My Cloud Portfolio

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🏗️ Architecture

Component	AWS Service
DNS & CDN	Route 53, CloudFront
Frontend	HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Backend API	API Gateway, AWS Lambda (Python)
Data Storage	DynamoDB
Static Hosting	S3
IaC	Terraform

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🚀 Deployment Guide

This guide assumes you have the AWS CLI configured and Terraform installed locally.

Prerequisites

• An AWS account with appropriate permissions.
• Terraform installed locally.
• AWS CLI configured with your access keys (or IAM role for assumed access).

Step 1:

Create the necessary variables file for your deployment.

1. Navigate to the ./terraform/ directory.
2. Create the file terraform.tfvars.
3. Populate this file using the structure provided in ./terraform/exampletfvars.txt.

Step 2:

⚠️ WARNING ON COST: Be aware that the Route 53 resource will register a new domain name, which incurs an immediate annual registration fee. If you already own a domain, update the Terraform code to import your existing domain or skip the Route 53 resource creation before proceeding.

Navigate to the Terraform directory and execute the following commands:

cd terraform
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

Terraform Output

api_endpoint # use this to set up your config.js file in step 3

cloudfront_domain_name

website_url

Step 3:

1. Navigate to the ./webpage directory.
2. Create a file named config.js and add the following line

const API_ENDPOINT = "YOUR_API_ENDPOINT_FROM_TERRAFORM";

Note: You may need to invalidate the Cloudfront Cache if you want to see your webpage update immediately

📁 Repository Structure

• lambda/: Contains the Python code and necessary dependencies for the AWS Lambda function(s).
• terraform/: Contains all Infrastructure as Code (IaC) files:
  • backend.tf: Defines the API Gateway and Lambda setup.
  • database.tf: Defines the DynamoDB table structure.
  • DNS.tf: Defines the Route 53 domain and CloudFront distribution.
  • main.tf: Provider specifications, variable declarations.
  • output.tf: Defines the variables printed after deployment.
  • storage.tf: Defines the S3 bucket configuration for static website hosting.
  • terraform.tfvars: (Not included) Your private variable values.
• webpage/: Contains the static files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) that constitute the frontend portfolio website.