LIVE vs. TEST Environment

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Last updated on 2025-06-16.

SIGN AT offers two distinct environments: test and live.

The live environment must be used in production. When your system is in the live environment, it creates real certificates and sends reports to financial authorities.

The certificates created in the live environment are chargeable and reports to the financial authorities are official (!).

The test environment allows you to test your integration against a simulated environment. The API behaves the same as the live environment but no real resources are created. The third party systems are replaced with fake implementations. You can safely test the system without creating reports to the financial authorities or issuing real certificates. You will get the same behavior as in the live environment but with no costs.