This challenge takes a provided Node.js application (eg. ceros-ski), wraps it in a docker container, spins up some EC2 servers and deploys the containers to the servers. The application is web accessible afterwards.

Multiple ceros-ski app containers are deployed and can be configured in the infrastructure as code. A deploy script is created to allow for updates to ceros-ski to be deployed with no downtime (eg. blue/green deployment.)

The following acceptance criteria has been completed for this challenge:

• All infrastructure follows the AWS free-tier offerings
• Infrastructure (EC2 servers, ECS, etc.) is defined in Terraform
• Services are securely configured and security concerns are handled
• Ceros-ski application is wrapped in a docker container
• Ceros-ski application is accessible from the web once deployed
• Process of deploying the ceros-ski app container to ec2 is documented (see below)
• Code is clearly documented
• Decisions to take on tech debt are documented and explained

There's two major considerations when deploying - the infrastructure and then the application.

Infrastructure should be set up first so that we can have an ECR repository for Docker and ECS/EC2 for the application to run on. It's a simple step to set up:

From this directory cd infrastructure && terraform apply

See the infrastructure README for additional information!

Once the AWS infrastructure is set up, deployments are easy via a simple shell script.

1. The deploy script utilizes ecs-deploy so ensure that is installed beforehand
2. From this directory: cd deploy && sh deploy.sh - this will automatically pull down the latest ceros-ski from S3, dockerize it, and trigger a blue/green deployment on ECS

See the deploy README for additional information!