Category: GitHub Actions

Automate AWS Lambda Deployment with Docker Images, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

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AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets cloud application development teams run code without provisioning or managing servers. While Lambda natively supports several programming languages, developers often face limitations with dependency management and runtime constraints. This is where Docker containers come to the rescue. By packaging the Lambda function as a Docker image, … Continue reading Automate AWS Lambda Deployment with Docker Images, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

Configure DNSSEC for Amazon Route 53 hosted zone using Terraform

Configure DNSSEC for Amazon Route 53 hosted zone using Terraform
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DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) is a security protocol that adds cryptographic signatures to DNS records. This ensures that users are connecting to legitimate websites rather than malicious ones. It also helps prevent attacks like DNS spoofing or cache poisoning by verifying the authenticity and integrity of DNS responses. Amazon Route 53 is a … Continue reading Configure DNSSEC for Amazon Route 53 hosted zone using Terraform

Automate Amazon Route 53 hosted zone, ACM, and Load Balancer provisioning with Terraform and GitHub Actions

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AWS provides seamless integration to manage secure traffic routing through an Amazon Route 53 hosted zone to an Application Load Balancer (ALB), using a secure certificate from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). I build upon a previously discussed use case such that by the end of this note, you'll have the concept of creating an ALB … Continue reading Automate Amazon Route 53 hosted zone, ACM, and Load Balancer provisioning with Terraform and GitHub Actions

Automate Terraform Modules README Generation with terraform-docs and GitHub Actions

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Terraform modules are essential building blocks for reusing Terraform configurations. For a Terraform module to be successful, ease of use and discoverability are key. Since creating a Terraform module also goes through a development and maintenance cycle, storing that in a GitHub repository is convenient. By doing so, Organizations improve collaboration, increase transparency, and enhance … Continue reading Automate Terraform Modules README Generation with terraform-docs and GitHub Actions

Provision AWS Resources with GitHub and HCP Terraform

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HCP (HashiCorp Cloud Platform) Terraform is a managed service that allows cloud infrastructure engineers to provision, manage, and scale infrastructure using Terraform securely, efficiently, and in an automated manner. It eliminates the need to maintain a Terraform infrastructure, such as the underlying execution environment and state management. It provides a hassle-free way to manage cloud … Continue reading Provision AWS Resources with GitHub and HCP Terraform

Setup cross-account Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) access using Terraform and GitHub Actions

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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully managed Docker container registry that allows developers to store container images securely. It does so by storing them in an ECR repository, a logical separation for storing, organizing, and versioning the Docker images inside an ECR repository. In a typical containerized application CI/CD pipeline, the Continuous Integration … Continue reading Setup cross-account Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) access using Terraform and GitHub Actions

Blue-Green Deployments for Amazon ECS Fargate with CodeDeploy, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

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Blue-green deployment is a software release strategy that minimizes downtime and risk by running two identical environments, "blue" and "green." At any given time, one environment (e.g., blue) is live and serving traffic, while the other (green) is idle and used for staging new updates. Once the updates are tested and validated in the green … Continue reading Blue-Green Deployments for Amazon ECS Fargate with CodeDeploy, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

Create AWS Lambda Layer using Docker, Terraform and GitHub Actions

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A Lambda layer is a distribution mechanism for libraries, custom runtimes, or other dependencies required in the AWS Lambda functions. Cloud engineers can manage and reuse these libraries and dependencies across multiple functions by packaging them into a layer. By the end of this note, you will learn how to create a Lambda layer for … Continue reading Create AWS Lambda Layer using Docker, Terraform and GitHub Actions

Create Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL DB using Terraform and GitHub Actions

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In this note, I discuss creating an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL DB using Terraform and securely automating the provisioning process using GitHub Actions. By the end of this note, you will learn about the underlying architectural dependencies and specific properties needed to create a secure RDS for PostgreSQL DB using Terraform. Per AWS-Docs, Amazon Relational … Continue reading Create Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL DB using Terraform and GitHub Actions

Protecting Credentials and Variables in AWS Fargate Containers using AWS Secrets Manager

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Credentials and sensitive variables allow access to confidential data and must be protected from unauthorized access so only permitted entities can access them. AWS Fargate is a technology that can be used with Amazon ECS to run containers. AWS Fargate is commonly used to run workloads to interact with databases or access confidential data or … Continue reading Protecting Credentials and Variables in AWS Fargate Containers using AWS Secrets Manager