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March 21, 2025
in AWS, DevOps, Learning
6 min read

Cloud Resume Challenge with Terraform: Final Reflections & Future Directions 🎯

Journey Complete: What We've Built 🏗️

Over the course of this blog series, we've successfully completed the Cloud Resume Challenge using Terraform as our infrastructure-as-code tool. Let's recap what we've accomplished:

Set up our development environment with Terraform and AWS credentials
Deployed a static website using S3, CloudFront, Route 53, and ACM
Built a serverless backend API with API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB
Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated deployments
Added security enhancements like OIDC authentication and least-privilege IAM policies

The final architecture we've created looks like this:

Basic Project Diagram

The most valuable aspect of this project is that we've built a completely automated, production-quality cloud solution. Every component is defined as code, enabling us to track changes, rollback if needed, and redeploy the entire infrastructure with minimal effort.

March 20, 2025
in AWS, DevOps, Learning
14 min read

Cloud Resume Challenge with Terraform: Automating Deployments with GitHub Actions ⚡

In our previous posts, we built the frontend and backend components of our cloud resume project. Now it's time to take our implementation to the next level by implementing continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) with GitHub Actions.

March 19, 2025
in AWS, DevOps, Learning
14 min read

Cloud Resume Challenge with Terraform: Building the Backend API 🚀

In our previous posts, we set up the frontend infrastructure for our resume website using Terraform. Now it's time to build the backend API that will power our visitor counter.

March 18, 2025
in AWS, DevOps, Learning
8 min read

Cloud Resume Challenge with Terraform: Deploying the Static Website 🚀

Introduction 🌍

In the previous post, we set up our Terraform environment and outlined the architecture for our Cloud Resume Challenge project. Now it's time to start building! In this post, we'll focus on deploying the first component: the static website that will host our resume.

March 17, 2025
in AWS, DevOps, Learning
5 min read

Cloud Resume Challenge with Terraform: Introduction & Setup 🚀

Introduction 🌍

The Cloud Resume Challenge is a hands-on project designed to build a real-world cloud application while showcasing your skills in AWS, serverless architecture, and automation. Many implementations of this challenge use AWS SAM or manual setup via the AWS console, but in this series, I will demonstrate how to build the entire infrastructure using Terraform. 💡

My Journey to Terraform 🧰

When I first discovered the Cloud Resume Challenge, I was immediately intrigued by the hands-on approach to learning cloud technologies. Having some experience with traditional IT but wanting to transition to a more cloud-focused role, I saw this challenge as the perfect opportunity to showcase my skills.

I chose Terraform over AWS SAM or CloudFormation because:

Multi-cloud flexibility - While this challenge focuses on AWS, Terraform skills transfer to Azure, GCP, and other providers
Declarative approach - I find the HCL syntax more intuitive than YAML for defining infrastructure
Industry adoption - In my research, I found that Terraform was highly sought after in job postings
Strong community - The extensive module registry and community support made learning easier

This series reflects my personal journey through the challenge, including the obstacles I overcame and the lessons I learned along the way.