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
- Deployed on raising a PR/merging to a branch (branching off
mainonly). Destroyed when the PR is merged/closed. - Part of the
testAzure space. - Used internally by team members to review changes prior to deploying.
- https://npq-registration-review--web.test.teacherservices.cloud
- Deployed on merging to
main. - Part of the
testAzure space. - Used internally by team members as a production-like environment.
- https://npq-registration-staging-web.test.teacherservices.cloud
- View deployed commit
- Deployed on merging to
main. - Part of the
productionAzure 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
- Deployed on merging to
main. - Part of the
productionAzure 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
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