Sovereign-Stitch-JGA

JGA BRICS OS - Launch Checklist (April 27, 2026)

Target Launch Date: April 27, 2026
Days to Launch: 38 (from March 20, 2026)
Status: Code Complete ✅ | Infrastructure Ready ✅ | Validation Pending ⏳

Pre-Flight Validation (Days 1-10)

Security Audit Passing
```
npm run security-audit
# Expected: ✅ PASSED (0 critical failures)
```
- No secrets leaked
- No critical vulnerabilities
- All 8 system laws enforced
- Go/no-go: APPROVED
Load Test Passed
```
npm run load-test
# Expected: ✅ PASSED
```
- Throughput: > 5 leads/second
- P99 Latency: < 500ms
- Error Rate: < 1%
- 1,000 contractors provisioned successfully

Demo Tests Still Passing

npm run test:demo
# Expected: DEMO.1-6 all passing (6/6 ✅)

Code Coverage Verified
- Public BRIC: 100% stateless
- SystemB BRIC: 100% metadata-only
- Spine BRIC: 100% law enforcement
- State BRIC: 100% isolated per state
- Owners Room: 100% MFA + dual-auth
- Overseer: 100% incident detection
- Compliance: 100% gate enforcement

Docker Image Built & Pushed

docker build -t jga-os:1.0 .
docker tag jga-os:1.0 [ECR]/jga-os:1.0
docker push [ECR]/jga-os:1.0
# Verify: aws ecr describe-images --repository-name jga-os

Infrastructure Setup (Days 11-20)

AWS Account Prep

AWS Account created and access configured
IAM policies for EKS, RDS, KMS configured
Billing alerts configured ($10k/month limit)
Backup and DR plan in place

EKS Cluster

EKS cluster created (jga-os-prod, 3+ nodes)

eksctl create cluster --name jga-os-prod --region us-east-1 --nodes 3

OIDC provider associated for Pod IAM
Worker nodes passed security baseline
Cluster autoscaling configured (min: 3, max: 10)
Network policies enforced

Database Setup

RDS PostgreSQL created for CA state (100Gi, encrypted, multi-AZ)
```
# Database: jga-os-state-ca
```
RDS PostgreSQL created for TX state (100Gi, encrypted, multi-AZ)
```
# Database: jga-os-state-tx
```
Database credentials stored in Kubernetes Secrets
Backup policy: daily, 30-day retention
Read replicas configured for HA

Storage Setup

PersistentVolumes created (50Gi Raft data per node)
State BRIC storage (100Gi each for CA, TX)
Storage classes configured (gp2, encrypted)
Snapshots scheduled (daily)

KMS Encryption Keys

Master key created per state (CA and TX)
Key rotation policy: 90 days
Key access policies restricted to EKS IRSA role
Keys stored in AWS Secrets Manager

Kubernetes Deployment (Days 21-25)

Pre-Deployment

Namespace jga-os created
```
kubectl create namespace jga-os
```

Secrets created (KMS keys, database URLs)

kubectl create secret generic kms-keys \
  --from-literal=ca-key-id=[ARN] \
  --from-literal=tx-key-id=[ARN] \
  -n jga-os

ConfigMap created with environment variables
Image registry credentials configured

Installation

NGINX Ingress Controller installed
cert-manager installed with ClusterIssuer
Prometheus + Grafana deployed
ServiceMonitor configured for metrics collection
Kubernetes manifest applied
```
kubectl apply -f k8s/deployment.yaml
```

Verification

All pods running (3 Raft + 3 Public + 3 SystemB)

kubectl get pods -n jga-os | grep Running
# Expected: 9 pods all Running

StatefulSet rollout successful

kubectl rollout status statefulset/brics-raft-primary -n jga-os

Health checks passing

kubectl exec -it brics-raft-primary-0 -n jga-os -- curl localhost:8080/health
# Expected: 200 OK

Metrics flowing to Prometheus

kubectl get servicemonitor -n jga-os
# Expected: servicemonitor active

Persistent volumes mounted

kubectl get pv -n jga-os
# Expected: All Bound

Network & Domain Setup (Days 26-27)

DNS Configuration

Domain registered: api.jga-os.example.com
Route 53 hosted zone created

A record created (alias to NLB)

dig api.jga-os.example.com
# Expected: resolves to load balancer IP

Health checks configured in Route 53
CNAME records for CDN, status, docs created

TLS/SSL

Let’s Encrypt ClusterIssuer deployed

Certificate issued and valid

kubectl get cert -n jga-os
# Expected: jga-os-tls READY=True

HTTPS enforced (redirect HTTP → HTTPS)
Certificate renewal automated (30 days before expiry)

Testing URL Access

https://api.jga-os.example.com/health → 200 OK
https://api.jga-os.example.com/ready → 200 OK
https://api.jga-os.example.com/metrics → Prometheus metrics
HTTPS only enforced (no HTTP)

Security Hardening (Days 28-30)

Network Security

NetworkPolicy enforced (deny ingress except Ingress controller)
Pod security policy applied
RBAC roles configured (SA per BRIC)
Service accounts restricted permissions

Data Security

Database encryption at rest enabled
TLS encryption in transit enforced
API rate limiting configured (1000 req/sec)
Input validation enforced on all endpoints

Access Control

Owners Room MFA configured
Dual-auth bypass disabled
API keys rotated monthly
SSH access disabled on nodes

