📀Golden Images

(WIP) Deploy FormSG using pre-built virtual machine images for rapid, consistent deployments across environments.

Overview

Golden image deployment provides pre-configured virtual machine images with FormSG already installed. This approach offers the fastest path from procurement to production while ensuring consistent deployments.

Why Golden Images

• Speed: Boot a VM and have FormSG running in minutes instead of hours

• Consistency: Identical configuration across all your deployments

• Air-gapped friendly: Single image file works in isolated networks

• Reduced setup: Pre-configured components eliminate manual setup steps

What's Included

Golden images will provide a complete, ready-to-run FormSG environment:

• Operating System: Ubuntu LTS with FormSG dependencies

• FormSG Stack: Application and MongoDB pre-installed

• Basic Operations: Monitoring, logging, and update mechanisms configured

Exploring Deployment Options

We're investigating which deployment formats would provide the most value, potentially including cloud images (AWS AMI) and virtualization templates (VMware OVA).

Customization vs Convenience

Golden images provide a generic FormSG configuration optimized for rapid evaluation and standard deployments. For organizations requiring customizations (identity providers, branding, workflow changes), see our source deployment guides.

Current Status

🚧 Under Construction

Golden image deployment is currently in exploratory development. We're investigating the feasibility and requirements for pre-built FormSG images.