setup

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## 🔧 Step-by-Step Setup

### 1️⃣ GitHub Codespaces
- Add `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json` to enable Terraform, AWS CLI, Docker.
- Launch Codespace from GitHub → Code → Codespaces → Create.

### 2️⃣ Infrastructure Provisioning
Use Terraform to provision:
- VPC with public/private subnets, NAT, IGW
- EC2 instance for Jenkins
- S3 bucket for logs/artifacts/state
- ECR for Docker images
- ECS or EKS for deployment
- IAM roles with least privilege

### 3️⃣ Jenkins Setup
- Install Jenkins on EC2 via `user_data`
- Add plugins: GitHub, Docker, ECR, ECS/EKS
- Configure pipeline jobs

### 4️⃣ CI/CD Pipeline Flow
- GitHub → Jenkins → Docker build → ECR push → ECS/EKS deploy
- Optionally use GitHub Actions for Terraform automation

### 5️⃣ Frontend + Backend Deployment
- Containerize both apps
- Use Helm or kubectl for EKS
- Use ECS task definitions for ECS

### 6️⃣ Security & Compliance
- Encrypt S3 with KMS
- Use IAM roles for Jenkins, ECS/EKS
- Enable CloudTrail, GuardDuty

### 7️⃣ Monitoring & Logging
- CloudWatch for logs
- Prometheus + Grafana for metrics
- Alerts via CloudWatch or Grafana

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## 📦 Deployment Targets

You can choose between:
- **Amazon ECS**: Simpler, native AWS container service
- **Amazon EKS**: Kubernetes-native, more flexible for microservices

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## 📌 Notes

- Store Terraform state in encrypted S3 with DynamoDB locking.
- Use GitHub Actions for automated `terraform plan` and `apply`.
- Use Jenkins for Docker build and deployment stages.

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## 🧪 To Do

- [ ] Add Helm charts for frontend/backend
- [ ] Configure Route53 for DNS failover
- [ ] Add Terraform Sentinel policies (if using Terraform Cloud)
- [ ] Setup lifecycle policies for EBS snapshots

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## 📄 License

MIT © 2025 Your Name