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use-timescale/services/service-management.md

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uses SCRAM by default. It is more secure and strongly recommended. The MD5
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## Change the $SERVICE_SHORT environment
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In $CLOUD_LONG, you create $SERVICE_SHORTs for the following environments:
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- Development $SERVICE_SHORTs: for less demanding tasks, such as ad hoc analytics, testing, or application building. Development $SERVICE_SHORTs have no delete protection.
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- Production $SERVICE_SHORTs: for mission-critical applications like client-facing dashboards or APIs. Production $SERVICE_SHORTs have delete protection.
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$CLOUD_LONG [applies upgrades differently][maintenance-upgrades] to development and production $SERVICE_SHORTs.
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To change the environment of an existing $SERVICE_SHORT:
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<Procedure>
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1. In [$CONSOLE][services-portal], select the $SERVICE_SHORT to update.
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1. Click `Operations` > `Environment`, then change the tag under `Change service environment`.
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</Procedure>
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## Pause a $SERVICE_SHORT
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You can pause a $SERVICE_SHORT if you want to stop it running temporarily. When you
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You can delete a $SERVICE_SHORT to remove it completely. This removes the $SERVICE_SHORT
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and its underlying data from the server. You cannot recover a deleted
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$SERVICE_SHORT.
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[maintenance-upgrades]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/upgrades/#minor-software-upgrades
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[services-portal]: https://console.cloud.timescale.com/dashboard/services

use-timescale/upgrades.md

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## Minor software upgrades
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If you do not [manually upgrade $TIMESCALE_DB][minor-manual-upgrade] for non-critical upgrades,
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$CLOUD_LONG performs upgrades automatically in the next available maintenance window. The upgrade is first applied to your $SERVICE_SHORTs tagged `#dev`, and three weeks later to those tagged `#prod`. [Subscribe][subscribe] to get an email notification before your `#prod` $SERVICE_SHORTs are upgraded. You can upgrade your `#prod` $SERVICE_SHORTs manually sooner, if needed.
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$CLOUD_LONG performs upgrades automatically in the next available maintenance window. The upgrade is first applied to your $SERVICE_SHORTs tagged `#dev`, and three weeks later to those tagged `#prod`. [Subscribe][subscribe] to get an email notification before your `#prod` $SERVICE_SHORTs are upgraded. You can upgrade your `#prod` $SERVICE_SHORTs manually sooner, if needed. See [Service management][service-management] for how to manage $SERVICE_SHORT tags.
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Most upgrades that occur during your maintenance windows do not require any downtime. This means that there is no
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[hareplica]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/high-availability/
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[readreplica]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/ha-replicas/read-scaling/
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[subscribe]: https://status.timescale.com/
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[service-management]: /use-timescale/:currentVersion:/services/service-management/#change-the-service-environment

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