docs: initial cloud usage guide page.

website/.vitepress/config.mts

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
             { text: 'Electric', link: '/product/electric' },
             { text: 'Cloud', link: '/product/cloud', items: [
                 { text: 'Sign-up', link: '/product/cloud/sign-up' },
-                { text: 'Onboarding', link: '/product/cloud/onboarding' }
+                { text: 'Onboarding', link: '/product/cloud/onboarding' },
+                { text: 'Usage', link: '/product/cloud/usage' }
               ]
             },
             { text: 'PGlite', link: '/product/pglite' },

website/product/cloud/usage.md

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+---
+title: Usage
+description: >-
+  Usage instructions for the Electric Cloud private BETA.
+outline: [2, 3]
+---
+
+<script setup>
+import AccessCredsPNG from '/static/img/docs/cloud/access-creds.png?url'
+</script>
+
+<img src="/img/icons/ddn.svg" class="product-icon" />
+
+# Usage
+
+Usage instructions for the Electric Cloud <Badge type="info" text="PRIVATE BETA" />.
+
+> [!Warning] Invitation only
+> These instructions are only for teams that have been invited to the Electric Cloud private BETA. To get access, please [sign-up](./sign-up) to the waitlist.
+
+## Using the Electric Cloud
+
+Once onboarded, you will be given a source ID and secret for each Postgres database you've connected to Electric:
+
+<figure>
+  <img :src="AccessCredsPNG" />
+</figure>
+
+You should store these somewhere secure (like in your password manager) and use them when making requests to the cloud API at `https://api.electric-sql.cloud/v1/shape`.
+
+### Curl example
+
+For example using `curl`:
+
+```shell
+export SOURCE_ID="8ea4e5fb-9217-4ca6-80b7-0a97581c4c10"
+export SOURCE_SECRET="<long secret value>"
+
+export SHAPE_DEFINITION="table=items&offset=-1"
+
+curl -i "https://api.electric-sql.cloud/v1/shape?$SHAPE_DEFINITION\
+    &source_id=$SOURCE_ID\
+    &source_secret=$SOURCE_SECRET"
+```
+
+## Security model
+
+The source ID is a key that uniquely identifies your Postgres database.
+
+The source secret is a token that grants access to it. You should treat the source secret as securely as you would your database password.
+
+> [!Warning] Do not leak your source secret to the client
+> If you use the source secret from an insecure client, then this exposes it to malicious users, who can then use it to connect to your cloud API.
+
+### Proxy auth
+
+The recommended pattern for secure use of the Electric Cloud is to add the source ID and secret parameter to the origin request made by your [auth proxy](/docs/guides/auth).
+
+Specifically, this means you request shapes in your client as normal, without the `source_id` and `source_secret`. For example using the [Typescript client](/docs/api/clients/typescript):
+
+```ts
+import { ShapeStream } from '@electric-sql/client'
+
+const stream = new ShapeStream({
+  url: `https://api.electric-sql.cloud/v1/shape`,
+  params: {
+    table: `items`
+  }
+})
+```
+
+Then add the source ID and secret to the origin request in your [auth proxy](/docs/guides/auth). For example (using a Next.js [route handler](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/routing/route-handlers)):
+
+```ts
+export async function GET(req: Request) {
+  const proxyUrl = new URL(req.url)
+
+  // ... validate and authorize the request ...
+
+  // Construct the origin URL.
+  const originUrl = new URL(`/v1/shape`, `https://api.electric-sql.cloud`)
+  proxyUrl.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+    originUrl.searchParams.set(key, value)
+  })
+
+  // Add the source params.
+  originUrl.searchParams.set(`source_id`, process.env.SOURCE_ID)
+  originUrl.searchParams.set(`source_secret`, process.env.SOURCE_SECRET)
+
+  // Proxy the authorised request on to the Electric Cloud.
+  return fetch(originUrl, {headers: req.headers})
+}
+```
+
+See the [security guide](/docs/guides/security) for more context.
+
+### Support
+
+Let us know if you have any questions. We'll be very happy to help.