Install Portefaix
Instructions for deploying Portefaix on AWS
Setup
Create an admin user.
Then API Keys,
and configure Portefaix environment file ${HOME}/.config/portefaix/portefaix.sh
:
# AWS
function setup_aws() {
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="....."
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="....."
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="..."
export AWS_REGION="...."
# For Terraform Cloud
export TF_VAR_access_key="${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}"
export TF_VAR_secret_key="${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}"
export TF_VAR_slack_webhook_url="${SLACK_WEBHOOK_NOTIFS}"
}
And load environment :
❯ . ./portefaix.sh aws
Storage for Terraform
Create a S3 bucket for Terraform states:
❯ make -f hack/build/aws.mk aws-s3-bucket ENV=staging
Create a DynamoDB table :
❯ make -f hack/build/aws.mk aws-dynamodb-create-table ENV=staging
Terraform Cloud / Github Actions
Terraform Cloud is used as the remote backend. Github Actions perform tasks to deploy the AWS infrastructure.

Gitops for Kubernetes
See : Gitops with FluxCD or Gitops with ArgoCD
Last modified 05.01.2022: Add: GCP architecture diagram (e35cb12)