This repository demonstrates a real-time AWS DevOps deployment pipeline designed to streamline application releases across three environments:
- Development (Dev) – Continuous integration and testing
- Pre-Production (Pre-PROD) – Staging for validation and QA
- Production – Final deployment for end users
By leveraging AWS services and modern DevOps tools, this setup ensures a seamless, automated, and scalable CI/CD workflow.
✅ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) – Terraform & AWS CloudFormation
✅ Version Control & Source Code Management – GitHub/Azure DevOps
✅ CI/CD Pipeline – AWS CodePipeline & Jenkins
✅ Containerization & Orchestration – Docker & Kubernetes (EKS)
✅ Monitoring & Logging – AWS CloudWatch & Prometheus
✅ Security & Compliance – IAM, AWS Secrets Manager, and best DevSecOps practices
✅ Enhanced Security – Security headers, rate limiting, and SSL/TLS configuration
✅ Performance Optimization – Caching strategies, gzip compression, and asset optimization
✅ Better Error Handling – Retry logic, comprehensive logging, and graceful failure recovery
✅ Environment Management – Separate configurations for dev, staging, and production
✅ Monitoring & Alerting – Health checks, performance metrics, and automated alerts
✅ Accessibility Improvements – Semantic HTML5, ARIA labels, and keyboard navigation
├── appspec.yml # AWS CodeDeploy application specification (v2.0)
├── buildspec.yml # AWS CodeBuild build specification (v2.0)
├── index.html # Main application file (enhanced)
├── nginx-security.conf # Nginx security hardening configuration
├── environments/ # Environment-specific configurations
│ ├── dev.env # Development environment settings
│ ├── staging.env # Staging environment settings
│ └── prod.env # Production environment settings
├── scripts/
│ ├── install_nginx.sh # Nginx installation script (v2.0)
│ ├── start_nginx.sh # Nginx startup script (v2.0)
│ ├── validate_environment.sh # Environment validation
│ ├── validate_deployment.sh # Deployment validation
│ └── load_environment_config.sh # Environment configuration loader
└── README.md # Project documentation
validate_environment.sh- Pre-deployment system validation with enhanced checksinstall_nginx.sh- Automated Nginx installation with retry logic and security hardeningstart_nginx.sh- Nginx service management with comprehensive health checksvalidate_deployment.sh- Post-deployment verification with performance testingload_environment_config.sh- Environment-specific configuration loader
This project is designed to enhance agility, reduce manual interventions, and ensure reliable software delivery.
- AWS Account with appropriate permissions
- AWS CLI configured
- Git installed
- Basic understanding of DevOps concepts
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Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/NotHarshhaa/AWS-DevOps_Real-Time_Deployment.git cd AWS-DevOps_Real-Time_Deployment -
Configure AWS CodeDeploy
- Set up CodeDeploy application
- Configure deployment groups
- Update
appspec.ymlif needed
-
Deploy the application
- Trigger deployment through AWS Console
- Monitor deployment logs
- Verify application is running
The deployment includes comprehensive testing:
- Environment validation
- Service health checks
- HTTP response testing
- Content delivery verification
- Performance testing
- Security header validation
For a complete walkthrough with detailed screenshots, visit the blog post:
📌 AWS DevOps Real-Time Deployment – Full Guide
/var/log/nginx-install.log- Nginx installation logs/var/log/nginx-start.log- Nginx startup logs/var/log/environment-validation.log- Environment validation logs/var/log/environment-config.log- Environment configuration logs
- Service status monitoring
- HTTP response validation
- Content delivery verification
- System resource monitoring
- Performance metrics collection
- Security headers implementation
- Rate limiting configuration
- SSL/TLS hardening
- File permission restrictions
- Access control policies
The project supports three environments with distinct configurations:
- Debug mode enabled
- Relaxed security settings
- Enhanced logging
- Development tools enabled
- Production-like settings
- Moderate security
- Comprehensive testing tools
- Performance monitoring
- Maximum security
- Optimized performance
- Minimal logging
- Monitoring and alerting
# Load development configuration
./scripts/load_environment_config.sh dev
# Load staging configuration
./scripts/load_environment_config.sh staging
# Load production configuration
./scripts/load_environment_config.sh prodWe welcome contributions! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
- Follow shell scripting best practices
- Add comprehensive error handling
- Include logging for debugging
- Test across all environments
- Document new features
This project is built and maintained by Harshhaa 💡.
Feel free to contribute, suggest improvements, or reach out for discussions!
- GitHub: @NotHarshhaa
- Blog: Hashnode
- LinkedIn: Connect with me
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- AWS for providing excellent cloud services
- The DevOps community for continuous learning and support
- All contributors who help improve this project
- Security experts for best practices and guidelines
- ✨ Enhanced security headers and SSL/TLS configuration
- ✨ Environment-specific configuration management
- ✨ Improved error handling and retry logic
- ✨ Performance optimizations and caching
- ✨ Accessibility improvements in HTML
- ✨ Comprehensive monitoring and logging
- ✨ Build caching and optimization
- 🎉 Initial release with basic CI/CD pipeline
- 🎉 Nginx installation and configuration
- 🎉 Basic deployment validation