Deployment schedules

Google Cloud manages your CCAI Platform instances to ensure that they receive security updates, new features, and performance improvements. You can control the timing of those updates by choosing a deployment schedule for your instance.

There are three deployment schedules:

• Rapid. Get updates as early as possible. Google recommends the rapid deployment schedule for instances that are in pre-production environments.

• Regular. Get updates at least two days after updates are available with rapid deployment.

  Note: Google immediately applies security patches to CCAI Platform instances with regular deployment. These are not delayed for two days after rapid deployment.

• Critical. Get updates outside of your peak business hours. We update instances set for the critical deployment schedule within one week after all regular deployment schedule instances are updated. We recommend the critical deployment schedule for instances that are in production environments.

Note: CCAI Platform instances that were created before deployment schedules were available are set for rapid deployment.

You can select a deployment schedule when you create a CCAI Platform instance. You can also change the deployment schedule for an existing instance.

To check the deployment schedule for an instance, do the following:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the project selector dashboard and select the Google Cloud project that contains your instance.

   Project selector dashboard

2. In the navigation menu, click CCAI Platform.

   CCAI Platform instances

   The CCAI Platform instances page displays. The deployment schedule is in the Schedule column for your instance.

To change the deployment schedule for an instance, do the following:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the project selector dashboard and select the Google Cloud project that contains your instance.

   Project selector dashboard

2. In the navigation menu, click CCAI Platform.

   CCAI Platform instances

   The CCAI Platform instances page displays.

3. For the instance that you want to edit, click More options, and then click Edit.

4. Click Configure deployments.

5. In the Deployment schedule field, select the deployment schedule that you want. If you select Critical, you must define your peak business hours by creating at least one schedule. To create a schedule, do the following:

   1. Click the Days field, select the days to include in this schedule, and then click OK.

   2. In the Start time field, enter the start time, including AM or PM. Times are in UTC.

   3. In the End time field, enter the end time, including AM or PM. Times are in UTC.

      A summary of your schedule appears in local time.

   4. Optional: Click Arrow up or Arrow down to move schedules up or down.

   5. Optional: Click Delete to delete a schedule.

   6. If you need additional schedules, click Add schedule and repeat these steps.

6. Click Save.