Self Hosting COMS

To compare with features with the BC Gov Hosted Service, see the Hosting Considerations page.

Reasons to self-host

• There's a Docker image and Helm chart to help deploy COMS on OpenShift.
• Your application uses a custom OIDC realm or has custom integration requirements with other IDPs.
• You just need a user-friendly, REST-based S3 client 'wrapper'.
• You can configure COMS to suit your needs:
  • Refer to the different Authentication Modes
  • Use the default S3 bucket to use for all operations
  • Disable the strict Privacy Controls to make object metadata searchable
• You want to modify COMS source code before running (it's a REST API built with NodeJS and Express)
• You want to be the custodians of the COMS database that contains user permissions and document metadata

Getting started

To run COMS on your local computer, see the following::

• Application README
• Docker Image
• GitHub repo
• API Specifiction

Contact us to find out more

COMS is developed by the Common Services Team.
Email: NR.CommonServiceShowcase@gov.bc.ca
Community help: Rocket.Chat