Pre-requisites

To successfully complete Sunbird ED installation, you need to have:

  • System administrator permissions on all servers

  • Hands-on experience in administering and debugging Linux systems

  • Hands-on experience using Docker and Kubernetes to run containerised services

Note: Sunbird ED is tested only on cloud hosted Ubuntu servers.

Infra Requirements

  • Kubernetes Cluster[1.27.x] with 5 worker nodes each of 4 Core 16 GB RAM

  • Total 6 VM's are required each of 4 Core 16 GB RAM

  • Private GitHub repository to store ansible inventory

  • Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) with SSL

  • Object Storage with CORS enabled

  • Docker hub account or Any docker registry

  • Public IP

  • Google OAuth Credentials

Steps to create: https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-credentials#oauth-client-id

  • Google V3 ReCaptcha Credentials

Steps to create: Login to https://www.google.com/recaptcha/admin and create one for the domain

  • Maxmind city database (free or paid)

  • Email service provider

  • All ports must be open for internal communication between the VM's/Servers provisioned for the installation

Note: If subnets isolate resources, then subnet-to-subnet communication needs to be enabled by security rules

  • Enable internet and outbound access from VMs.

Note: This is required to install dependent packages from the Ubuntu package manager and other open-source repositories

  • MSG91 sms service provider API Token (optional)

Note: This is required to get OTPs to registered email addresses when a user registers or resets

  • YouTube API Token (optional)

Note: This is required to upload video content directly using the YouTube URL

  • Slack account and slack bot with API Token for monitoring alerts(optional)

Provisioning Servers

Before you start the installation process, ensure the required infrastructure mentioned above is provisioned. Every component in SunbirdEd can scale horizontally/vertically by adding additional resources. Please find the mapping between the server and the application components below.

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