provisioning-cluster-for-production

To provision a CockroachDB cluster for production, you select a deployment tier such as Self-Hosted, Advanced, BYOC, Standard, or Basic, and follow guided steps for hardware sizing, security hardening, and deployment via Kubernetes, Terraform, or API workflows.

The best way to deploy CockroachDB on Kubernetes for production is by using the Operator, Helm, or Terraform-based workflows, which provide consistent cluster setups, enforce production-ready defaults, and guide hardware sizing and security hardening.

Yes, you can automate CockroachDB cluster creation and lifecycle management using Terraform, which provides validated workflows to provision clusters across multiple deployment modes with production-ready defaults and security hardening.

Yes, the provisioning workflow supports both self-hosted and cloud deployments, offering comprehensive guidance and validated workflows for Self-Hosted, Advanced, BYOC, Standard, and Basic CockroachDB tiers.

Production clusters require structured hardware sizing and security hardening recommendations enforced through checklists and safety defaults, ensuring your CockroachDB deployment meets production-ready standards before going live.

You should choose BYOC over Standard deployment when you need to bring your own cloud infrastructure for CockroachDB, allowing you to balance managed provisioning with cloud environment control while maintaining production-ready defaults.