Technical Specifications
Technical Overview
Infrastructure, architecture, and operational specifications for IT Directors and technical evaluation teams. Civic AP is designed for the performance, reliability, and security standards expected by Canadian public sector finance operations. Delivered as a full source code licence — your municipality has complete access to the codebase.
99.9%
Uptime SLA
5,000+
Concurrent Users
<200ms
API Response
8
Platform Modules
Architecture Overview
Civic AP is built on a microservices architecture with a React-based web client, API gateway, and PostgreSQL database engine. Each functional domain — vendor management, invoice processing, approval workflow, payment processing, commitment accounting, holdback management, AI intelligence, reporting, and vendor self-service portal — operates as an independently deployable microservice. This enables municipalities to scale individual components based on demand (e.g., invoice processing scales independently during high-volume periods), apply updates without system-wide downtime, and achieve fault isolation so that an issue in one service does not affect others. Each municipal tenant operates in a logically isolated environment with dedicated database schemas, ensuring complete financial data separation. The platform is deployed on containerized infrastructure (Kubernetes) across redundant Canadian data centres with automated failover. Full source code licence means your IT team can inspect, modify, and extend any component — including EFT file generation, approval logic, and CRA reporting.
Platform Modules
Microservices Architecture
Civic AP decomposes municipal accounts payable functionality into independently deployable microservices. Each service owns its domain logic, data store, and API contract — enabling independent scaling, fault isolation, and zero-downtime deployments. Services communicate via asynchronous event bus and synchronous REST/gRPC calls through a centralized API gateway.
Total Modules
8
Protocol
REST / gRPC
Bus
Async Events
Container
Kubernetes
Database
PostgreSQL 16
Specifications
Technical Details
Browse specifications by category. All values reflect current production configuration.
Hosting Provider
Canadian-owned, SOC 2 Type II certified data centres
Primary Location
Ontario, Canada
DR Location
Quebec, Canada (separate geographic region)
Compute
Containerized deployment (Kubernetes) with auto-scaling
CDN
Canadian edge nodes for static asset delivery
Uptime
99.9% Availability SLA
Civic AP commits to 99.9% application availability measured monthly, excluding scheduled maintenance windows communicated 7 days in advance. This translates to a maximum of 43.8 minutes of unplanned downtime per month. Payment processing windows (EFT file generation, cheque runs) are protected with enhanced availability targets. With a source code licence, municipalities can deploy on their own infrastructure with their own SLA targets.
99.953%
30-Day Avg
1
Incidents
3× DC
Redundancy
< 15min
Recovery
30-Day Uptime History
All Systems Operational
Deployment
Deployment Model
Civic AP is delivered as a full source code licence — your municipality receives the complete codebase and can deploy it however best fits your operational requirements. This is not a SaaS subscription — it is a software asset your organization owns and controls. EFT file generation, approval workflows, and CRA reporting logic are all in your source code.
Managed Cloud — Canadian-hosted infrastructure managed by Civic (recommended for most municipalities)
Self-Hosted — deploy on your own on-premises or private cloud infrastructure using the full source code
Hybrid — cloud application with integration to on-premises GL, banking, and procurement systems via secure API gateway