iosme-ops — Lamar University iOS Mobile Experience Operations

This repository contains all operational artifacts for deploying, managing, and maintaining the IOSME (iOS Mobile Experience) platform at Lamar University. It is maintained by the Lamar University IT/DevOps team in partnership with SMEPro Technologies.

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Repository Layout

iosme-ops/
├── README.md                       ← this file
├── docs/                           ← reference documentation
│   ├── vm-provisioning.md
│   ├── kubernetes-setup.md
│   ├── helm-deployment.md
│   ├── secret-management.md
│   ├── database-operations.md
│   ├── gpu-inference.md
│   ├── integrations/
│   │   ├── banner.md
│   │   ├── blackboard-lti.md
│   │   ├── concourse.md
│   │   └── microsoft-365.md
│   ├── observability.md
│   └── audit-chain-dr.md
├── runbooks/                       ← step-by-step incident/operational runbooks
│   ├── 01-vm-provisioning.md
│   ├── 02-helm-deploy-upgrade-rollback.md
│   ├── 03-postgres-replication-lag.md
│   ├── 04-gpu-inference-failure.md
│   ├── 05-banner-oauth-refresh.md
│   ├── 06-lti-launch-failure.md
│   ├── 07-anthropic-api-failure.md
│   └── 08-audit-chain-integrity.md
├── scripts/                        ← automation shell scripts
│   ├── provision-vm.sh
│   ├── install-rke2.sh
│   ├── deploy-iosme.sh
│   ├── backup-verify.sh
│   ├── dr-exercise.sh
│   └── health-check.sh
├── helm/
│   └── iosme-lamar/                ← Helm chart (transferred from SMEPro)
└── terraform/
    └── vsphere-vms.tf              ← optional vSphere IaC

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Quick Start

Prerequisites

Tool	Minimum Version	Purpose
kubectl	1.28+	Kubernetes CLI
helm	3.14+	Chart management
rke2	1.30+	Kubernetes distribution
terraform	1.8+	vSphere VM provisioning
jq	1.6+	JSON processing in scripts

Deploy IOSME

# 1. Provision VMs (or use existing)
./scripts/provision-vm.sh --env prod

# 2. Bootstrap Kubernetes with RKE2
./scripts/install-rke2.sh --role server --node iosme-master-01

# 3. Deploy the IOSME Helm chart
./scripts/deploy-iosme.sh --env prod --version 2.5.0

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Environments

Environment	Namespace	Ingress FQDN
Production	iosme-prod	iosme.lamar.edu
Staging	iosme-staging	iosme-staging.lamar.edu
Development	iosme-dev	iosme-dev.lamar.edu

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Key Contacts

Role	Team / Person
Platform Owner	Lamar University IT
Application Vendor	SMEPro Technologies LLC
On-Call (Level 1)	LU IT Help Desk — helpdesk@lamar.edu
On-Call (Level 2)	LU DevOps Team — devops@lamar.edu
Vendor Support	SMEPro Support — support@smepro.com

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Documentation Index

• VM Provisioning
• Kubernetes Setup
• Helm Deployment
• Secret Management
• Database Operations
• GPU Inference
• Observability
• Audit Chain & DR
• Integrations
  • Banner SIS
  • Blackboard LTI
  • Concourse CI/CD
  • Microsoft 365

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License

Copyright © Lamar University. Internal use only. Not for public distribution.