====== Baseline Repository ====== [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go up to Terms and Definitions]] ===== Discussion ===== A Baseline Repository is a version-controlled repository that contains the definitions, configuration items, metadata, and related artifacts used to establish or reproduce one or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline|Baselines]]. The repository preserves identifiable revisions of its contents and provides a controlled source from which a build, deployment, assessment, or operational process can retrieve a selected Baseline. A Baseline Repository may contain machine-image definitions, infrastructure definitions, provisioning content, compliance settings, dependency information, deployment procedures, or related documentation. Within Crucible, a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:crucible_description|Crucible Description]] may reference a Baseline Repository and identify the version used in a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline_composition|Baseline Composition]]. ===== Definition ===== //version-controlled repository that contains the definitions, configuration items, metadata, and related artifacts used to establish or reproduce one or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline|baselines]]// ===== Source ===== Generalized from configuration management, software configuration management, repository management, and reproducible-build usage and specialized for the Crucible architecture and operational model. ===== Note ===== A Baseline Repository is not itself a Baseline. The repository may contain multiple revisions, while a Baseline identifies an approved configuration selected from those revisions. A Baseline Repository may also contain development or proposed content that has not entered an approved Baseline. ===== Example ===== A version-controlled repository contains OpenTofu definitions, Ansible content, validation scripts, deployment procedures, and metadata for a Kubernetes Infrastructure Baseline. A Crucible Description pins the repository to the revision approved for a particular deployment. ---- © 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.