If you wish to try out MCOECN hosting, the easiest way is to migrate a copy of one of your local Redesign instances to the MCOECN.
When hosting with the MCOECN, the URL to access your application will be of the format:
https://<itc>-<district name/code>-<application>.ssdt-ohio.org
Examples: https://laca-ct-usas.ssdt-ohio.org
https://test-omeresa-indianvalley-usas.ssdt-ohio.org
Test instances will have "test" at the beginning of the URL.
Training instances will have "train" at the beginning of the URL.
Production instances will not have anything at the beginning of the URL.
To copy a locally hosted docker redesign instance to the MCOECN for testing, follow these step:
- Make sure you can log into http://cloud.managementcouncil.org and see "Service Broker", and the catalog items. If this is the first time your ITC is using MCOECN Hosting, we may need to create an MCOECN.ORG account for you, or grant access to the VRA portal to your existing account.
- Create a backup of your local docker instance using the SSDT provided tools. Use the same procedure you use to send a copy of a docker-hosted instance to the SSDT for support.
- Upload the backup to SSDT-Uploads using the SSDT provided scripts.
NOTE: It is important that the backup filename follows a rigid format: <IRN>-<District Name>-<Application>db.<timestamp>.backup.gz
One small nuance, there is no dash between USAS and "DB" or USPS and "DB", but there IS a dash between "Inventory" and "DB" and Workflows and "db" in the backup filename.
Example: USPS 047589libertycenter-uspsdb.2022-03-01-03-10-06.backup.gz
USAS 043679bryan-usasdb.2022-02-08-02-26-01.backup.gz
INVENTORY 046011unionlocal-inventory-db.2022-02-11-13-00-05.backup.gz
WORKFLOWS
NOTE: Whatever follows the IRN for the district name/code is what will be used in the final URL to access the application.
NOTE: IRN must be a full six digit IRN padded with Leading Zeros. This is important for the next step, to be able to find your backup. - From the VRA Service Broker, run "USxS-RunAsTest" and choose the information for the district you want to test out.
- The VRA script will find your backup file by IRN, will automatically create a new instance of USAS/USPS/INVENTORY/WORKFLOWS, will restore your backup into it, and will email you a notice when the task is complete (takes about 10 minutes or less).
- Access your application at the URL included in the email notification. You should be able to log in with the same username/password combinations you use locally.
- If you connect your local USAS/USPS to your own Active Directory, you will need to work with the Management Council Data Center Operations (DCO) team to allow access from our hosted environment to your Active Directory server(s).