Creating an Automated Cloud Resume API with AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions

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Creating a cloud-based Resume API is an excellent project that showcases your technical skills while providing a helpful service. This guide walks you through building, securing, and automating the deployment of a Resume API using AWS, Terraform, and GitHub Actions.

Crafting Your Resume API Response

The first step in building your Resume API is to define the format and content of the data your API will provide. This will typically be in JSON format and include various sections such as personal information, education, work experience, skills, and projects. Here’s an example of how your resume JSON might look:

{

“personal_info”: {

“name”: “John Doe”,

“email”: “john.doe@example.com”,

“phone”: “123-456-7890”,

“linkedin”: “https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe”

},

“education”: [

{

“institution”: “University of Example”,

“degree”: “Bachelor of Science in Computer Science”,

“graduation_year”: 2020

}

],

“work_experience”: [

{

“company”: “Tech Solutions Inc.”,

“role”: “Software Engineer”,

“start_date”: “2021-01-01”,

“end_date”: “Present”,

“responsibilities”: [

“Developed and maintained web applications”,

“Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define and achieve project goals”

]

}

],

“skills”: [“Python”, “JavaScript”, “AWS”, “Terraform”, “GitHub Actions”],

“projects”: [

{

“name”: “Personal Website”,

“description”: “A personal website to showcase my portfolio”,

“url”: “https://johndoe.com”

}

]

}

Leveraging a Ready-Made Project

To expedite the process, we offer a pre-built codebase on GitHub that you can use as a starting point. This repository includes all necessary files and configurations to get your Resume API up and running quickly. You can clone the repository and customize it to suit your needs:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/resume-api.git

cd resume-api

The project includes a basic Express.js application that serves the resume JSON and a Terraform configuration to set up the necessary AWS infrastructure.

Securing Your Infrastructure

Security is crucial to any project, especially when dealing with cloud infrastructure. GitHub Actions provides a convenient way to store and manage your AWS credentials securely. Here’s how to set up secrets in GitHub Actions:

Navigate to your GitHub repository.
Go to Settings > Secrets and Variables> Actions.
Click on New Repository secret.
Add your AWS access key and secret key as secrets:
- AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
- AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

GitHub Actions will use these secrets to authenticate with AWS during deployment.

Automating Deployment with GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions allow you to automate the deployment process, ensuring that your infrastructure and API are consistently updated with the latest changes. Here’s an example of a GitHub Actions workflow to deploy your Resume API:

name: Deploy Resume API

on:

push:

branches:

– main

jobs:

deploy:

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

– name: Checkout code

uses: actions/checkout@v2

– name: Set up Node.js

uses: actions/setup-node@v2

with:

node-version: ’14’

– name: Install dependencies

run: npm install

– name: Configure AWS credentials

uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1

with:

aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}

aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}

aws-region: us-east-1

– name: Deploy with Terraform

run: |

terraform init

terraform apply -auto-approve

This workflow checks the code, sets up Node.js, installs dependencies, configures AWS credentials, and deploys the infrastructure using Terraform.

Deployment and Accessing Your API

Once your GitHub Actions workflow is set up, every push to the main branch will trigger an automatic deployment. To deploy your infrastructure and API manually, you can run the following commands:

terraform init

terraform apply -auto-approve

After deployment, you can access your Resume API using the API endpoint provided by the AWS API Gateway. This endpoint is in the AWS Management Console under the API Gateway service.

With your Resume API up and running, you can now share your professional information programmatically, showcasing your skills in cloud infrastructure, automation, and web development.