The cloudific Secure Cloud Monitor Monitor project is designed to enhance the security and monitoring capabilities of cloud infrastructure on AWS. It aims to provide a robust, scalable, and cost-effective observability framework, incorporating AWS-native services and Aviatrix for advanced network security. This initiative addresses the need for improved resilience and threat management following a DDoS attack that highlighted vulnerabilities in the existing setup.
- Amazon ECS: Container management service that supports Docker containers.
- Amazon CloudWatch: Monitoring service for AWS cloud resources and applications.
- AWS WAF and Shield: Services providing protection against DDoS attacks and other web exploits.
- AWS IAM: Manages access to AWS services and resources securely.
- AWS VPC: Isolates cloud resources with virtual networking environment.
Before you begin, ensure you have the following:
- An AWS account with appropriate permissions to create the necessary resources.
- Terraform installed on your machine. Visit Terraform's website for download instructions.
- Configure your AWS CLI with credentials that have necessary permissions.
- /modules: Contains all Terraform configuration files.
- /.github/workflows: Contains scripts for CI/CD integration and other automation tasks.
- /SAD.md: Documentation files and additional resources.
- main.tf: main file for infrastructure provisioning.
- provisioners.tf: provisioning.
- Steps to configure GitHub Secrets:
- Go to your GitHub repository: Navigate to the GitHub repository where your project is hosted.
- Settings: Click on the Settings tab at the top of the repository.
- Secrets: From the sidebar, select Secrets & variables > Actions.
- New repository secret: Click on New repository secret to add each of the following:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: Your AWS access key ID.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: Your AWS secret access key.DOCKER_PASSWORD: Your docker password.DOCKER_USERNAME: Your docker username.- Enter the Name and Value for each secret and click Add secret.
- These secrets can then be used in your GitHub Actions workflows without exposing them in your logs or repository files.
2.Clone the Repository:
`git clone https://github.com/alvo254/cloudific.git cd securecloud-monitor`
3.Initialize Terraform: Navigate to the Terraform directory and run the initialization command. This will download all necessary Terraform providers
`cd terraform terraform init`
4.Configure AWS Credentials: Make sure your AWS credentials are configured by setting up the AWS CLI or by setting environment variables:
`export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your-access-key-id" export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="your-secret-access-key" export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="us-east-1"`
5.Plan the Deployment: Check the execution plan to see the resources Terraform plans to create:
`terraform plan`
6.Apply the Configuration: Deploy your infrastructure:
`terraform apply` or `terraform apply -auto-approve` to skip the prompt
When prompted, type `yes` to proceed with the creation of resources.
7.Verify Deployment: After Terraform successfully applies the configuration, verify that all resources are created and functioning as expected in the AWS Management Console.
This project uses GitHub Actions for CI/CD. The workflows located in the .github/workflows directory facilitate the automation of build, test, and deployment processes.
- Review and adapt the pipeline scripts as necessary.
- Ensure all environment variables and secrets are configured in your GitHub repository settings.
- Regularly update and review AWS CloudWatch for insights.
- Set CloudWatch alarms to notify on critical issues.
- Use AWS Config for continuous compliance monitoring.
- Keep all project documentation updated within the
/docssolutions architect document.