Devops Toolchain of the website

This is how this website is made. I have a DevOps approach with a continuous integration & continuous development (CICD) toolchain. The cornerstone of my methodology is AWS coupled with Github .

Here is a summarized visualization:

DevOps pillars

I’m following each pillar of the DevOps toolchain :

• Plan: : Trello & Github README.md
• Code: Visual Studio Code
• Build: Ruby & Jekyll
• Test: Testing locally firt with jekyll webserver and therefore online through a private dev environment by pushing on the dev branch of the github repository.
• Release & Deploy: Releasing by merging dev branch into master branch. The commit & push on the repository triggers the build on the AWS Platform . With this process, I have 0 downtimes. Ever. And that, that is satisfying.
• Operate: Through AWS Cloudwatch IF needed.
• Monitor: With Google Analytics .

In detail:

IDE

I’m using Visual Studio Code as an integrated development environment on W10.

Framework & Language

I’m using Ruby language with Jekyll framework as a Static Site Generator (SSG). I’m first building, deploying & running in local with Jekyll. Jekyll is building the website dynamically as the code change.

Organization

I use Trello as a Kanban board in order to have a visual system for managing work as it moves through.

Source code management

I’m using a private repository of Github with the GitFlow workflow. Not public because I have unfinished works that I don’t want you to be spoiled.

Cloud platform

I firstly wanted to go with Terraform and building an infrastructure as code for Amazon Web Services (AWS). But why would I bother myself when I could use AWS as a Saas (Software as a service) by using AWS Amplify. AWS Amplify is simplyfing the use of the following AWS Services by combining them : (Found by analyzing the IAM Policy of the CLI)

• AWS s3
• AWS Lambda
• AWS Route53
• AWS Cloudfront
• AWS AppSync
• AWS API Gateway
• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS Cognito
• AWS DynamoDB

Analytics & Feedbacks

I use google analytics coupled with HeatMap plugin. I ask for feedbacks online and from friends.