Requirements
Responsibilities⚓︎
As a fully managed service, Hydrolix personnel will assume responsibilities for installation and maintenance of the Hydrolix data platform while the Hydrolix Managed customer assumes responsibility for its use and integration into their overall data solution. The following table lists the responsibilities and whether they apply to Hydrolix and/or the customer, and where Hydrolix documentation can be found for the relevant capabilities.
| Hydrolix Managed Tasks | Hydrolix Responsibility | Customer Responsibility | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | ✔ | ||
| Initial Configuration | ✔ | ||
| Loading data | ✔ | ✔* | <../self-managed/load-data/loading-the-basics.md> |
| Aggregating data (creating summary tables) | ✔ | ✔* | <../self-managed/aggregate-data/summary-tables-aggregation.md> |
| Querying data | ✔ | <../exploring-data/query-interfaces/query-interfaces.md> | |
| Visualizing data | ✔ | ||
| Managing data lifecycle | ✔ |
* Hydrolix support is available for helping with documented product capabilities. Customizations might require professional service fees or roadmap requests to implement. See Success and Support sections below for details.
Customer Requirements⚓︎
Required Cloud Services⚓︎
The following table outlines the required cloud services for Hydrolix Managed and the product names for those services in each of the supported cloud infrastructure providers.
| Required Cloud Services | Amazon Product | Google Cloud Product | Azure Product | Akamai Product |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes compute service | Amazon Kubernetes Services | Google Kubernetes Engine | Azure Kubernetes Service | Connected Cloud Kubernetes Engine |
| Cloud object storage | Amazon S3 | Google Cloud Storage | Azure Blob Storage | Connected Cloud Object Storage |
| PostgreSQL database | Amazon RDS | Google Cloud SQL | Azure Database for PostgreSQL | CloudNativePG provided by Hydrolix |
Version Requirements⚓︎
| Required Cloud Services | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes compute service | 1.27 | 1.30 |
| PostgreSQL database | 12.0 | 15.7 |
Required Cloud Resource Hierarchy, Roles & Permissions⚓︎
Hydrolix personnel require administrative access to the customer cloud resources listed in the previous section in order to perform the installation, configuration, operations and maintenance tasks required to deliver a fully managed Hydrolix service. To provide this access in a secure, scalable and compliant manner for both parties, Hydrolix will work with new customers during onboarding to implement the necessary permissions which will include the following steps:
- Create a new cloud resource container entity for sole use by Hydrolix Managed. The table below summarizes the account hierarchy terminology used by each of the supported cloud providers for this resource container.
| New Account Entity | Documentation | |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | Member account | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_accounts_create.html |
| Google Cloud | Project or Folder | Project: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects Folder: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-folders |
| Azure | Management Group | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/management-groups/create-management-group-portal |
- Use the cloud provider’s Identity & Access Management (IAM) system to create an administrator role for the Hydrolix resource container created in step 1. This role will only be used by Hydrolix personnel.
- Use the cloud provider’s IAM system to invite the Hydrolix operations team to the newly-created administrator role. The Hydrolix operations team’s group account will be provided during the on-boarding process.