Distributed CMS — current milestones → ideal state

flowchart TB
  subgraph Users["Users worldwide"]
    U1[Applicants / Students]
    U2[Lecturers / Staff]
  end

  subgraph Edge["Edge & routing"]
    DNS[Geo / campus DNS]
    WL[White-label shell
theme · logo · domain]
  end

  subgraph GlobalCP["Global control plane — shared config only"]
    TEN[Tenant registry
campus · country · region]
    FF[Feature flag service]
    IDF[Identity federation
IdP map · SSO policies]
    SCH[Schema / release train]
  end

  subgraph SEA["Region SEA — example"]
    subgraph MY["Malaysia · Cyberjaya"]
      APImy[Portal API MY]
      DBmy[(CMS DB MY)]
      FSmy[(Evidence MY)]
    end
    subgraph SG["Singapore · hosting / campus"]
      APIsg[Portal API SG]
      DBsg[(CMS DB SG)]
    end
  end

  subgraph AFR["Region Africa — example"]
    subgraph SL["Sierra Leone"]
      APIsl[Portal API SL]
      DBsl[(CMS DB SL)]
    end
    subgraph BW["Botswana"]
      APIbw[Portal API BW]
      DBbw[(CMS DB BW)]
    end
  end

  U1 --> DNS
  U2 --> DNS
  DNS --> WL
  WL --> APImy
  WL --> APIsg
  WL --> APIsl
  WL --> APIbw
  TEN -.-> WL
  FF -.-> APImy
  FF -.-> APIsl
  IDF -.-> APImy
  IDF -.-> APIsl
  SCH -.-> APImy
  SCH -.-> APIsl
  APImy --> DBmy
  APImy --> FSmy
  APIsg --> DBsg
  APIsl --> DBsl
  APIbw --> DBbw
          

flowchart LR
  N[Now
Demo + dumps] --> M1[M1
Rules & access]
  M1 --> M2[M2
Admissions]
  M2 --> M3[M3
Core student]
  M3 --> M4[M4
Lesotho pilot]
  M4 --> M5[M5
Campus expansion
+ progressive SoR]
  M5 --> IDEAL[Ideal
Unified Raisd CMS
distributed DBs]
          

flowchart TB
  subgraph Raisd["Raisd today"]
    SP[Student portal
Demo / mock]
    API[Portal API
contracts + stubs]
    PG[(Postgres planned
maps / audit)]
  end

  subgraph Legacy["Legacy estate — separate SoRs"]
    CJ[Cyberjaya / LUCT CMS
cmscbj]
    SL[Sierra Leone CMS
ems_sierraleone]
    OTHER[Other campus CMS
Botswana · … TBC]
  end

  SP --> API
  API -.->|stub / mock| CJ
  API -.->|not connected| SL
  CJ ~~~ SL
  SL ~~~ OTHER
          

flowchart LR
  subgraph Clients
    AP[apply.raisd.co]
    STU[student.raisd.co]
    TEA[teach.raisd.co]
    STF[staff.raisd.co]
  end

  subgraph K3s["k3s · Singapore UltaHost"]
    ING[Traefik]
    API[portal-api]
    PG[(Postgres
maps · session · audit)]
    FS[Evidence volume]
  end

  CMS[Cyberjaya CMS
Premium · SoR]
  IDP[CMS login / IdP]

  AP --> ING
  STU --> ING
  TEA --> ING
  STF --> ING
  ING --> API
  IDP --> API
  API --> PG
  API --> FS
  API -->|CAP-53 ACL| CMS
          

flowchart TB
  subgraph Shared["Raisd shared product"]
    P[Four portals]
    API[Portal API
multi-tenant campus_id]
    CFG[Campus config
tenant · flags · brand]
  end

  subgraph Adapters["Country adapters — M5 pattern"]
    A1[Cyberjaya adapter
LUCT / cmscbj]
    A2[Sierra Leone adapter
ems_sierraleone]
    A3[Botswana adapter
TBC inventory]
  end

  subgraph SoR["Systems of record during M5"]
    L1[(Legacy MY)]
    L2[(Legacy SL)]
    L3[(Legacy BW)]
    R1[(Raisd domain DB
migrated modules only)]
  end

  P --> API
  CFG --> API
  API --> A1
  API --> A2
  API --> A3
  A1 --> L1
  A2 --> L2
  A3 --> L3
  API -->|verified gap + cutover| R1
          

flowchart TB
  subgraph Portals["Shared portal apps — multi-tenant"]
    AP[Applicant]
    SP[Student]
    LP[Lecturer]
    ST[Staff / admin CMS]
  end

  subgraph Control["Global control plane"]
    TR[Tenant registry]
    WL[White-label service]
    FF[Feature flags]
    ID[Identity router]
    REL[Release / schema train]
    OBS[Central observability]
  end

  subgraph RegionA["Region A — SEA"]
    GW1[Regional API gateway]
    API1[Portal API pool]
    CMS1[Raisd CMS services]
    DB1[(Country DBs
MY · SG · …)]
    FS1[(Evidence region A)]
  end

  subgraph RegionB["Region B — Africa"]
    GW2[Regional API gateway]
    API2[Portal API pool]
    CMS2[Raisd CMS services]
    DB2[(Country DBs
SL · BW · …)]
    FS2[(Evidence region B)]
  end

  AP --> WL
  SP --> WL
  LP --> WL
  ST --> WL
  WL --> GW1
  WL --> GW2
  TR --> WL
  FF --> API1
  FF --> API2
  ID --> API1
  ID --> API2
  REL --> CMS1
  REL --> CMS2
  GW1 --> API1 --> CMS1
  CMS1 --> DB1
  CMS1 --> FS1
  GW2 --> API2 --> CMS2
  CMS2 --> DB2
  CMS2 --> FS2
  API1 --> OBS
  API2 --> OBS
          

flowchart LR
  REQ[Browser request
host / campus] --> RESOLVE[Tenant resolve]
  RESOLVE --> BRAND[White-label pack
logo · theme · domain · locale]
  RESOLVE --> FLAGS[Feature flags
modules · regulators · rails]
  RESOLVE --> IDP[Identity pack
IdP · MFA · password policy]
  BRAND --> SHELL[Portal shell]
  FLAGS --> API[Portal API authz]
  IDP --> API
  API --> LOCAL[(Country DB)]
          

flowchart LR
  subgraph Allowed["Allowed cross-country — explicit"]
    X1[Student transfer request]
    X2[Group reporting anonymised]
    X3[Shared programme template publish]
  end

  subgraph Forbidden["Forbidden by default"]
    Y1[Silent multi-master replication of ledgers]
    Y2[Portal writing two country DBs in one request]
    Y3[Staff token reused across countries]
  end

  X1 --> BUS[Controlled integration bus
consent · audit · mapping]
  BUS --> TGT[(Target country DB)]
          

flowchart TB
  S1[1. Inventory legacy CMS
schema · SPs · desks] --> S2[2. Map to CAP catalogue]
  S2 --> S3[3. Ship Portal API adapter
legacy remains SoR]
  S3 --> S4[4. Campus accepts portals
on legacy SoR]
  S4 --> S5[5. Register tenant
white-label · flags · IdP]
  S5 --> S6[6. Domain cutover waves
admissions → registry → teaching → finance → …]
  S6 --> S7[7. Dual-run & reconcile]
  S7 --> S8[8. Flip SoR to Raisd DB
legacy read-only / retire]
  S8 --> S9[9. Optional: place API pool
in-country / in-region]