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title: "Operations"
slug: "dev-vector-search-operations"
updated: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
published: 2026-10-28T02:15:22Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/dev-vector-search-operations"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vastdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Operations

What to arrange with your platform team, and how to run vector search in production. Start with Setup to get Query Engine access; read Security, Performance and sizing, and CI/CD and automation as you move toward production.

- **[Setup](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-operations-setup)**: What to request from your platform team for Query Engine access, a copyable request, and a check that searches work.
- **[Security](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-operations-security)**: Which actions, row filters and column rules apply when searching vectors through the VAST Query Engine, and which don't.
- **[Performance and sizing](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-operations-performance)**: Check index state, reduce what a search reads, spread load and estimate the space a vector table uses on the cluster.
- **[CI/CD and automation](/develop/docs/dev-vector-search-operations-ci-cd)**: Create vector-indexed tables from a pipeline with the VMS REST API, vastpy, or Terraform with the Python SDK.