This project was completed as part of the Cloud Resume Challenge, which aims to showcase a well-rounded skillset in cloud infrastructure, automation, and web development.
You can view the live site here: https://jacehickman.com
This repository contains both the frontend and backend code for my personal website. The goal of the project was to leverage AWS services to build a serverless, scalable, and automated resume website entirely managed through code and CI/CD pipelines.
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S3
Hosts static website files (HTML, CSS, JS) (seeweb_files/*) -
Route 53
DNS service to route requests to the hosted domain, the domain was also purchased with this -
CloudFront
Content delivery, it ensures web content is provided from AWS edge locations close to the user I don't have to deploy my site in many places -
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Issues SSL/TLS certificates to support HTTPS -
API Gateway
REST API for frontend-to-backend communication I send a POST request here to trigger a function in Lambda -
Lambda
Serverless function triggered by API Gateway Accesses a table in DynamoDB, increments the count, and reports the new value back (seeaws_files/lambda_function.py) -
DynamoDB
Stores the Page Views: count displayed on the site The Lambda function updates this table on each visit
The backend infrastructure (The AWS services described above) is managed using Terraform.
Check out terraform/main.tf for the full deployment configuration.
Deployment is fully automated using GitHub Actions:
- Frontend is deployed to S3 and invalidates CloudFront caches
- Backend is deployed using Terraform
Workflows are triggered automatically when changes are made to:
.github/workflows//terraform/web_files
Want to learn more about how this all came together?
Check out the live site or read my blog post about the project!
Thanks for visiting!