api-company/docs/pre-launch-checklist.md

Pre-Launch Checklist

Use this checklist as the final go-live gate — run through every item the day before flipping the public switch. All items must be ✅ before announcing public availability.

---

Infrastructure

• All Flux components READY=True (flux get all)
• All three API pods Running and READY
  • zip-enrichment pod READY=1/1 (kubectl get pods -n zip-enrichment)
  • holidays pod READY=1/1 (kubectl get pods -n holidays)
  • air-quality pod READY=1/1 (kubectl get pods -n air-quality)
  • vin-decoder pod READY=1/1 (kubectl get pods -n vin-decoder)
• docs-site pod Running and READY (kubectl get pods -n docs-site)
• Prometheus scraping all three API services (check Prometheus Targets UI)
• Grafana dashboard accessible at grafana.leeworks.dev

---

DNS & TLS

• zip.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP (dig zip.leeworks.dev +short + curl -I https://zip.leeworks.dev)
• holidays.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• aqi.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• docs.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• status.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• registry.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• vin.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP (dig vin.leeworks.dev +short + curl -I https://vin.leeworks.dev)
• grafana.leeworks.dev → cluster ingress IP
• TLS certificates issued for all 8 subdomains (kubectl get certificates -A)

---

Functional Verification

• GET /health returns HTTP 200 on zip-enrichment (curl https://zip.leeworks.dev/health)
• GET /health returns HTTP 200 on holidays (curl https://holidays.leeworks.dev/health)
• GET /health returns HTTP 200 on air-quality (curl https://aqi.leeworks.dev/health)
• GET /zip/{zip} returns correct data for a sample ZIP code (e.g. curl https://zip.leeworks.dev/zip/10001)
• GET /holidays/{year} returns correct data (e.g. curl https://holidays.leeworks.dev/holidays/2026)
• GET /aqi/{city} returns correct data (e.g. curl https://aqi.leeworks.dev/aqi/New%20York)
• GET /v1/health returns HTTP 200 on vin-decoder (curl https://vin.leeworks.dev/v1/health)
• GET /v1/decode?vin=1HGCM82633A004352 returns correct make/model/year data
• Request without X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret returns HTTP 403 on vin-decoder (curl https://vin.leeworks.dev/v1/decode?vin=1HGCM82633A004352)
• Request without X-RapidAPI-Proxy-Secret returns HTTP 403 on all three APIs
• docs.leeworks.dev/pricing loads correctly
• status.leeworks.dev shows all four APIs as UP

---

Legal & Monetisation

• docs/legal/terms-of-service.md committed and reachable at docs.leeworks.dev/legal/terms-of-service
• docs/legal/privacy-policy.md committed and reachable at docs.leeworks.dev/legal/privacy-policy
• docs/legal/acceptable-use-policy.md committed and reachable at docs.leeworks.dev/legal/acceptable-use-policy
• All three APIs listed on RapidAPI with Free + 3 paid tiers (leeworks-agents/api-company#44)
• VIN Decoder listed on RapidAPI with Free + 3 paid tiers (leeworks-agents/api-company#131)
• rapidapi-proxy-secret updated with real RapidAPI value in vin-decoder namespace (leeworks-agents/api-company#128)
• PayPal linked to RapidAPI (leeworks-agents/api-company#19)
• rapidapi-proxy-secret updated with real RapidAPI values in all 3 namespaces (leeworks-agents/api-company#81)

---

Post-Launch

• Alert channel confirmed — Slack webhook active (leeworks-agents/api-company#73)
• Grafana alert rules firing correctly on synthetic test downtime
• First STATUS.md post-launch update committed

---

Quick Commands Reference

# Flux overview
flux get all

# Check API pod health
for ns in zip-enrichment holidays air-quality docs-site; do
  echo "=== $ns ==="
  kubectl get pods -n $ns
done

# Verify TLS certs
kubectl get certificates -A

# Check all 7 DNS subdomains
for sub in zip holidays aqi docs status registry grafana; do
  echo "$sub.leeworks.dev -> $(dig $sub.leeworks.dev +short)"
done

# Smoke test health endpoints
for svc in "zip.leeworks.dev/health" "holidays.leeworks.dev/health" "aqi.leeworks.dev/health"; do
  echo "$svc: $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' https://$svc)"
done

# Verify 403 on missing proxy secret
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://zip.leeworks.dev/zip/10001
# Expected: 403

---

References: ROADMAP.md §Phase 6; leeworks-agents/api-company#33, #44, #19, #81, #73, #7, #8, #18