terraform-web-server

Deploys a simple Apache web server instance on Ubuntu 19.04 in AWS using terraform.

Initializes the terraform environment. terraform init

Builds the infrastructure. terraform apply

Tears down the infrastructure. terraform destroy

Runs the tests pytest --driver Firefox

Installs the required build environment bash install-preqs.sh

Setup and prerequisites

There are a number of dev ops tools which are required in the build environment.

Linux Version, dnf, apt-get, git, bash & sudo

• Verified to work on Fedora 28 or greater and on Ubuntu 18.04 or greater.

• dnf(Fedora) or apt-get(Ubuntu) and git must already be installed.

• sudo or root access is required

• bash shell access is required

Clone from within a bash shell using https protocol

git clone https://github.com/dokadon/terraform-web-server.git

install-preqs.sh

• Your build system should be up to date with the latest packages installed. The included install script installs the following tools if they do not already exist.
• terraform
• python3
• python3-pip
• wget
• unzip
• firefox
• geckodriver

To install the prerequisites execute

bash install-preqs.sh

AWS user account required

An AWS user account with awscli access priveleges is needed You can get one here https://aws.amazon.com

Export your AWS user credentials into the env before building the web server infrastructure using:

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=[AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID]

export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=[AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY]

Building the web server infrastructure

To build the web server:

cd web-server

Then read the README.md file and follow its instructions

Building the web server infrastructure with a Jenkins instance in it

To build the web server with a Jenkins instance in it:

cd web-server-jenkins

Then read the README.md file and follow its instructions

Running the tests

The test framework uses

• pytest
• selenium
• firefox
• geckodriver