GovCMS

Radim Klaška

Morpht.com & Drupal.cz

@radimklaska

https://klaska.net

Drupal.cz

GovCMS

Main golas

• Aim for open-source and reusable solutions
• Drupal was selected as a preferred platform in 2014
• Preferred hosting solution provided
• Long term plan

The package

• Resources https://www.govcms.gov.au/
• Fully managed hosting and Drupal
• SaaS or PaaS
• Support
• Supporting partners

SaaS

• Drupal hosting
• Security accreditation
• Web protection
  • CDN
  • WAF
  • DDoS
• Drupal security updates
• Drupal application maintenance
• Infrastructure maintenance
• Support (app/platform)
• Training
• Dev environments
• Backups

PaaS

You're responsible

• Security accreditation
• Drupal security updates
• Drupal application maintenance

Limited

• Drupal application support
• Infrastructure support

SaaS

Technical overview

Main components

• Installation profile
• Related tooling
• Desing system?
• Hosting
• "Set of rules"

Installation profile

• https://github.com/govCMS/GovCMS
• test locally
  • git clone git@github.com:govCMS/scaffold.git demo
cd demo
ahoy init demo saas 10
ahoy up
ahoy install

Related tooling

• Docker, pygmy, ahoy
• Gitlab & Gitlab CI
• Code hosted in AU
• Hosting integration solved
• Everything is managed for you

Design system

Design system

• https://github.com/salsadigitalauorg?q=civic
• Design system
  • Figma file that provides a visual representation of components and templates.
• UI kit
  • CMS-agnostic library of components built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Drupal theme
  • Implementation of the Component Library for Drupal CMS.

Hosting

• Lagoon by amazee.io
• Altered for the usecase
• https://github.com/govCMS/lagoon
• Hosted on AWS in Australia

Hosting UI

Hosting UI

Hosting UI

Hosting UI

Set of rules

• Usually not mentioned, but important
• GovCMS has processes in place to not let you fail

Set of rules

• Access only to custom themes folder
• No custom code other than theme
• No admin access on production
• "No drush"
• Forklift process
• Checks in place

Example:

https://www.govcms.support/support/solutions/articles/51000132393-git-push-or-merge-fails-due-to-locked-scaffold-files

Knowledge base

Project life cycle

Project life cycle

• Initialization
• Development
• Forklift
• Support

Forklift

• Deliver the final site
• Need to pass checks
• Config disabled

Forklift

• Theme fixes only
• Content changes

Support

• GovCMS manages updates for you
• You can get back into development mode on lower environments
• Langoon adds quirks to keep the site running
  • https://github.com/govCMS/lagoon/tree/10.0.0/modules/distro

*.gov.au stats

Source: https://www.pixelite.co.nz/article/drupal-and-the-open-web-in-the-australian-government-2022/