Amazon ECS Fullstack App Terraform

Abstract

1. Introduction

Fullstack app using Amazon ECS & DevOps methodologies (IaC with Terraform and CI/CD with AWS CodePipeline)

2. Objective

Fullstack app using Amazon ECS & DevOps methodologies (IaC with Terraform and CI/CD with AWS CodePipeline)

This project demonstrates how HCL, Terraform can be applied to a real-world Blockchain & Cloud Computing problem.

4. Technology Stack

5. System Requirements

General requirements for this technology stack — check the README for exact versions.

• Terraform CLI
• Cloud provider account (e.g. AWS) with CLI configured
• Git (to clone the repository)

6. Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-ecs-fullstack-app-terraform.git
cd amazon-ecs-fullstack-app-terraform

1. aws_profile = according to the profiles name in ~/.aws/credentials
2. aws_region = the AWS region in which you want to create the resources
3. environment_name = a unique name used for concatenation to give place to the resources names
4. github_token = your GitHub token, the one generated a few steps above
5. repository_name = your GitHub repository name
6. repository_owner = the owner of the GitHub repository used

cd Infrastructure/

terraform init

terraform plan -var aws_profile="your-profile" -var aws_region="your-region" -var environment_name="your-env" -var github_token="your-personal-token" -var repository_name="your-github-repository" -var repository_owner="the-github-repository-owner"

terraform plan -var aws_profile="development" -var aws_region="eu-central-1" -var environment_name="developmentenv" -var github_token="your-personal-token" -var repository_name="your-github-repository" -var repository_owner="the-github-repository-owner"

Full setup instructions are in the project README.

7. Future Enhancements

Suggested extensions you can add to make this your own project.

• Add a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
• Deploy to a public test network or cloud free tier
• Add monitoring and cost alerts

8. Viva / Review Questions

Common questions examiners ask for projects in this domain.

1. Why does this problem need a blockchain or cloud-native design?
2. Explain the smart contract / infrastructure components and how they interact.
3. How are gas costs or cloud costs kept under control?
4. How is the system secured (keys, IAM, access control)?
5. How would the solution scale to many more users?

9. Source Code & License

This project is developed by aws-samples and published on GitHub under the MIT No Attribution. Please follow the license terms and credit the original author when you use or modify this code.