An overview of the DoS environments, and how they should be used
Environments
There are a number of environments available, some of which are available for general use in order to allow API and application testing:
- Live - The production environment for use only by assured prescribing systems
- Pre-production - Used for interanl non-functional testing of both API and applications
- Production User Testing - Used for end to end application integration and user testing
- UAT - Used to support user acceptance testing of new releases before they are deployed to the Live environment - these will be made available
Other environments created to support specific testing may be used but may only be available over a fixed time period.
Environment Details
This section provides details of the generally available environments. Other environments created to support specific testing may be used.
All environments require https.
Live
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| DNS Name | www.directoryofservices.nhs.uk for UI users and www.webservices.directoryofservices.nhs.uk for API users |
| Dataset | Live |
| Release | Latest |
Pre-production
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| DNS Name | Not externally accessible |
| Dataset | Copy of live |
| Release | Latest or next |
Production User Testing
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| DNS Name | usertest.directoryofservices.nhs.uk |
| Dataset | Partial copy of live |
| Release | Latest |
UAT
UAT environments will be made available as and when required and the URL will be provided
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| DNS Name | xxx.directoryofservices.nhs.uk |
| Dataset | Subset of live data |
| Release | Current Release or previous release |
| Description | Notes |
