Managed Kubernetes - Responsibility sharing

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The RACI below details shared responsibilities between OVHcloud and the customer for the Managed Kubernetes service. This shared model can help relieve the customer’s operational burden.

RACI definition

Roles
R: Is in charge of carrying out the process
A: Accountable for the successful completion of the process
C: Is consulted during the process
I: Is informed of the results of the process

1. Before subscription

1.1. Specify service as needed

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Choose the Public Cloud project where the Kubernetes cluster will be created	A	I
Choose the private or public network where the Kubernetes cluster will be executed	A	I
Choose the service location	RA	I
Decide which Kubernetes version to use	A	IR
Design applications running on the Kubernetes cluster to not store important peristant data locally (nodes are managed as cattle), example : use persitant volume CINDER	A	I

2. Service availability

2.1. Install service

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Install Kubernetes cluster following first configuration instructions requested by the client	I	RA
Adapt service configuration following the first delivery	RA

2.2. Reversibility model

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Use Kubernetes native API to import/export (create, delete) data on the cluster (format file YAML or JSON)	RA

2.3. Customer Information System setup

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Create the YAML file for container configuration	RA
Launch containerized software	RA
Inject data in containers	RA
Modify network default configuration to secure internal and external connections to the Kubernetes cluster	RA

3. Service usage

3.1. Operations

3.1.1. Daily operations

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Manage accessibility and functioning of the Managed Kubernetes service		RA
Manage accessibility and functioning of the installed IS	RA
Implement a backup policy for data hosted in the IS	RA

3.1.2. Access management

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Manage access to the OVHcloud Control Panel within a Public Cloud project	RA	I
Manage OVHcloud teams’ physical and logical access to infrastructures		RA
Manage access to resources inside Kubernetes Managed service		RA

3.1.3. Monitoring

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Monitor performances of the service	I	RA
Adapt allocated resources of Kubernetes control panel following the managed infrastructure by Kubernetes service		RA
Adjust the managed infrastructure by Kubernetes service following resources' needs of installed software	RA	I
Monitor the IS deployed with Kubernetes Managed service	RA
Keep logs of the deployed IS	RA
Monitor the backup policy	RA

3.1.4. Storage

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Encrypt sensitive data of the IS in the Kubernetes cluster	RA

3.1.5. Connectivity

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Filter administrators and users accesses on the Kubernetes Managed service	RA	I
Route packets inside the project managed by the Kubernetes Managed service	RA
Apply security measures adapted to internal and external flows of the IS	RA
Apply security measures adapted to flows destined to the service Control Panel (FQDN routing, TLS certificates)		RA

3.1.6. Management

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Provide inventory of infrastructures and services used under the Managed Kubernetes service	I	RA
Manage risks related to the provided service infrastructure		RA
Manage risks related to the IS hosted and managed by the Kubernetes Managed service		RA
Force updates of Kubernetes service versions which are no longer maintained by OVHcloud	I	RA
Provide patches and upgrade versions of the Managed Kubernetes service to be installed	I	RA
Apply necessary updates following update policy defined	RA
Maintain the IS managed in operational and security conditions	RA

3.1.7. Business continuity

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Deploy the continuity policy of the Kubernetes Managed service		RA
Perform periodical restoration tests on the service		RA
Deploy the continuity policy of the IS installed	RA
Perform periodical restoration tests of the IS installed	RA

3.2. Event management

3.2.1. Incidents

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Notify incidents wihin the service using support channels (tickets, telephone)	RA	I
Manage and notify incidents detected on the Managed service infrastructure in case of impact on customer side	I	RA
Intervene whithin an incident impacting the service		RA
Intervene whithin incidents caused by bad service configurations (bad network configuration, bad workload distribution, overconsumption of Kubernetes Control Panel, etc .;)	RA	CI
Intervene whithin an incident impacting the IS hosted	RA

3.2.2. Changes

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Deploy patches and maintenances necessary on the Kubernetes service (API, infrastructure, storage needs, etc.)	I	RA
Deploy necessary updates on managed containers	RA
Request modifications of allocated resources to the Kubernetes Managed service	RA	I
Apply resources' modifications requested by the client	I	RA

4. Reverting

4.1. Reversibility model

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Use Kubernetes native API to import/export (create, delete) data on the cluster (format file YAML or JSON)	RA
Create and deploy the reversibility plan of installed IS	RA

4.2. Data recovery

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Manage reversibility operations	RA	I
Migrate/transfer data	RA

5. End of service

5.1. Destroying configurations

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Delete the Kubernetes cluster inside the Public Cloud project	RA	I
Destroy Managed Kubernetes configurations related to the client following service termination		RA

5.2. Data destruction

Activity	Customer	OVHcloud
Destroy client's data at the end of service		RA
Destroy cluster's external data (ex: persistant volume)	RA
Destroy data related to the configuration of the Managed Kubernetes service		RA

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