Feature
Infrastructure as Code
All of Volcas AWS infrastructure is implemented in TypeScript with AWS CDK. All parts of the application are deployed with a single command that provisions the infrastructure for you.
Technologies
How is it built?
Learn more about the technologies behind this feature.
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK)
Enables developers to define infrastructure as code (IaC) using TypeScript. By using the high-level building blocks provided by CDK, developers can define cloud resources in a modular manner, allowing for easier maintenance, versioning, and collaboration. AWS CDK translates this code into CloudFormation templates, automating the provisioning and management of resources, making it a powerful tool for efficient and scalable IaC workflows on AWS.
TypeScript
By writing the Volca infrastructure in TypeScript, we get the advantage of TypeScript's type-checking capabilities, enhancing code quality and catching potential errors early in the development process. Additionally, TypeScript support in AWS CDK allows for a more robust and maintainable infrastructure-as-code approach, providing a seamless development experience when defining and deploying cloud resources on AWS.
Screenshots
The infrastructure for Volcas React dashboard React application is deployed as a separate CloudFormation stack containing an S3 bucket and a CloudFront distibution.
Examples
Before you deploy to your AWS account it needs to be bootstrapped by running the following command:
yarn setup:aws
Once the setup is complete you will have to point your domain to the name servers that got created. There is more information in the Volca docs on how to do this. When you have pointed your domain to your new Volca environment, you can deploy all of the services to your environment with this command:
yarn cdk deploy -c environment=production --all
When the deployment is complete, everything will be live on your domain and you can start using it!
The Volca CDK implementation consists of a set of stacks that defines how the AWS infrastructure should be created. This has the benefit of easily being able to add new applications and spin up new environments, while simulateneously documenting the infrastructure.
- Core Stack - Deploys account specific infrastructure that is shared between different environments. Will set up your domain and an OpenId Connect Provider that will allow GitHuv actions to access your account with limited access.
- Certificate Stack - Includes a set of SSL certificates that will be automatically validated. These certificates are always placed in the us-east-1 region so they can be used by AWS CloudFront.
- API Stack - Will deploy all infrastructure related to your API and also build, deploy and migrate your backend service.
- Dashboard Stack - Will deploy all infrastructure related to your dashboard and also build and deploy the dashboard React application.
- Landing Page Stack - Will deploy all infrastructure related to your landing page and also build and deploy the landing page React application.
FAQ
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