# How to Set Up Azure Private Link for CockroachDB

DevFeed: [How to Set Up Azure Private Link for CockroachDB](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/no-prying-eyes-how-to-set-up-azure-private-link-for-cockroachdb-23753.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/azure-private-link-cockroachdb-setup>)

Author: Alejandro Infanzon

Published: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [Azure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/azure.md>), [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cockroach-labs.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>)

Tags: [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [cockroachdb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cockroachdb.md>), [dns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dns.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [private-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/private-access.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

A step-by-step guide to configuring Azure Private Link for CockroachDB Cloud. It covers network and permission prerequisites, private endpoint creation and validation, DNS forwarding, subnet capacity, and TLS-related DNS requirements.

## Source excerpt

When your application talks to your database over the public internet, every hop is one more place something can go wrong, leading to potential latency, misconfiguration, or (worst case) exposure.