Tired of DBaaS lock-in? Divine explores Sovereign DBaaS, a model putting you back in control. Learn how to build your own private DBaaS with Dapr, overcoming compliance and licensing headaches. Gain insights from real-world feedback and design considerations.

DBaaS has existed for over a decade. Since Amazon launched its Relational Database Service (RDS) in 2009, it has become one of its most popular services, and the other cloud providers followed suit. Managed DBaaS services are popular because databases are complex at scale, requiring specialized knowledge, and there is a shortage of experienced DBAs.

Though RDS and the like make managing databases easier, they create new problems ranging from data compliance issues and license instability to vendor lock-in. Hence, sovereignty is needed, not just for the data, but for its stack – infrastructure and tooling.

Divine will start this talk by elaborating on the critical problems with traditional DBaaS today, introducing the concept of Sovereign DBaaS and its benefits.

After that, Divine will discuss the actual building of a private DBaaS using Dapr, from the fundamental points you need to consider to system design considerations and what a provisional architecture will look like when developed.

Finally, Divine will wrap up by sharing feedback on building a private DBaaS from the CNCF DBaaS community and talking to database decision makers in organizations.

Divine Odazie is a Technology Evangelist at Severalnines with over 5+ years of experience in Technology and a track record in Backend Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Native and Developer Relations on a global scale. He has given talks/workshops at developer conferences like Open Source Summit Europe, KubeCon North America, Cloud Native Rejekts, and Ansible Contributor Summit.