CockroachDB BYOC Overview

This feature is in and subject to change. To share feedback and/or issues, contact Support. CockroachDB CockroachDB Cloud supports a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) deployment model, where CockroachDB CockroachDB Cloud Advanced is hosted in your own cloud account rather than in an account managed by Cockroach Labs. This model allows you to take more control of security and take advantage of existing cloud service credits or discounts.

Shared responsibility model for BYOC

In any CockroachDB CockroachDB Cloud deployment, responsibility for a successful and healthy deployment is . In a BYOC deployment, all of the except the control plane lives in an account under your control, which means that you incur additional responsibilities under the shared model. The following table describes the split of responsibilities between you and Cockroach Labs in the shared responsibility model for BYOC:

Area	Cockroach Labs responsibility	Customer responsibility
Uptime	Ensure 99.999% cluster uptime	Ensure that clusters remain accessible to CRL via cross-account IAM as documented in the corresponding deployment guide
Deployments	Automate cluster provisioning and scaling, provide hardware best practices	Provision new cloud service accounts and grant IAM permissions for Cockroach Labs to create and manage clusters
Upgrades	Provide automatic minor/patch upgrades and major upgrade automation via Terraform, APIs, or the CockroachDB Cloud Console	Initiate , if applicable
Workload	Troubleshoot problems as they pertain to cluster availability	to manage workload requirements, tune performance, and adjust schema designs with support from Cockroach Labs
Backups	Initialize a default backup schedule and write to customer-owned Cloud storage, ensure backup jobs run successfully	Configure a backup schedule as needed to meet RPO/RTO requirements
Support	Reactively and proactively identify and resolve availability-impacting incidents	Ensure sufficient hardware is made available to prevent scaling issues, including negotiating cloud resource quotas and availability with your cloud service provider. Maintain appropriate IAM permissions at all times
Billing	Meter vCPUs consumed, at the per-minute level	Negotiate with cloud service provider, manage infrastructure spend and discounts

Next steps

CockroachDB supports BYOC deployments in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. To prepare your cloud account for a BYOC deployment, refer to the corresponding deployment guide:

Once your cloud account is prepared for a BYOC deployment, cluster configuration and management is identical to a CockroachDB CockroachDB Cloud Advanced cluster. To learn more about CockroachDB CockroachDB Cloud Advanced cluster planning and management, refer to the following guides:

CockroachDB Advanced on Azure Prepare a CockroachDB Cloud BYOC Deployment in Amazon Web Services

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CockroachDB BYOC Overview

Shared responsibility model for BYOC

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