I've got my AWS infrastructure working pretty well. Frontend deployed to S3 with CloudFront, backend APIs with Lambda and DynamoDB, visitor counter incrementing nicely. But I'm still doing everything manually - running ./deploy.sh for the frontend and terraform apply for the backend.
I wanted to automate deployments using GitHub Actions instead of running manual scripts. OIDC authentication eliminates the need to store AWS credentials in GitHub secrets while providing secure, temporary access tokens. While this is more complex than manual scripts, it mirrors the constraints of production CI/CD environments.
Today I built the complete infrastructure for hosting a static website on AWS using Terraform. This covers S3 storage, CloudFront CDN, SSL certificates, and DNS configuration.
This guide walks through setting up Terraform for AWS infrastructure management, from installing tools to understanding state management. This is part of my Cloud Resume Challenge journey where I'm deploying a multi-cloud resume website.