jsolly/infra_as_code

Terraform code for John Solly's websites

Static Website Infrastructure as Code

This repository contains Terraform configurations for deploying static websites with serverless backends. It currently supports two websites:

• Text Notifications Website (textnotifications.app)
• Personal Website (jsolly.com)

Infrastructure Patterns

Frontend Options

AWS-Only Infrastructure (modules/static_website/aws_only)

Used by jsolly.com, this pattern uses:

• Content Storage: Amazon S3 with private access and CloudFront OAC
• Content Delivery: Amazon CloudFront with custom functions for directory indexing
• DNS Management: Amazon Route53 (A and AAAA records)
• SSL/TLS: AWS Certificate Manager

AWS + Cloudflare Infrastructure (modules/static_website/aws_plus_cloudflare)

Used by textnotifications.app, this pattern uses:

• Content Storage: Amazon S3 with website hosting enabled
• Content Delivery: Cloudflare CDN with IP-restricted S3 access
• DNS Management: Cloudflare DNS (CNAME records)
• SSL/TLS: Cloudflare SSL

Backend Infrastructure

The backend infrastructure (implemented in text-notifications-website/prod/backend) includes:

Storage and Metadata

• Asset Storage: S3 buckets with configurable lifecycle policies
• Metadata: DynamoDB tables with TTL support and date-based indexing
• Compute: Lambda functions with S3-based deployment and IAM roles
• Scheduling: EventBridge for daily scheduled tasks

Project Structure

.
├── modules/
│   └── static_website/                  # Shared code for deployment of static websites
│       ├── aws_only/                    # CloudFront + Route53 + S3 with OAC
│       └── aws_plus_cloudflare/         # S3 + Cloudflare with IP restrictions
├── text-notifications-website/
│   └── prod/
│       └── backend/       
│           └── functions/               # NASA photo fetcher + sender Lambdas
│           └── metadata/                # DynamoDB table configurations
│           └── storage/                 # S3 bucket configurations
└── jsolly-website/
    └── prod/                            # CloudFront + S3 + Route53 configuration

Prerequisites

• AWS Account with admin access
• Terraform ~> 5.0
• For textnotifications.app:
  • Cloudflare Account
  • Cloudflare API Token
  • NASA API Key
  • Twilio Account:
    • Account SID
    • Auth Token
    • Sender Phone Number
    • Target Phone Number
• For jsolly.com:
  • Route53 Hosted Zone
  • ACM Certificate

Configuration

1. Create a directory for your website (e.g., text-notifications-website or jsolly-website)
2. Create a terraform.tfvars file in your project's environment directory using the provided sample:
   • For text-notifications-website: See text-notifications-website/prod/sample.terraform.tfvars
   • For jsolly-website: See jsolly-website/prod/sample.terraform.tfvars
3. Initialize and apply Terraform:

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.