Pactflow On-Premises Architecture
System architecture
Minimum requirements
- An application server capable of running Docker
- PostgreSQL database
- SAML IDP for SSO
Recommended architecture
- Deploy to a service designed for Docker container orchestration (ECS, Fargate, Kubernetes etc.)
Example AWS deployment using ECS
Internal architecture
The Pactflow On-Premises application is distributed as a Docker image. It is based on the open source Pact Broker, which is a Ruby application.
Application user requirements
The Pactflow application does not need any elevated privileges to run. It runs under the user app:app
.
Application port
The Pactflow application runs on port 9292
by default. This can be configured by setting the PACTFLOW_HTTP_PORT environment variable.
Healthcheck endpoint
A healthcheck endpoint for use by a Docker container managment service is available at http://<HOST>/diagnostic/status/heartbeat
. No authentication is required. This endpoint does not make a connection to the database.
To check the connection to the database, use the endpoint /diagnostic/status/dependencies
. This endpoint should not be used by Docker container managment services, as unrelated database issues might cause the Docker container to churn.