Cloud Resume Challenge

This repository contains all the code I use to deploy my website. This site is hosted on AWS, uses terraform to manage the infrastructure, and Hugo as the website content mangement system.

I'm in the market for a new job and rather than follow the basic route of applying to everything I see I read my friend's blog post at https://landadevopsjob.com/blog/terraform-certification-the-last-resort/ This inspired me to give the Cloud Resume Challenge a go. This repository is the result of that. I opted for the [AWS]https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/docs/the-challenge/aws/ with terraform challenge because I have expereince with these tools. I many try the Kubernetes challenge soon.

Setup

• The domain and route53 zone must be registered manually in AWS
• Create a file at terraform/terraform.tfvars and set the aws_primary_region and domain_name variables
• AWS cli setup on your PC

Deployment

The Build and deployment is managed by the make utility. Run make apply to deploy your site

Other make options are:

• make build: Build the hugo site
• make clean: Cleanup generated html
• make serve: Generate all html and run a local development server. Access at https://localhost:1313
• make plan: Run terraform plan dry run deployment.
• make apply: Run terraform apply and deploy the site

To Dos

• Move terraform state to S3
• Add a real time visitor counter: https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/docs/extensions/realtime-counter/
• Write some tests for any Python code.
• CI/CD with GitHub Actions. I am quite familiar with Jenkins but have never used GitHub Actions.
• Secure the Software supply chain: https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/docs/extensions/supply-chain/
• Create a Blog post and publish it. See https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/docs/the-challenge/aws/#16-blog-post for details

Addition Resources

• https://medium.com/@walid.karray/mastering-static-website-hosting-on-aws-with-terraform-a-step-by-step-tutorial-5401ccd2f4fb