Environments
| Environment | site url | api url | buildtype | NODE_ENV | Deployments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| localhost | http://localhost:3001 | http://localhost:3000 | localhost | ||
| development | https://dev.va.gov | https://dev-platform-api.va.gov | vagovdev | After a merge to main | |
| staging | https://staging.va.gov | https://staging-platform-api.va.gov | vagovstaging | production | After a merge to main |
| production | https://www.va.gov | https://platform-api.va.gov | vagovprod | production | Daily, Monday - Friday |
There are four environments for va.gov:
- localhost runs on a local developer's machine
- development, staging, and production are shared environments that are accessible publicly.
production and staging APIs are connected with services within the VA to facilitate testing; development API largely uses mock data in lieu of connecting to internal VA services.
Deployment
- development, staging, and production have changes to them deployed automatically after pull requests are merged into main.
- Review instances have changes deployed to them automatically when pull requests are created. Review instances are custom environments based on the shared dev environment.
Access and test users
See Accessing Staging for
- HTTP basic auth passwords needed to access development and staging environments, and
- Test users that can be used to verify features in localhost, development, and staging environments.