Pre-Requisites

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

Conducting a POV

• Have pre-deployment call (use checklist below). Following people needed:
  • DB team (SQL Server)
  • Kubernetes/Docker team or Infrastructure team
  • RegScale Point of Contact
  • Others, as relevant
• Setup a Teams call to deploy it with DevOps Engineer - 2 hours
• Setup length of POV and goals
• Setup a 30 min weekly call during POV to make sure all is going well and do live demos of features; capture feature gaps/bugs
• Ensure a sales engineer is on the initial calls/demos
• Provide another way to capture feature gaps/bugs/needs

Installation/POV Checklist

• Does client have access to Docker Hub (account and network access)
• Provide link to public RegScale Docker Hub repository to pull down images
• License Accepted
• What is Deployment Type?
  • Azure Kubernetes Service
  • AWS EKS
  • Customer Managed K8s 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 K8S
  • Recommend creating an atlas namespace
  • Total number of concurrent users
  • Availability requirements
  • Environments required (DEV, QA, PROD, etc.)
  • Calculate number of ATLAS pods to deploy
• File Storage (size dependent on evidence storage needs of the customer)
  • 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 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