We recommend using IAM roles for users to authenticate to cloud storage resources. For more detail, see the assume role and workload identity sections for and .
CHECK EXTERNAL CONNECTION statement.
Cloud Storage Authentication
Cockroach Labs supports different levels of authentication to cloud storage. When running disaster recovery or change data capture operations to and from a storage bucket, authentication setup can vary depending on the cloud provider. Select your cloud storage provider from the dropdown at the top right of this page to review the available authentication options for your platform.
You can test the connection from each node in the cluster to your external storage with the