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Description
See a demo of how OpenShift administrators can vastly simplify the ability of their developers to access CockroachDB Cloud, without having to pass credentials back and forth. Michelle DiPalma (Red Hat) with the help of Mark Soper (Cockroach Labs), demonstrates how Red Hat OpenShift Database Access can help admins enable developers to self-serve credentials in a consistent way across database providers while gaining visibility and governance of what applications use what databases.
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A
Openshift,
administrators
and
dvas,
I
have
a
question:
what,
if
your
developers
could
self-serve
database
credentials,
what
if
they
could
self-serve
not
just
credentials
but
also
host
names
and
ports
and
ids,
and
anything
they
might
need
to
connect
to
different
database
vendors?
What
if,
while
allowing
them
to
self-serve
in
this
way?
You
could
also
give
your
admins
some
visibility
and
governance
and
insight
into
which
applications
use.
B
B
Okay,
you
want
to
use
cockroachdb
within
our
openshift
container
platform
environment,
there's
a
bit
of
setup
needed
on
the
cockroach
db
cloud
side
of
things.
So,
let's
walk
through
that
now.
First
thing:
you'll
need
an
account
so
go
to
cockroachlabs.cloud
and
click.
The
signup
link,
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
the
whole
process,
but
it's
pretty
straightforward:
either
use
github
or
email,
there's
an
email,
verification
step
and
then
once
we've
done
that
we
can
log
in
with
the
account
that
we
just
created
during
that
process.
B
B
And
I'm
not
going
to
hit
create
here,
because
that
will
actually
reveal
the
key,
but
the
key.
The
key
to
this
is
that
we
need
to
get
an
api
key
in
order
to
take
that
back
and
use
that
in
the
configuration
within
the
openshift
container
platform.
So
at
this
point
I'll
hit
create
and
that
key
will
be
available
to
me
once
to
copy
and
then
paste
into
that
configuration,
and
that
really
concludes
the
the
steps
that
you
need
to
take
once
you
have
that
key
you're
good
to
go.
B
I
should
also
just
mention
that,
if
you
don't
see
this
service
accounts
tab,
we're
still
in
an
invite
only
period
through
the
month
of
april.
So
the
way
to
get
access
to
service
accounts
is
to
just
send
an
email
to
this
address.
Early
access
at
cockroachlabs.com,
we'll
get
you
set
up
and
you'll
be
off
and
running.
A
You
can
select
the
road
to
tile
and
click,
install
it's
going
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
install
and
that's
okay,
to
stop
populating
our
dbas
inventory.
We
need
to
add
our
cockroachdb
provider
account,
please
open
your
console
window
and
then
go
to
installed.
Operators
under
the
operators
menu
ensure
that
you
are
in
the
red
hat
dbas
operator
namespace,
so
that
you
can
make
changes.
You'll
simply
get
an
error
message.
A
You
can
have
multiple
cockroachdb
provider
accounts
so
be
sure
to
give
your
provider
or
account
a
good
name.
Remember
our
developers
are
going
to
be
self-serving
and
the
names
should
be
meaningful
to
you
and
to
them
fill
in
the
name.
Select
cockroachdb
from
the
drop
down
put
in
the
api
key
and
click
create.
A
When
the
dbas
inventory
item
is
being
created,
the
credentials
you
provided
will
be
used
to
fetch
the
names
of
all
the
instances
available
to
that
provider
account
at
that
time,
and
this
is
what
you're
seeing
here
in
the
completed
window,
you
are
actually
done
at
this
point.
A
developer
can
self-serve,
but
before
you
view
the
developer
workflow,
I
just
want
to
show
you
some
visibility
into
provider
accounts
and
debug
inventory
items.
A
You
can
always
come
back
to
installed:
operators,
openshift
database
access
operators,
provider,
accounts
or
scroll
to
the
bottom
of
your
console
menu
and
explore
data
services.
Database
access
for
more
information
on
which
applications
and
namespaces
are
using,
which
provider,
accounts
and
databases.
You
are
all
done
with
your
admin.
Workflow
next
up
will
be
the
rota
developer
workflow.
A
In
this
video
we
saw
how
to
configure
rota
to
set
up
developer,
self-service
for
database
credentials
and
connection
information.
We
also
saw
how
administrators
can
use
rota
to
quickly
view
which
applications
can
connect
to
which
databases.
I
hope
this
demonstration
has
made
you
curious
about
red,
hat's
openshift
database
access
thanks
for
watching.