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Environments

There are three permanent environments for NPQ and a fourth set of transient environments, the three permanent are sandbox, dev (Staging in Azure) , and production. The fourth transient set are review apps

• Environments
  • Review Apps
  • Staging
  • Sandbox
  • Migration
  • Separation
  • Production

Review Apps

• Deployed on raising a PR/merging to a branch (branching off main only). Destroyed when the PR is merged/closed.
• Part of the test Azure space.
• Used internally by team members to review changes prior to deploying.
• https://npq-registration-review--web.test.teacherservices.cloud

Staging

• Deployed on merging to main.
• Part of the test Azure space.
• Used internally by team members as a production-like environment.
• https://npq-registration-staging-web.test.teacherservices.cloud
• View deployed commit

Sandbox

• Deployed on merging to main.
• Part of the production Azure space.
• Enables lead providers and other external users to explore the service without putting data into our production system.
• Submitted applications are pushed to the sandbox ECF environment.
• https://npq-registration-sandbox-web.teacherservices.cloud
• View deployed commit

Migration

• Deployed on merging to main.
• Part of the production Azure space.
• Temporary environment for NPQ separation work.
• Used internally by team members as a production-like environment with NPQ separation features enabled.
• Migration feature (for NPQ separation) will pull from the migration ECF environment.
• https://npq-registration-migration-web.teacherservices.cloud
• View deployed commit

Separation

• Deployed on merging to main.
• Part of the production Azure space.
• Temporary environment for NPQ separation work.
• Enables lead providers and other external users to explore the NPQ separation endpoints.
• Migration feature (for NPQ separation) is currently disabled as we have no corresponding environment in ECF to pull from.
• https://npq-registration-separation-web.teacherservices.cloud
• View deployed commit

Production

• Deployed on merging to main.
• Part of the production Azure space.
• The production environment is the live system, users that are applying for NPQs fill in the forms in this system. Once submitted applications are pushed to the production ECF environment and then out to lead providers.
• https://register-national-professional-qualifications.education.gov.uk
• View deployed commit