Compliance

Compliance artifact valid and loaded

kubectl get secret compliance-artifact -n jga-os

Audit logs being collected
NIST AI RMF framework ingested
OWASP LLM Top 10 mitigations verified

Incident Simulation (Days 31-34)

Corruption Scenario: Corrupt node, verify auto-healing

# Demo.1: Corruption detected on primary
# Demo.2: Merkle path validation works
# Demo.3: Replicas detect corruption
# Demo.4: Quorum consensus on healing
# Demo.5: Leader re-election on corruption
# Demo.6: Full node reprovisioning
npm run test:demo
# Expected: All 6 passing

Credential Leak Scenario: Inject test credential, verify detection
- Rotate credentials within 15 minutes
- Verify no unauthorized access occurred
- Update audit logs
DDoS Scenario: CloudFront absorbs attack
- Monitor metrics (requests/sec)
- Verify rate limiting engaged
- Check error distribution
Compliance Violation: Trigger gate closure
- Verify business calls rejected
- Confirm escrow holds pending
- Verify gate can be reopened after fix

Final Sign-Off (Day 35)

Technical Lead Checklist

All code reviewed and approved
No known critical bugs
Performance meets targets (P99 < 500ms)
Security audit passed
Incident drills successful

Operations Lead Checklist

Runbooks documented and tested
On-call team trained
Escalation procedures defined
Rollback procedure tested and < 30 minutes

Legal/Compliance Checklist

NIST AI RMF compliance verified
Data residency verified (CA/TX states)
Privacy policy updated
Terms of service reviewed
Compliance artifact signed

Business Lead Checklist

Contractor training complete
Marketing materials ready
Sales team trained
Support team ready to handle calls
Escalation contacts configured

Executive Sign-Off

CEO approval
Board approval (if required)
Go-live decision finalized

Launch Day (April 27, 2026)

Morning Checks (6:00 AM)

All systems green (health checks passing)

kubectl get pods -n jga-os
kubectl get svc -n jga-os
kubectl get ingress -n jga-os

No error spikes in logs

kubectl logs deployment/brics-raft-primary -n jga-os | tail -100 | grep -i error

DNS resolving correctly
```
dig api.jga-os.example.com
```

TLS certificate valid

curl -v https://api.jga-os.example.com/health

Database connections working
- CA: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM contractors
- TX: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM contractors
Metrics flowing to Prometheus
Backups completed successfully
On-call team ready

Traffic Cutover (8:00 AM)

Update DNS to point to production load balancer
Monitor traffic gradual ramp:
- 8:00-9:00 AM: 1% traffic (50 leads)
- 9:00-10:00 AM: 10% traffic (500 leads)
- 10:00 AM: 100% traffic (full load)
Monitor error rates (target: < 0.1%)
Monitor latency (target: p99 < 500ms)
Monitor CPU/memory (target: < 70%)

Post-Launch (Throughout Day)

Hourly status checks for first 8 hours
Daily status checks for first 30 days
Monitor contractor onboarding (100+ expected day 1)
No critical incidents

If Issues Occur

Execute incident response (< 1 hour resolution target)
Document root cause
Implement fix and redeploy
Run security audit post-incident

Post-Launch (30 Days)

Week 1

Monitor system stability (uptime > 99.9%)
Analyze contractor feedback
Performance tuning if needed
First security scan with penetration tester

Week 2-4

Dependency security updates
Burn-down operational issues
Team retrospective and lessons learned
Update runbooks based on real incidents
Plan Phase 2 features (additional states, etc.)

Ongoing

Monthly security audits
Quarterly penetration testing
Annual compliance certification
Continuous monitoring and alerting

Critical Contact Information

On-Call Team:

Engineering Lead: [name] - [phone]
Operations Lead: [name] - [phone]
Security Lead: [name] - [phone]
Executive Lead: [name] - [phone]

Escalation:

P1 Critical: ops-team@jga-os.example.com
P2 High: tech-lead@jga-os.example.com
P3 Medium: engineering@jga-os.example.com

Documentation:

Architecture: brics/ARCH.md
Runbooks: brics/april-keys/APRIL.KEYS.md
Deployment: DEPLOYMENT.md
DNS: DNS.md

Time Remaining

Today: March 20, 2026 (Day 0)
Days Remaining: 38
Target Launch: April 27, 2026

⏳ Status: ON TRACK
All code complete. Validation and infrastructure deployment in progress.

Quick Command Reference

# Status checks
kubectl get all -n jga-os
kubectl get events -n jga-os --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'

# View logs
kubectl logs -f deployment/brics-public -n jga-os
kubectl logs -f statefulset/brics-raft-primary -n jga-os

# Access Prometheus metrics
kubectl port-forward svc/prometheus 9090:9090 -n monitoring

# Access Grafana dashboards
kubectl port-forward svc/grafana 3000:80 -n monitoring

# Check certificate status
kubectl get cert -o wide -n jga-os
kubectl describe cert jga-os-tls -n jga-os

# Database backup
kubectl exec jga-os-state-ca-0 -- pg_dump -U postgres > state-ca-backup.sql

# Incident: Manual stitch brick heal
kubectl exec -it brics-raft-primary-0 -n jga-os -- npm run heal:stitch-brick

# Incident: Close compliance gate
kubectl exec -it brics-spine-0 -n jga-os -- npm run gate:close

# Incident: Rollback deployment
kubectl rollout undo deployment/brics-public -n jga-os

Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Next Update: March 25, 2026 (Infrastructure milestone check)