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This page describes the cluster management and cluster deletion workflows for CockroachDB Basic.

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View Clusters page

On logging in to the CockroachDB Cloud Console, the Clusters page is displayed. The Clusters page provides a high-level view of your clusters. To view and manage a specific cluster, click the name of the cluster. The Overview page will display.

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View cluster overview

The Overview page displays details about the selected CockroachDB Basic cluster. For more information, see . Click the Connect button to get client connection details for your cluster. For more information, see .

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Edit labels

You can .

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Estimate usage cost

This feature is not available if your organization is billed through .
The monthly cost estimate is calculated using simple extrapolation that assumes your workload during the selected time frame is an accurate representation of your workload over the month. If you haven’t been running a workload for at least the length of the selected time frame, your results will be inaccurate.
  1. Click on the three-dots menu and select Edit cluster. The Edit cluster page displays.
  2. Click on Next: Capacity to open the Capacity page.
  3. Under the Estimate cost based on usage section, select a time period in which your workload was active. Your used , used storage, and accrued costs during the time period will be shown along with a monthly cost estimate. The accrued costs and monthly cost estimate do not account for the granted to each organization (excluding those with annual or multi-year contracts), which you would have to use up before being charged.

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Edit cluster capacity

The price-performance characteristics of CockroachDB Basic vary significantly depending on the workload. It can be difficult to estimate a workload’s compute requirements in advance. With Basic, by default compute and storage scale with your cluster’s needs, but you can limit a cluster’s resource usage:
  1. Click on the three-dots menu and select Edit cluster. The Edit cluster page displays.
  2. Click on Next: Capacity to open the Capacity page.
  3. On the Capacity page, edit the resource limits. In the sidebar, click Update cluster.
Changes apply to the current and future billing cycles. For more details, refer to .

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Edit regions

You can add up to six at a time and change your through the Cloud Console. You cannot currently edit the region configuration for a single-region cluster once it has been created, and you cannot remove a region once it has been added.
You can only add regions to clusters created after May 16, 2023.

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Add regions

To add regions to your cluster:
  1. Navigate to the cluster’s Overview page.
  2. Click on Settings to expand the Cluster settings section, then click on Edit next to the cluster’s Regions. The Edit cluster page displays.
  3. Click Add region.
  4. Choose the region you want to add or use the suggested one.
  5. In the sidebar, verify the hourly estimated cost for the cluster.
  6. Click Next: Capacity and then click Update cluster.

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Edit the primary region

To set the primary region:
  1. Navigate to the cluster’s Overview page.
  2. Click on Settings to expand the Cluster settings section, then click on Edit next to the cluster’s Regions. The Edit cluster page displays.
  3. Select Set primary region next to your preferred region.
  4. Click Next: Capacity and then click Update cluster.

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Move cluster to a new region

A CockroachDB Basic cluster cannot be moved from one region to another directly. Instead, you must restore the cluster’s data from a backup to a new CockroachDB Basic cluster with the desired region configuration:
  1. .
  2. in the desired region.
  3. Once the new cluster is set up, from the backup into the new cluster.

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Change a cluster’s plan

To change your cluster’s plan between Basic and Standard, refer to . To change from Basic to Advanced, refer to .

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Restore data from a backup

Use the to restore your cluster from automatic full cluster backups. You can also your CockroachDB Basic cluster manually. You can take to or .

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Enable deletion protection

To help prevent a cluster from being deleted by mistake, you can enable deletion protection. Before you can delete a cluster with deletion protection enabled, you must disable deletion protection. A user with permission to delete a cluster can enable deletion protection on the same cluster.
  1. Navigate to the Overview page for the cluster you want to protect.
  2. Click on Settings to open the Cluster settings panel.
  3. If deletion protection is off, click Edit. Toggle the setting, then click Save.

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Delete cluster

Deleting a cluster will delete all cluster data.
Free CockroachDB Basic clusters are subject to deletion after 6 months of no activity. Deleted clusters can not be restored.
Proceed with the following steps only if you are sure you want to delete a cluster:
  1. Turn off deletion protection if it is enabled.
  2. Click on the three-dots menu.
  3. Select Delete cluster.
  4. In the confirmation window, enter the name of the cluster.
  5. Click Delete.