---
title: "Choose a Cloud Profile"
url: "https://docs.caracal.run/v1.0/operations/cloud-native-profiles/"
markdown_url: "https://docs.caracal.run/markdown/v1.0/operations/cloud-native-profiles.md"
description: "Map operator-owned cloud services to Caracal's portable Helm interfaces."
page_type: "reference"
concepts: []
requires: []
---

# Choose a Cloud Profile

Canonical URL: https://docs.caracal.run/v1.0/operations/cloud-native-profiles/
Markdown URL: https://docs.caracal.run/markdown/v1.0/operations/cloud-native-profiles.md
Description: Map operator-owned cloud services to Caracal's portable Helm interfaces.
Page type: reference
Concepts: none
Requires: none

---

Caracal does not ship provider resources or a managed-cloud service. Use this page to connect services you operate to standard Helm interfaces.

## Use Criteria

Proceed only when the platform provides Kubernetes, TLS ingress, Postgres, Redis with Streams, secret projection, replay storage, and metrics collection. Provider product names are examples, not certifications.

## Dependency Contract

| Dependency | Required behavior |
| --- | --- |
| Postgres | TLS connection, migration privileges, capacity, and operator-owned backup/restore |
| Redis | Streams, authentication, persistence, `noeviction`, and observable pending entries |
| Secrets | Complete runtime Secret; no plaintext in Git or plans |
| Ingress | HTTPS, exact origins and paths, explicit NetworkPolicy ingress |
| Monitoring | Authenticated metrics scraping and actionable alert routing |

## Procedure

1. Provision dependencies with platform tooling.
2. Project runtime credentials into the namespace.
3. Set external hosts and internal URLs in environment values.
4. Allow only required DNS, storage, identity-provider, upstream, and export egress.
5. Render and review the chart before installation.

## Verify and Recover

Confirm secret synchronization, TLS, network reachability, migrations, `/ready`, metrics auth, canary authorization, revocation, and audit capture. Test provider-native backup restore. Retain the prior values and release; never rely on provider marketing or chart defaults for recovery behavior.

## Next Step

Use [Deploy on Managed Kubernetes](/v1.0/operations/cloud-reference-deployments/) for the repository examples and their limits.