to work, it needs to connect to a Blnk Core instance. This can be hosted on your laptop, your cloud infrastructure, or a hosted Blnk Core instance. Connect instance | Blnk Cloud Click Connect instance to create a new instance:
  1. Instance name. It can be anything you want, e.g., development, staging, production, etc. This is the only required field.
  2. Core URL. This is the URL where your Blnk Core instance is hosted.
  3. Core secret key. This is the secret key that you configured for your Blnk Core instance. Leave empty if you don’t have a secret key.
Submit the form to generate a secure connection key to privately stream your data to Cloud.

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Connect Query Agent

Once the instance is created, you’ll be redirected to a Query Agent setup page. We use the Query Agent to securely stream your data without exposing your database credentials. Query agent | Blnk Cloud To complete the setup, you need to:
  1. Copy the docker command to deploy the Query Agent.
  2. Update the command with your actual database URL string, i.e., postgres://user:pass@hostname:port/db?sslmode=require.
    If you’re running PostgreSQL locally within a docker container, use host.docker.internal as the host.
  3. Run the command to run the Query Agent.
    Cloud listens for the query agent and automatically connects to it once verified. You’re done!

Managed Core

We help you host and manage your Blnk Core instance for you.

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Need help?

If you’re having trouble with Blnk Cloud, don’t hesitate to send us a message via email at support@blnkfinance.com or send us a message here.