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DBSnapper Cloud: Team Collaboration Platform

When individual developers need realistic data, the local DBSnapper Agent is perfect. But when your team needs to collaborate on database snapshots, share sanitized data securely, and integrate with enterprise workflows—that's where DBSnapper Cloud transforms your organization's approach to development data.

The Team Development Data Challenge

As development teams grow, the database snapshot problem multiplies exponentially:

🔄 Coordination Chaos

  • Different team members create inconsistent snapshots
  • QA teams can't reproduce bugs due to data variations
  • New developers spend days setting up realistic databases
  • Database snapshots become tribal knowledge

🔐 Security & Compliance at Scale

  • Sharing database snapshots via Slack or email exposes sensitive data
  • No audit trail of who accessed what data when
  • Individual sanitization approaches create compliance gaps
  • Production access requests create security bottlenecks

⚡ Integration Bottlenecks

  • CI/CD pipelines need consistent, up-to-date test data
  • Manual snapshot management doesn't scale to multiple environments
  • Different cloud storage approaches across teams create silos
  • No centralized way to manage database credentials and access

DBSnapper Cloud: Your Team's Database Snapshot Hub

DBSnapper Cloud extends the security-by-design approach of the DBSnapper Agent to enable seamless team collaboration while maintaining your organization's data sovereignty.

🛡️ Security-First Team Collaboration

Your Data, Your Infrastructure, Your Control: 

# Cloud-managed targets use your own storage
storage_profiles:
  team_s3:
    provider: s3
    bucket: your-company-snapshots  # Your S3 bucket
    awscli_profile: production      # Your AWS credentials

targets:
  production_api:
    snapshot:
      src_url: "postgresql://{{`DB_USER` | env}}:{{`DB_PASS` | env}}@your-db:5432/api"
    storage_profile: team_s3        # Snapshots stored in YOUR infrastructure
    sanitize:
      override_query: "UPDATE users SET email = CONCAT('user', id, '@example.com')"
    sso_groups: ["developers", "qa-team"]  # Access controlled by YOUR SSO

What This Means: - Your databases stay in your infrastructure - Your snapshots are stored in your cloud storage accounts - Your SSO controls who accesses what data - DBSnapper Cloud only orchestrates—never stores your production data

⚡ V3.0 Performance at Scale

Multi-Core Operations with Team Coordination: 

# Configure optimal performance for your infrastructure
defaults:
  cpus: 4  # Global setting for all team operations

targets:
  large_production_db:
    cpus: 8  # Use more cores for your biggest database
    snapshot:
      src_url: "postgresql://prod-cluster:5432/large_app"
    # Team members inherit these performance optimizations

Benefits: - Faster snapshots for everyone using multi-core PostgreSQL operations - Consistent performance across team members and CI/CD systems - Container-native operations scale perfectly in Kubernetes environments

👥 Enterprise-Grade Team Features

Connect DBSnapper to your existing identity infrastructure:

sso:
  okta:
    provider_url: https://your-org.okta.com
    client_id: your-client-id

# Team-based access control
targets:
  user_database:
    sanitize:
      override_query: "UPDATE users SET ssn = NULL, email = CONCAT('user', id, '@example.com')"
    sso_groups: ["developers", "qa-team"]  # Only these groups can access sanitized snapshots

  financial_reports:
    sso_groups: ["senior-developers", "data-team"]  # More restricted access

Cloud-Based Target Management: - Define database targets once, use everywhere - Centralized sanitization rules ensure compliance consistency - Team members get automatic access to authorized targets - Audit logs track all snapshot access and creation

Seamless Workflow Integration: 

# GitHub Actions with cloud-managed targets
- uses: dbsnapper/install-dbsnapper-agent-action@v1
- run: |
    # Use cloud-configured target with team storage
    dbsnapper build production-api --sanitize
    dbsnapper load production-api latest

Available Integrations: - VS Code Extension - Access cloud targets directly from your editor - GitHub Actions - Automated snapshots with team-shared storage - Terraform Provider - Infrastructure as Code for database snapshot management - MCP Server - AI assistant integration with cloud targets

Real-World Team Workflows

Development Team Workflow

graph LR
    A[DevOps Engineer] -->|Configures Target| B[DBSnapper Cloud]
    B -->|Sanitized Snapshots| C[Developer A]
    B -->|Sanitized Snapshots| D[Developer B]
    B -->|Sanitized Snapshots| E[QA Team]
    B -->|Sanitized Snapshots| F[CI/CD Pipeline]

    C -->|dbsnapper load api-db| G[Local Dev Environment]
    D -->|dbsnapper load api-db| H[Local Dev Environment]
    E -->|dbsnapper load api-db| I[Testing Environment]
    F -->|Automated Testing| J[Staging Environment]
  1. DevOps Engineer creates production target with sanitization rules
  2. Developers instantly access latest sanitized snapshots: dbsnapper load production-api
  3. QA Team gets consistent test data for reliable bug reproduction
  4. CI/CD Pipelines automatically use up-to-date snapshots for integration tests

Enterprise Security Workflow

  • Production data never leaves your approved infrastructure
  • Sanitized snapshots are automatically shared with authorized team members
  • SSO groups control access (developers get basic access, senior developers get additional targets)
  • Audit logs provide compliance evidence for security reviews

Cloud vs. Local: Choose Your Approach

Capability Local Agent Only + DBSnapper Cloud
Individual Development Perfect ✅ Perfect ✅
Team Snapshot Sharing Manual process Automatic ✅
Consistent Sanitization Per-developer setup Centralized rules ✅
SSO Integration Not available Full integration ✅
Audit & Compliance Local logs only Enterprise audit trails ✅
CI/CD Integration Manual configuration Seamless automation ✅
Cross-Team Access Not available Group-based permissions ✅

Getting Started with Your Team

Quick Setup Path

# 1. Individual developers already using DBSnapper Agent
dbsnapper config init

# 2. DevOps engineer configures team targets in DBSnapper Cloud
#    (Web interface - no additional CLI installation required)

# 3. Team members automatically get access to cloud-managed targets
dbsnapper targets  # Now shows both local AND cloud targets
dbsnapper build production-api --sanitize  # Uses team storage and sanitization rules

Implementation Steps

  1. Sign up for DBSnapper Cloud - Free trial available
  2. Configure Storage Profiles - Connect your existing cloud storage
  3. Set up Database Targets - Define your production databases with sanitization
  4. Enable SSO Integration - Connect your identity provider (optional but recommended)
  5. Implement Team Workflows - End-to-end workflows for DevOps, developers, QA, and compliance teams
  6. Team members continue using existing DBSnapper Agent - Cloud targets appear automatically

Your Data, Your Infrastructure, Our Orchestration

DBSnapper Cloud Approach: - Processing: Happens in your infrastructure (via DBSnapper Agent) - Storage: Uses your cloud storage accounts (S3, R2, etc.) - Access Control: Integrates with your SSO (Okta, Auth0, etc.) - Data Security: Your production data never leaves your environment

What DBSnapper Cloud Provides: - Target configuration management and team sharing - SSO integration and group-based access control
- Audit logging and compliance reporting - Seamless integration with development tools

Ready to scale your database snapshot workflow across your entire team? Configure your first storage profile to get started.