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 # ADSD CHRIS
 
 This document lists some basic architecture and requirements of the ADSD CHRIS System
+* CHRIS application is a .Net application that runs on windows servers with a MSSQL Server backend database. 
+* Application interfaces with other systems. Most of the interfaces are through windows shared file systems.
+* It is tightly integrated with boc.ad.census.gov domain. It need access to boc.ad.census.gov on-prem file shares. 
+* Web and Application EC2 servers need to be joined to boc.ad.census.gov domain.
+* Web and Application servers need common shared filesystem that can be mounted on both servers. FSx for windows AWS storage service is an ideal choice.
+
+# RDS MSSQL Server engine:
+* CHRIS database need native SQL Server Auditing enabled. We use this feature to comply with security baseline, track user activity and data access.
+* CHRIS database need native SQL Server backup and restore functionality. We use native backups to move/migrate CHRIS databases to Cloud-RDS.
+* CHRIS application also uses SSIS - SQL Server Integration Services feature to process interface data files.
+* The options group (SQLSERVER_AUDIT , SQL_Server_Backup_Restore , SSIS) require tight integration with S3 storage.
+* SSIS options group require tight integration with boc.ad.census.gov customer managed domain controller.
 
 ## Challenges
 
@@ -19,12 +31,91 @@ to any future MSSQL setups.
 
 ## RDS
 * Security Group
-* Paraameter Group
+   * Security groups and Parameter groups are common for all database engines.
+      * sg-adsd-chris-qa-mssql
+      * Port 1433 
+      * Port 445
+* Parameter Group
+      * census-sqlserver-se-15-0
+      * census-sqlserver-se-16-0
 * Option Group
   * list each desired setting name and value
+      * base-ms-sqlserver-ee-15-00
+      * base-ms-sqlserver-se-15-00
+      * base-ms-sqlserver-ee-16-00
+      * base-ms-sqlserver-se-16-00
+         * Settings
+           * SQLSERVER_AUDIT
+              * RETENTION_TIME 
+                * 365
+              * S3_BUCKET_ARN
+                * S3 bucket/mssql
+              * IAM_ROLE_ARN
+                * IAM Role
+           * SQLSERVER_BACKUP_RESTORE
+              * IAM_ROLE_ARN
+                * IAM Role
+           * SSIS
+              * IAM_ROLE_ARN
+                * IAM Role
+                * AD Integration
+           * TDE
+    
 * Audit
+  * SQLSERVER_AUDIT 
 * Backup
+  * SQLSERVER_BACKUP_RESTORE
 * Integration with boc.ad.census.gov
+  * SSIS
 
+## The OG module for the mssql db does the following
+   1. creates the OG
+   2. if enable_s3_backups set, checks for options_group_bucket_id and options_group_role_arn
+   3. if enable_s3_audit set, checks for same as #2
+   4. if none of the things are set in #2, and create_resources is  set
+      1. create s3 bucket (need to have a lifecycle on it)
+      2. with kms key
+      3. create iam role
+   5. uses same bucket, key, and role for both backups and audit
+   6. need to decide on defaults
+## Formats
+   1. s3: v-s3-{blf}-mssql-{sqlinstance}-{account_id}-{regionshort}
+   2. iam: r-{blf}-mssql-{sqlinstance}
+## SSO Permission
+   if the sc-dba needs to read/write the bucket, we would grant assume role access to the iam role
+## Process
+   * is this write access a one time thing? 
+     Not a one time thing. It will be needed until the CHRIS migration is completed. The CHRIS databases are currently on-prem and the backup files will need      to be copied to the S3 Bucket so they can be restored to the AWS RDS DB instance.
+   * is it only from windows servers?
+     Yes, it will only be from windows servers
+   * do the windows servers have the aws cli and the ability to use sso and/or the aws sdk and assume roles?
+     Yes, the windows server I will be using has the aws cli and the ability to use sso.
+   * is there one bucket per mssql db and an associated role for it?
+     If you mean one bucket per environment (dev,test,stage,prod) then yes a S3 bucket is needed for each environment which I believe already exists. 
+     would like to use the current S3 bucket "s3://v-s3-adsd-chris-dev-rds-dump-582222802695-uge1/mssql/" and create a new folder called "restore" or "restore     fromonprem" for testing. The role which writes backups and audit, that has write access
+   * what folders are in use for the backups and for the audit?
+     This has nothing to do with the audit folders only backups and i would like to get a new folder created under the "mssql" folder (s3://v-s3-adsd-chris-de     v-rds-dump-582222802695-uge1/mssql/) called "migration", "restore" or "restorefromonprem" and upload the on-prem backup files to that folder. The files       will be deleted once the restore is completed.
+       * Backups
+         s3://v-s3-adsd-chris-dev-rds-dump-582222802695-uge1/mssql/backup/chris-dev-db1/
+	  * diff/
+	  * full/
+       * Audits
+         s3://v-s3-adsd-chris-dev-rds-dump-582222802695-uge1/mssql/chris-dev-db1/
+	  * ADSD_Audit/
+	  * Database_Audit/
+	  * Database_Schema_Object_Change_Audit/
+	  * DatabaseTables_Audit/
+	  * Login_Audit/
+	  * Login_Failed_Audit/
+	  * RoleMemberChange_Audit/
+	  * Schema_Object_Access_Audit/
+   * would it be a different folder for the migration?
+     Yes, I would like to get a new folder created called "migration", "restore" or "restorefromonprem"
+   * once migrated is that write access still needed?
+     No
+   * Read will be needed to validate. 
+   * for the backups it is run from within the SQL Server Instance via a schedule job using an AWS RDS provided stored procedure "EXEC msdb.dbo.rds_backup_dat     abase"
+   * the folder(s) get created from the  "msdb.dbo.rds_backup_database" stored procedure if they do not exist already.
+   
 ## FSx Windows
 * Integration with boc.ad.census.gov