System Components

The Touchpoints web application leverages several components; listed below.

In Cloud.gov

Component	App or Service	Type	Role	Configuration
Touchpoints app	App	Ruby/Rails app	The main Touchpoints web app
Sidekiq worker	App	Ruby/Rails app	Runs async tasks for the web app
Database	Service	Postgres DB	Touchpoints database
Redis	Service	Redis	Provides queuing and caching
Public S3	Service	Public S3 bucket	Stores organization logos and customized graphic assets for forms
Private S3	Service	Private S3 bucket	Stores uploaded reports and exported files for user download	A lifecycle configuration has been applied to this bucket, which deletes exported files once the user has had a chance to download them. { "Rules": [ { "ID": "expire-temporary-files", "Filter": { "Prefix": "temporary_files/" }, "Status": "Enabled", "Expiration": { "Days": 1 } } ] } The configuration can only be changed by a cloud.gov admin.

In TTS-managed AWS (account: gsaoppprod)

Component	App or Service	Type	Role	Configuration
AWS SES	Service	Amazon Simple Email Service	Sends emails	SES event publishing is enabled for the touchpoints.digital.gov identity. Notifications for hard bounces, complaints, rejects, rendering failures, and subscriptions will be mailed to the team email list.

Supporting Services

• GitHub - code version control
• CircleCI - continuous integration
• Google Analytics - client side web analytics
• New Relic - uptime monitoring AND application performance monitoring and reporting
• Snyk - dependency scanning

To see how these things fit together and how to get them running, see Local Development.