Provisioning Cluster for Production

Guides CockroachDB cluster creation and production deployment configuration. Before providing procedures, this skill gathers context to deliver tier-appropriate provisioning steps and production hardening guidance.

When to Use This Skill

• Creating a new CockroachDB cluster
• Preparing a development/staging cluster for production go-live
• Validating hardware and configuration for production readiness
• Choosing the right deployment tier and sizing

For post-deployment health checks: Use reviewing-cluster-health. For ongoing settings management: Use managing-cluster-settings. For capacity changes after deployment: Use managing-cluster-capacity.

Step 1: Gather Context