Your responsibilities with using App Configuration
Learn about the management responsibilities and terms and conditions that you have when you use IBM Cloud App Configuration. For a high-level view of the service types in IBM Cloud and the breakdown of responsibilities between the customer and IBM for each type, see Shared responsibilities for IBM Cloud offerings.
Review the following sections for the specific responsibilities for you and for IBM when you use IBM Cloud App Configuration. For the overall terms of use, see IBM Cloud® Terms and Notices.
Incident and operations management
You and IBM share responsibilities for the setup and maintenance of your IBM Cloud App Configuration instance.
You are responsible for incident and operations management of your application and application data.
Task | IBM Responsibilities | Your Responsibilities |
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Incidents | Provide notifications for planned maintenance, security bulletins, or unplanned outages. | Set preferences to receive emails about platform notifications, and monitor the IBM Cloud status page for general announcements. |
Change management
You and IBM share responsibilities for keeping IBM Cloud App Configuration service components at the latest version.
You are responsible for change management of your application and application data.
Task | IBM Responsibilities | Your Responsibilities |
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Applications | Provide infrastructure operating system (OS), version, and security updates. | Use the API, SDK, CLI, or console tools to apply the provided updates for the local entities (app code, CLI, and SDK). |
Identity and access management
You and IBM share responsibilities for controlling access to your IBM Cloud App Configuration instances and resources.
You are responsible for identity and access management to your application and application data.
Task | IBM Responsibilities | Your Responsibilities |
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Applications | Restrict access to resources. | Depending on your needs, restrict access to resources and service functions by using Cloud IAM access policies. For more information, see Managing user access. |
Security and regulation compliance
IBM is responsible for the security and compliance of IBM Cloud App Configuration.
You are responsible for the security and compliance of your application and application data.
Task | IBM Responsibilities | Your Responsibilities |
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Encryption |
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Manage IBM Cloud credentials, and keep credentials secure. |
Disaster recovery
IBM is responsible for the recovery of IBM Cloud App Configuration components in case of disaster.
You are responsible for the recovery of the workloads that run IBM Cloud App Configuration and your application and application data.
Task | IBM Responsibilities | Your Responsibilities |
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Availability |
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