Smart Home Terraform Infrastructure 🏠✨

Welcome to my Smart Home Terraform Infrastructure project! As an exploration into the power of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, this project aims to simulate a smart home network within AWS. It's designed to demonstrate how to provision and manage a network of microservices that could represent a smart home system, including services for status reporting, lighting, heating, and authorization.

About This Project 📖

This Terraform project is a hands-on demonstration of creating and managing AWS resources to deploy a mock smart home network. The infrastructure includes a variety of AWS services, structured in a modular way for ease of understanding and scalability. Whether you're new to Terraform or looking to see it applied in a comprehensive project, this repository offers valuable insights.

Features:

• VPC Configuration: A custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to securely host all services.
• Microservices Deployment: Separate microservices for lighting, heating, status, and authorization.
• Database Integration: DynamoDB tables for persistent storage of service data.
• Scalability: Autoscaling groups and load balancers to handle varying loads.
• Security: Well-defined security groups to ensure the integrity of the network.

Getting Started 🚀

To get this infrastructure up and running on your AWS account, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Terraform installed on your machine.
• An AWS account and the AWS CLI configured with your credentials.
• Basic familiarity with AWS services and Terraform syntax.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository

Start by cloning this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/AlexGuyNichols/terraform-project.git

2. Initialize Terraform

Navigate to the project directory and initialize Terraform. This step will download the necessary providers and prepare your project for deployment:

cd terraform-project
terraform init

3. Apply the Terraform Configuration Apply the Terraform configuration to provision the AWS resources:

terraform apply

Confirm the action when prompted, and Terraform will begin creating the infrastructure.

Project Structure 🗂

This project is organized into several modules, each responsible for a different aspect of the smart home network. Here's a brief overview:

modules/vpc: Configures the network environment. modules/security: Defines security groups for different services. modules/app-servers: Deploys EC2 instances for the microservices. modules/database: Sets up DynamoDB tables for data storage. modules/load_balancing: Implements load balancing for high availability. modules/autoscaling_group: Manages autoscaling for the services.

Cleaning Up 🧽

To avoid incurring unnecessary charges, remember to destroy the resources once you're done:

terraform destroy

Thank you for exploring my Smart Home Terraform Infrastructure project. I hope it provides you with a solid foundation for your own Terraform and AWS adventures!