Simple Symfony Example | DevOps Practice

Overview

This project demonstrates the deployment of a Symfony-based backend application on AWS with CI/CD automation via GitHub Actions.
The solution focuses on infrastructure, automation, scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

Features

• Minimal Symfony application with a /health endpoint.
• Containerized using Docker.
• CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions.
• Deployment target: AWS ECS on Fargate (free tier eligible).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform placeholders included).

Repository Structure

• app/ - Symfony application code & Dockerfile.
• infrastructure/ - IaC templates (Terraform placeholders).
• .github/workflows/ - GitHub Actions workflows.
• SCENARIOS.md - Scaling, rollback, caching, and troubleshooting strategies.

Deployment Guide

1. Clone repo:

   git clone git@github.com:cxbig/devops-practice--simple-symfony-example.git
   cd devops-practice--simple-symfony-example

2. Local run (docker-compose):

   docker compose up -d
   curl http://localhost:8080/health

3. GitHub Actions workflow will:

   • Checkout code
   • Lint code (placeholder)
   • Prepare Docker build environment
   • Build Docker image
   • Push to AWS ECR (placeholder)
   • Deploy to AWS ECS Fargate (placeholder)
   • Run post-deploy health check