generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://docs.laserdata.cloud/getting-started/quick-start, https://laserdata.cloud
notes: >-
  LaserData does not run a separate test-vs-live key namespace or a mock API. Its equivalent of a
  sandbox is a real Free Tier Managed deployment on AWS or GCP, provisioned with no credit card,
  plus a published quickstart producer/consumer container image that reads and writes a sample
  stream. No magic/test credential values are published - a Free Tier deployment issues real
  credentials from the Console - so none are recorded here.
free_tier:
  available: true
  signup_url: https://laserdata.cloud
  credit_card_required: false
  clouds:
  - AWS
  - GCP
  tier_flag_value: free
  default_access_rule: 0.0.0.0/0
  notes: Free-tier Managed deployments are created with a default global access rule so you can
    connect immediately. Paid-tier deployments start with zero network access and require an
    explicit CIDR access rule first.
test_harness:
- kind: container-image
  name: ghcr.io/laserdata/quickstart
  install: docker pull ghcr.io/laserdata/quickstart:latest
  binaries:
  - /producer
  - /consumer
  sample_stream: sample-stream
  sample_topic: sample-topic
  producer_command: docker run ghcr.io/laserdata/quickstart /producer {DOMAIN} -u {USERNAME} -p
    {PASSWORD}
  consumer_command: docker run ghcr.io/laserdata/quickstart /consumer {DOMAIN} -u {USERNAME} -p
    {PASSWORD}
  connection_options:
  - flag: -t, --token <TOKEN>
    description: Use a Personal Access Token instead of username/password.
  - flag: --transport <tcp|quic|http|ws>
    description: 'Transport protocol (default: tcp).'
  - flag: --no-tls
    description: Disable TLS (local development only).
  - flag: --messages-count <N>
    description: Number of messages to produce.
credentials:
  source: Credentials tab of the LaserData Console
  published_test_values: none
  notes: Deployment credentials are issued per deployment in the Console; LaserData publishes no
    shared or magic test credentials.
api_console:
  url: https://api.laserdata.cloud/docs
  description: Scalar-hosted OpenAPI browser for the Core, Audit and Notifier specs. Accepts an
    ld-api-key and tenant_id so examples auto-fill and requests can be run in-browser.
  in_browser_requests: true
test_clocks: null