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docs	CockroachDB - Storage Backends - Configuration	docs-configuration-storage-cockroachdb	The CockroachDB storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in a CockroachDB server or cluster.

CockroachDB Storage Backend

The CockroachDB storage backend is used to persist Vault's data in a CockroachDB server or cluster.

No High Availability – the CockroachDB storage backend does not support high availability.
Community Supported – the CockroachDB storage backend is supported by the community. While it has undergone development and review by HashiCorp employees, they may not be as knowledgeable about the technology.

storage "cockroachdb" {
  connection_url = "postgres://user123:secret123!@localhost:5432/vault"
}

Note - CockroachDB is compatible with the PostgreSQL database driver and uses that driver to interact with the database.

`cockroachdb` Parameters

connection_url (string: <required>) – Specifies the connection string to use to authenticate and connect to CockroachDB. A full list of supported parameters can be found in the pq library documentation. For example connection string URLs, see the examples section below.
table (string: "vault_kv_store") – Specifies the name of the table in which to write Vault data. This table must already exist (Vault will not attempt to create it).
max_parallel (string: "128") – Specifies the maximum number of concurrent requests to CockroachDB.

This example shows connecting to a PostgresSQL cluster using full SSL verification (recommended).

storage "cockroachdb" {
  connection_url = "postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/database?sslmode=verify-full"
}

To disable SSL verification (not recommended), replace verify-full with disable:

storage "cockroachdb" {
  connection_url = "postgres://user:pass@localhost:5432/database?sslmode=disable"
}