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Individual Deployment Model

The individual deployment model is the easiest way to get started with Crystal DBA. You install the free Crystal DBA CLI tool in any environment, connect to your database as you usually would, and start chatting with an AI teammate who understands your database system. Individual deployment is a practical model for developers, site reliability engineers, and anyone who wants to try Crystal DBA as quickly as possible.

Architecture

In the individual deployment model, you use Crystal DBA via a command-line interface (CLI) tool. If you can connect to your database using a PostgreSQL client such as the psql interactive terminal or the pgAdmin tool, then Crystal DBA will be able to connect.

Crystal DBA can only run read-only queries against your database. You will need to apply any changes it recommends using your standard tools and change management processes.

The architecture is shown in the diagram below.

Individual architecture diagram showing the Crystal DBA CLI tool connecting to a PostgreSQL database running in a cloud, on-prem, or local environment, using the Crystal DBA cloud service to generate responses.

Open Source

The CLI tool is open source and available on GitHub.