Pre-Requisites

The following is a list of pre-requisites for installing RegScale for a customer deployment or Proof of Value (POV).

Planning Meeting

• Pre-deployment Planning Meeting (use checklist below). Following people needed:
  • Customer DB team (SQL Server)
  • Kubernetes/Docker team or Infrastructure team
  • RegScale Point of Contact
  • Others, as relevant
• Contact RegScale to schedule meeting
• Establish solutions goals that are clear and measurable
• Ensure feedback methods are clear

Installation/POV Checklist

• Link to public RegScale repository to pull down images
• Accept License
• Determine Deployment Type?
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
  • Customer Managed Kubernetes Cluster
  • Docker Standalone
  • Other
• MS SQL Database Required
  • Minimum 2 GB (expandable over time)
  • Database connection string(s)
  • Number of DBs (DEV, PROD, etc.)
• If Kubernetes
  • Recommend creating an atlas namespace
  • Estimate the total number of concurrent users
  • Availability requirements
  • Environments required (DEV, QA, PROD, etc.)
  • Calculate number of ATLAS pods to deploy
• File Storage (Evidence storage varies widely - recommend scalable storage)
  • Azure - Azure Files
  • AWS - Elastic File Storage
  • NFS
• Email Server
  • SMTP Server
  • Username/email
  • Password
  • SMTP Port
• SSL Certificate
  • Customer Provided
  • LetsEncrypt
  • Other
• Ingress Traffic
  • Atlas nginx load balancing container
  • Customer provided load balancer
  • Cloud load balancer
  • Other
• Domain Name/URL for RegScale
• Security and Customer Configurations
  • Permitted File Extensions
  • File size limit
  • AD/LDAP integration required?
  • JWT Signing Key
  • AES256 encryption key
  • Slack/Teams integration required?
  • Custom Fields to Configure
  • Custom Metadata to Configure
  • Customer Data to Load
• If using the CLI with a local installation
  • Python ( >= 3.9.0 & <=3.11)
  • Access to https://pypi.org/ to pull the RegScale CLI package