FR-DEP-002 — Deploy Virtual Machines

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Statement

Crucible SHALL deploy a Virtual Machine to a target Infrastructure Environment.

Source Statement

The system shall deploy virtual machines.

Source

Crucible System Requirements Specification, Version 1.1 Draft, Functional Requirements, FR-DEP-002.

Assessment

The source statement expresses a direct functional behavior but requires terminology and normative-language normalization.

The following Specification Discipline and Authoring findings apply:

The system does not use the defined system nameshall does not follow the established uppercase normative conventionVirtual machines should use the defined Virtual Machine conceptThe source statement does not identify the target Infrastructure EnvironmentThe source statement does not prescribe a virtualization platform, Machine Image format, provider, or deployment methodThe source statement does not independently require validation, rollback, compliance assessment, or runtime activationThe normalized Statement:

Replaces The system with CrucibleRetains the direct and testable verb deployUses the defined Virtual Machine conceptIdentifies the target Infrastructure EnvironmentRetains one primary required behavior

Rationale

A Virtual Machine provides an isolated computing subject through virtualized processor, memory, storage, network, and related resources.

Virtual Machine deployment may use:

A selected Machine ImageVirtual processor configurationVirtual memory configurationVirtual storage configurationVirtual network configurationIdentity and access configurationSecurity configurationStartup parametersProvider-specific parametersThe applicable Infrastructure Configuration determines which inputs apply.

Virtual Machine deployment contributes to:

Repeatable computing-resource creationConsistent Virtual Machine configurationAutomated workload hostingReproducibilityProvenanceTraceability

Applies To

This requirement applies to:

Virtualized computing resourcesVirtualization platformsInfrastructure EnvironmentsInfrastructure ConfigurationsVirtual Machine deployment workflowsProvider ImplementationsCI/CD Pipelines

Verification

Verification SHALL confirm that Crucible executes a deployment operation for a Virtual MachineVerification SHALL confirm that the deployment operation targets an identified Infrastructure EnvironmentVerification SHALL confirm that the Virtual Machine exists in the target Infrastructure Environment after successful deploymentVerification may include:

Virtual Machine deployment testingVirtualization-platform inspectionTarget-environment inspectionVirtual Machine state inspectionDeployment-output inspectionDeployment-log inspectionAutomated CI/CD Pipeline testingThe verification record SHALL identify:

The deployed Virtual MachineThe target Infrastructure EnvironmentThe deployment operationThe deployment resultThe observed Virtual Machine stateThe generated Evidence

Outgoing Traceability

This requirement realizes:

This requirement relates to:

Referenced By

The wiki Backlinks function provides the current list of pages that reference FR-DEP-002.

Incoming Traceability should be derived dynamically from backlinks rather than maintained as a duplicate manual list.

Backlinks identify incoming references but do not define the semantics of each relationship. Referencing pages should identify whether the relationship represents realization, refinement, verification, dependency, or another defined traceability relationship.

ConOps Relationship

The Crucible Concept of Operations describes a Phase 1 workflow that builds controlled Machine Images and deploys infrastructure through an automated CI/CD Pipeline.

FR-DEP-002 establishes the required behavior for deploying a Virtual Machine to a target Infrastructure Environment.

Requirements governing Machine Image building, Image Promotion, rollback, and validation define separate behavior.

Delivery Phase

Phase 1

Implementation Status

Not Assessed

Implementation status requires verification that Crucible deploys a Virtual Machine to a target Infrastructure Environment.

Requirement Status

Draft

The source System Requirements Specification identifies Version 1.1 as a draft.

Notes for Editors

This requirement page should retain the stable requirement identifier FR-DEP-002.

Changes to the Statement SHALL preserve the approved intent of the source requirement.

The Source Statement should preserve the original wording from the controlling System Requirements Specification.

The Statement should remain limited to deployment of a Virtual Machine.

Requirements for Machine Image building, Image Promotion, runtime activation, rollback, validation, and retirement should remain in their applicable requirement pages.

Verification criteria should test only the behavior stated in the normalized Statement and should not introduce additional normative obligations.

Incoming Traceability should use the wiki Backlinks function rather than a manually maintained list.

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