Get public cloud support
Know your support options while working in the public cloud with the B.C. government.
Get support from the Public Cloud Accelerator team
We’re here to answer questions and provide support as you onboard to the public cloud. Support is available only during regular business hours and we do our best to address urgent needs as quickly as possible. You can also browse our technical documentation and resources for answers.
Our support options
- Billing issues. If you have questions about the billing process or think there is an error in an invoice we sent you. We will determine if it is an issue we can resolve or if we need to contact your public cloud service provider
- Onboarding support for new teams. If you need support during the onboarding process to start working with a public cloud service provider
- Provisioning new projects sets or team members. To request a new project set with a public cloud service provider, or add new team members to an existing project set
- Security and privacy assessments. If you would like us to complete security and privacy assessments for a service provided by a public cloud service provider, to be added to our catalogue of pre-approved services
- Security and privacy guardrails. If you are experiencing an issue working with a public cloud service provider, because of a B.C. government-imposed guardrail
We don’t provide support for troubleshooting application issues or issues with the public cloud service providers. For these and other issues related to working in the public cloud, your team can request support from your public cloud service provider.
Detailed information about the support available from our team is outlined in our shared responsibility model.
Hours of service
Our regular business hours are weekdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time, excluding statutory holidays. We respond to inquiries, address issues and maintain B.C. government public cloud landing zones during these hours.
Contact us
Have a question or concern about hosting or working in the public cloud? You can reach us a number of ways, including email.
Rocket.Chat
Join us on Rocket.Chat to ask questions and submit administrative requests while working in the public cloud. Use your IDIR to log in.
AWS Rocket.Chat channels
For product teams working in the B.C. government AWS landing zone (previously known as the SEA). Learn about AWS features and services, and how to perform tasks in the B.C. government AWS landing zone. Use this channel to post your questions or help another product team by answering their questions.
Get notified about updates in AWS. We post information about upcoming or ongoing maintenance activities, incidents, outages and changes.
#aws-tenant-requests (you will be added to this chat after being onboarded)
For product teams working in the B.C. government AWS landing zone (previously known as the SEA). Submit administrative requests to the Public Cloud Accelerator team, for example to add a new user to a project set.
Stack Overflow
The Government of B.C. Stack Overflow group is a private space for B.C. public service developers and other technical roles. It’s a community-based group for developers, supported by developers within the government, who are working on projects across the B.C. public service.
You can ask and answer questions and support your colleagues in the B.C. government developer community.
Community updates
Every six weeks, the Public Cloud Accelerator team hosts a community-wide meeting, where we share team updates, general announcements about the service, and information about new features and releases.
We also schedule time for questions, so bring any questions you have to the meeting and we’ll do our best to answer them.
Subscribe to our notification service to get a calendar invite to the recurring Public Cloud Accelerator community update meetings and to receive Public Cloud Accelerator email updates.
Request support from your service provider
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The AWS Enterprise On-Ramp Support plan is currently available for free to all teams using AWS. As more teams onboard to the B.C. government’s AWS landing zone (previously known as the SEA), we will begin charging a fee for this support. When this happens, you’ll have the option to opt-in or opt-out of Enterprise On-Ramp Support.
Services available with Enterprise On-Ramp Support
- AWS service guidance: Consultative review and guidance based on your applications
- Sign in to AWS and submit a support request
- Infrastructure event management: Available once per year; architecture and scaling guidance and operational support during the preparation and execution of planned events
Enterprise On-Ramp Support response times
- General guidance: Less than 24 hours
- System impaired: Less than 12 hours
- Production system impaired: Less than 4 hours
- Production system down: Less than 1 hour
- Business-critical system down: Less than 30 minutes
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
At this time, there is no support plan in place for GCP.