Closed michelle-dooley closed 2 months ago
@mreed101 have you scheduled your PIV card appointment and/or picked up your PIV card yet?
Per JR: I have an appointment for 5/20 but I received an email the other day saying I needed to go to a specific center to pick up my card… Scheduled another appointment at a different location for (deep breath) June 17th because the earliest that location had appointments was starting on 6/11 which is when we would be in DC. So hopefully I get the card Monday otherwise I’m stuck until June.
Follow up, attended the appointment, card was sent to a different location after I had already scheduled my appointment. The other location would not let me pick up my card although it is ready without an appointment. Appointment is scheduled for June 17th, reaching out to Amber to see if there is anything that can be done
JR got his PIV card on 6/17.
Welcome to the VA-CMS Team!
This ticket contains all of the onboarding activities for a new member joining the VA-CMS Team.
VFS-CMS Start Date: 4/15/24
Team info:
VA security clearance / VA onboarding paperwork
Getting onboarded to the VA can take a few weeks to a few months. We encourage you to prioritize these tasks before any team tasks.
Drupal Content Management System
Gaining product knowledge about the CMS can take some time. These activities can be completed in any order and are secondary to your VA security clearance onboarding tasks above.
What products do we support?
Access
Regardless of your role, please review these access notes. Your Program Manager will have set up most of the tools for you (with the exception of SOCKS). This list is for you to verify along the way:
SOCKS - VA network proxy
The VA network is required for Drupal CMS and other VA tools and usually requires a VA ID card (PIV or Smartcard). Until you get your paperwork approved and ID card, SOCKS proxy is a back door to some of these tools. This is the first priority for week two.
[x] File a SOCKS proxy request and select the label for your team. See https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/issues/68549
[x] Provide a screenshot of the email that confirms your eQip transmittal date. This is an acknowledgement that your paperwork is being processed from a security standpoint. You cannot receive SOCKS access prior to this point in your onboarding.
[x] Request a Github personal access token first. You only need to do the "repo" panel in that form and leave the other panels as is. It may take a day or two for the SOCKS proxy request to be fulfilled before you can complete the rest of the SOCKS process. This can be a complex process. Post in #sitewide-program Slack channel if you need help from a current member - we're happy to help.
Github - for issue tracking and document sharing
Slack - for instant messaging
Your Program Manager should have already requested this for you, but if not, view the request instructions
Drupal - for logging into the CMS (SOCKS or VA access with PIV card required)
Drupal is the VA's content management system of choice. For anyone on our team, it's beneficial to have a CMS user account so you can login, look at settings, and understand how the CMS works at a high level. If you need help completing the technical steps here, schedule 30 mins with your Delivery Manager.
Tugboat - for previewing in demo environments (SOCKS or VA access with PIV card required)
Tugboat is a development server platform where you can preview CMS code changes pre-production.
Other tools
For DevOps members
adhoc-vetsgov-devops
group.For Developers
[x] Review the VA.gov Design System which includes how to provide feedback
VA Platform documentation