Overview

This project demonstrates deploying ECS services for a backend application and a MySQL database on AWS. The backend is built with Node.js and Express, while the database is managed using MySQL. The infrastructure is provisioned and managed using AWS CloudFormation.

Key Features

• Node.js Backend: The backend application is developed using Node.js and serves HTTP requests via Express.

• MySQL Database: Data is stored and managed using a MySQL database.

• AWS Infrastructure: The infrastructure is provisioned and managed using AWS CloudFormation. Key components include:

  • Amazon ECS: For running Docker containers in a scalable and managed environment.
  • AWS VPC: A Virtual Private Cloud setup for network isolation and security.
  • Amazon CloudWatch: For logging and monitoring application and database logs.

Deployment Details

• The setup includes a public subnet for the backend service and a private subnet for the MySQL database, ensuring secure and isolated communication.
• NAT Gateway that is used to enable the pulling of the MySQL image from Docker Hub in a secure manner.
• Security Groups configured to allow appropriate traffic between the backend and database services.
• Fargate Launch Type: Utilized for serverless container management, reducing the need for managing EC2 instances.

Getting Started

1. Fork the repository
2. Set up secrets:
   • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
   • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
   • AWS_REGION
   • AWS_ACCOUNT_ID
3. Publish the backend image to ECR:
   • In the "Actions" tab of your forked repository, find and run the "Publish Backend Image to ECR" GitHub Action to build and push the Docker image to AWS ECR.
4. Deploy the CloudFormation stack:
   • After the backend image is published to ECR, run the "Deploy CloudFormation Stack" GitHub Action to create and configure the required AWS resources.