INFRASTRUCTURE.md

INFRASTRUCTURE

This guide explains how to provision and configure the production server using Terraform and Ansible.

Initialize Google Cloud

1. Authenticate locally:

gcloud auth application-default login

Terraform Setup

1. Install Terraform and the Google Cloud CLI.
2. Edit infra/terraform/main.tf with your project ID and service account email.
3. Initialize the working directory:

   cd infra/terraform
   terraform init

4. Apply the configuration to create the VM and firewall rules:

   terraform apply

   The public IP output will be used by Ansible.

Ansible Provisioning

1. Install Ansible.
2. Export the environment variables referenced in infra/ansible/group_vars/all/vault.yml.
3. Update infra/ansible/inventory.yml with the VM IP and your OS login user.
4. Run the playbook:

   cd infra/ansible
   ansible-playbook -i inventory.yml site.yml

   This installs dependencies, sets up PostgreSQL, and configures Gunicorn and Nginx.