Application: government-frontend

Serves government pages on GOV.UK

GitHub topics: govuk and govuk-publishing-frontend

Ownership

Owned by team #govuk-platform-health.

• GitHub repo
• Sentry (error tracking)
• Puppet configuration
• Deploy scripts
• Deployment dashboard (warning: not all apps have a dashboard)
• Publishing E2E scenarios (warning: not all apps have E2E tests)
• Component guide

Hosting & SSH Access

This application lives on draft_frontend machines in Carrenza.

To SSH to one of these machines:

  ssh -A -t jumpbox.staging.publishing.service.gov.uk 'ssh `govuk_node_list -c draft_frontend --single-node`'
  ssh -A -t jumpbox.publishing.service.gov.uk 'ssh `govuk_node_list -c draft_frontend --single-node`'

AWS SSH access

This application lives on draft_frontend machines on the integration environment in AWS.

To SSH to one of these machines via the jumpbox, use this command:

  ssh -A -t jumpbox.integration.publishing.service.gov.uk 'ssh `govuk_node_list -c draft_frontend --single-node`'

Run a rake task

• Run on Integration Jenkins
• Run on Staging Jenkins
• Run on Production Jenkins

Example pages rendered by government-frontend

• HMRC services: sign in or register
• Universal Credit
• Pay the Dartford Crossing charge (Dart Charge)
• Benefits calculators
• National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates
• Change the address on your driving licence
• Register for and file your Self Assessment tax return
• Income Tax: general enquiries
• Apply for a UK visa
• Standard Visitor visa

• View source
• Report problem
• GitHub Repo