terraform
Terraform is as open source tool to create, change and manage infrastructure through code (IaC infrastructure as code).
It acts as a infrastructure blueprint.
main.tf for ECS with cherrypy and postgres
# Provider definition
terraform {
required_providers {
aws = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
version = "~> 5.0"
}
}
}
provider "aws" {
region = var.aws_region
}
# Variables
variable "aws_region" {
type = string
default = "us-east-1"
}
variable "db_password" {
type = string
description = "PostgreSQL database master password"
sensitive = true
default = "SuperSecurePassword123!"
}
# --- NETWORKING (VPC) ---
data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {
state = "available"
}
resource "aws_vpc" "main" {
cidr_block = "10.0.0.0/16"
enable_dns_hostnames = true
enable_dns_support = true
tags = { Name = "cherrypy-ecs-vpc" }
}
resource "aws_subnet" "public_1" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = "10.0.1.0/24"
availability_zone = data.aws_availability_zones.available.names[0]
map_public_ip_on_launch = true
tags = { Name = "cherrypy-public-1" }
}
resource "aws_subnet" "public_2" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
cidr_block = "10.0.2.0/24"
availability_zone = data.aws_availability_zones.available.names[1]
map_public_ip_on_launch = true
tags = { Name = "cherrypy-public-2" }
}
resource "aws_internet_gateway" "gw" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
tags = { Name = "cherrypy-igw" }
}
resource "aws_route_table" "public" {
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
route {
cidr_block = "0.0.0.0/0"
gateway_id = aws_internet_gateway.gw.id
}
tags = { Name = "cherrypy-public-rt" }
}
resource "aws_route_table_association" "public_1" {
subnet_id = aws_subnet.public_1.id
route_table_id = aws_route_table.public.id
}
resource "aws_route_table_association" "public_2" {
subnet_id = aws_subnet.public_2.id
route_table_id = aws_route_table.public.id
}
# --- SECURITY GROUPS ---
resource "aws_security_group" "ecs_tasks" {
name = "cherrypy-ecs-tasks-sg"
description = "Allow inbound traffic on port 8080"
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
ingress {
protocol = "tcp"
from_port = 8080
to_port = 8080
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"] # For testing. In production, restrict via a Load Balancer.
}
egress {
protocol = "-1"
from_port = 0
to_port = 0
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
}
}
resource "aws_security_group" "db" {
name = "cherrypy-db-sg"
description = "Allow inbound traffic from ECS tasks only"
vpc_id = aws_vpc.main.id
ingress {
protocol = "tcp"
from_port = 5432
to_port = 5432
security_groups = [aws_security_group.ecs_tasks.id]
}
egress {
protocol = "-1"
from_port = 0
to_port = 0
cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
}
}
# --- DATABASE (RDS PostgreSQL) ---
resource "aws_db_subnet_group" "main" {
name = "cherrypy-db-subnet-group"
subnet_ids = [aws_subnet.public_1.id, aws_subnet.public_2.id]
}
resource "aws_db_instance" "postgres" {
identifier = "cherrypy-postgres-db"
allocated_storage = 20
engine = "postgres"
engine_version = "15"
instance_class = "db.t4g.micro"
db_name = "cherrypy_db"
username = "cherrypy_user"
password = var.db_password
db_subnet_group_name = aws_db_subnet_group.main.name
vpc_security_group_ids = [aws_security_group.db.id]
skip_final_snapshot = true
}
# --- CONTAINER REGISTRY (ECR) ---
resource "aws_ecr_repository" "app" {
name = "cherrypy-app"
image_tag_mutability = "MUTABLE"
image_scanning_configuration {
scan_on_push = true
}
}
# --- IAM ROLES FOR ECS ---
resource "aws_iam_role" "ecs_execution_role" {
name = "cherrypy-ecs-execution-role"
assume_role_policy = jsonencode({
Version = "2012-10-17"
Statement = [{
Action = "sts:AssumeRole"
Effect = "Allow"
Principal = { Service = "ecs-tasks.amazonaws.com" }
}]
})
}
resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "ecs_execution" {
role = aws_iam_role.ecs_execution_role.name
policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy"
}
# --- CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION (ECS) ---
resource "aws_ecs_cluster" "main" {
name = "cherrypy-ecs-cluster"
}
resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "app" {
family = "cherrypy-task"
network_mode = "awsvpc"
requires_compatibilities = ["FARGATE"]
cpu = "256"
memory = "512"
execution_role_arn = aws_iam_role.ecs_execution_role.arn
container_definitions = jsonencode([{
name = "cherrypy-container"
image = "${aws_ecr_repository.app.repository_url}:latest"
essential = true
portMappings = [{
containerPort = 8080
hostPort = 8080
}]
environment = [
{ name = "DB_HOST", value = aws_db_instance.postgres.address },
{ name = "DB_NAME", value = aws_db_instance.postgres.db_name },
{ name = "DB_USER", value = aws_db_instance.postgres.username },
{ name = "DB_PASS", value = var.db_password }
]
}])
}
resource "aws_ecs_service" "main" {
name = "cherrypy-service"
cluster = aws_ecs_cluster.main.id
task_definition = aws_ecs_task_definition.app.arn
desired_count = 1
launch_type = "FARGATE"
network_configuration {
subnets = [aws_subnet.public_1.id, aws_subnet.public_2.id]
security_groups = [aws_security_group.ecs_tasks.id]
assign_public_ip = true
}
}
# --- OUTPUTS ---
output "ecr_repository_url" {
value = aws_ecr_repository.app.repository_url
description = "Use URL to push the CherryPy Docker image"
}
output "db_endpoint" {
value = aws_db_instance.postgres.endpoint
description = "PostgreSQL database endpoint"
}