Vertica Documentation

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Getting started

Launch Vertica on major cloud providers and on-premises. Test drive Vertica with the Community Edition, and review new features.

Setup
Quickstart
Vertica Community Edition (CE)
New features

Ecosystem

Integrate Vertica with your environment.

Supported platforms
Architecture
Security & authentication
Containerized Vertica
Client connections
Management Console

Working with data

Transform and analyze data with the power of Vertica.

Data exploration
Data load
Unstructured data
Data analysis
Machine learning
Export

Administration

Perform common database administrator tasks.

Configure the database
Users and privileges
Start and stop the database
Backup and restore
Upgrade
Projections
Analyze workloads

Customize Vertica

Add scripts, SQL functions, and external libraries that automate tasks and extend Vertica functionality.

Custom SQL functions
External procedures
Stored procedures
Install external libraries
Develop external libraries

Reference

Comprehensive references, including SQL elements and SDKs to extend Vertica.

SQL reference
SDK/API reference
Glossary

Published on 2026-05-08.