NGIE-AI Production Readiness Audit

Audit date: July 7, 2026
Release target: v1 Internal Production Release
Scope: Platform API, local frontend dashboard, deployment artifacts, operational controls
Authentication: disabled by release decision
Business logic changed: no

Executive Summary

NGIE-AI has been prepared for an internal production release serving approved ecosystem websites only.

The release adds operational hardening, deployment documentation, Docker support, GitHub Actions deployment automation, environment-variable configuration, health checks, CORS allow-listing, API rate limiting, production request logging, and graceful shutdown handling.

This is not a public production release. Authentication remains disabled, so the platform must be protected by DNS, HTTPS, approved origins, network policy, and internal operational controls.

Production Readiness Results

Area	Status	Notes
Ubuntu deployment guide	Ready	docs/PRODUCTION_DEPLOYMENT.md
Deployment checklist	Ready	docs/DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md
Docker support	Ready	docker/api.Dockerfile, docker/frontend.Dockerfile, docker/docker-compose.yml
Environment variables	Ready	.env.example, docker/.env.example
Production logging	Ready	API JSONL logs under reports/logs/
Health checks	Ready	API /health, /health/live, /health/ready; frontend /api/health
CORS allow-list	Ready	NGIE_CORS_ORIGINS
API rate limiting	Ready	NGIE_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS, NGIE_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS
Graceful shutdown	Ready	API handles SIGTERM and SIGINT
GitHub Actions	Ready	.github/workflows/internal-production-deploy.yml
DNS and SSL documentation	Ready	Included in production guide
Authentication	Deferred	Intentionally disabled for internal v1

Validation Evidence

Commands run:

npm run api:test
npm run modules:test
npm run workflow:test
npm run workflow:validate
cd frontend && npm run lint
cd frontend && npm run build
cd frontend && npm run typecheck

Results:

api:test          12 passed
modules:test       7 passed
workflow:test      3 passed
workflow:validate  passed
frontend lint      passed
frontend build     passed
frontend typecheck passed after Next route types were refreshed by build

Controls Added

API Environment Configuration

The Platform API now reads:

• NGIE_API_HOST
• NGIE_API_PORT
• NGIE_CORS_ORIGINS
• NGIE_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS
• NGIE_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS
• NGIE_LOG_DIR
• NODE_ENV

CORS

Browser requests with unapproved Origin headers receive 403.

Rate Limiting

The API uses a local in-memory request bucket per client address. This is acceptable for internal v1 on a single server.

Logging

API requests are logged as JSONL to:

reports/logs/platform-api.log

Runtime .log files are ignored by Git.

Health Checks

API:

• /health
• /health/live
• /health/ready

Frontend:

• /api/health

Graceful Shutdown

The Platform API handles SIGTERM and SIGINT, closes the HTTP server, and forces shutdown after a timeout if needed.

Known Internal v1 Limitations

• Authentication is disabled.
• Rate limiting is in-memory and resets on process restart.
• No centralized log aggregation is configured yet.
• Docker image optimization can be improved later.
• Deployment workflow assumes systemd services already exist on the Ubuntu server.
• The frontend still reads local repository files directly; this is acceptable for the internal local-first architecture but should be revisited before multi-tenant deployment.

Release Recommendation

Approved for internal v1 deployment after:

1. Production .env is configured with real approved domains.
2. DNS records are pointed to the Ubuntu server.
3. SSL certificates are issued and verified.
4. GitHub deployment secrets are configured.
5. Operators accept the authentication-disabled internal release boundary.