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CCC Technology Center Shuts Down QA Environment and Releases New PILOT (Beta) Environment for OpenCCCApply

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July 16, 2015

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, beginning at 9:00 AM PST, the CCC Technology Center will be shutting down and retiring the OpenCCCApply QA test environment and replacing it with a new, secure implementation beta site, called PILOT. The new PILOT site will be available for college use beginning at 9:00 AM PST, Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 9:00 AM PST. 

 The new PILOT site will launch fully functional and fully loaded. No changes will be made to the Production environment (student applications, downloads and staff tools), and no changes will be made to your existing QA data, artifacts, user accounts, Report Center reports, and other Administrator settings.

Colleges LIVE on OpenCCCApply who would like continued access to a beta environment for testing downloads and implementation of additional CCCApply applications (i.e., BOG and International) will need to update their existing QA URL addresses to point to the new PILOT environment .  beginning Thursday morning. See below for additional information and the new PILOT URLs.  

 

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IMPORTANT: On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, 9:00 AM PST, the OpenCCCApply QA environment will be shut down and will no longer be available. No QA or other testing environment will be available that day.  Beginning Thursday morning, July 23, at 9:00 AM PST, college users trying to access the QA applications and download URLs for testing will be re-directed to the new PILOT Administrator & Report Center, where they can Sign In with their existing Username and PasswordURLs.

The new PILOT environment will contain production-level code for the following OpenCCCApply applications:

• • • OpenCCC Student Account System

    • CCCApply Standard & International Applications

    • Board of Governor’s (BOG) Fee Waiver Application

    • CCCApply Administrator

    • CCC Report Center

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What does this change mean for colleges

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Colleges that have already adopted OpenCCCApply will continue to have access to a testing beta environment (beta site) that mirrors the Production student applications and tools, code for testing and implementing additional OpenCCCApply applications (including the BOG and International applications).implementation.  

What WILL NOT Change?

The URLs you are currently using to access the QA Administrator and Report Center WILL NOT CHANGE when we stand up for the new PILOT environment. In addition, your Your current user accounts will not change and you will continue to Sign In to the Administrator and Report Center with these credentials. All of your existing QA Administrator settings and artifacts, as well as any Ad Hoc or custom views and reports you've created in the QA Report Center ad hoc views and reports, will be migrated over to the new PILOT environment for you. The entire process should be seamless for college users.  

NOTE:  If you encounter any problems accessing the new PILOT Administrator or Report Center using your existing QA URLs, please visit the new CCCApply College Support site www.ccctechnology.info and navigate to the CCCApply System Alerts category for FAQs, or to submit a request for technical support.

What WILL Change?

On Thursday, July 23 at 9:00 AM PST, colleges will need to update their test existing QA URL addresses to access the new PILOT OpenCCCApply applications and downloads URL attributesURLs.  

Remember:  NO changes have been made to the student-facing (Production) CCCApply applications, staff tools, or downloads servers. The only change being made to your existing OpenCCCApply implementation is we've retired an outdated testing environment (QA) and replaced it with a new and improved test site (PILOT) to allow colleges a stable and secure test environment for ongoing testing and implementation of future applications.  Please see download servers. 
 

CCCApply Applications URLs

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How will this affect colleges implementing now?

Again, the move from the old QA to the new PILOT site for testing and implementation will be seamless for colleges. The CCCApply college support team will work with you to ensure the transition of URLs and IP addresses are handled immediately. Any the you've updated the QA URLs to the new PILOT URLs immediately to avoid any delay to your in-progress implementation project. artifacts such as your email rule messages, supplemental question XML files, and custom reports will be moved over to the new site for you. Staff and Administrator User accounts will not change and you will be able to log in to the staff tools on the PILOT site with the same username and passwordauthenticated SSO credentials.  

Colleges who are in the middle of implementing OpenCCCApply, the BOG Fee Waiver application, or plan to adopt the International application, should contact the CCCApply Implementation team to ensure your transition is smooth.  

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For questions related to the QA > PILOT site cutover transition, please contact Patty Donohue, Project Manager, pdonohue@ccctechcenter.org.

For 24/7 online documentation and support, visit www.ccctechnology.info > CCCApply System Alerts   

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PILOT Environment Benefits:

• • Will match Production after a new Production release

  • Will be used to demonstrate upcoming release features and functionality prior to a release to Production

  • Secure, stable environment for testing and onboarding new colleges

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