This repository utilizes the ShatnoRD/container/docker Terraform module to manage Docker containers on a remote host, demonstrated by the provided NGINX example. It includes a GitHub Actions-based deployment pipeline and MegaLinter configurations for formatting Terraform code with terraform-fmt, ensuring CI/CD and code quality assurance.

To get started with this project, follow the steps below.

Before running the project, make sure you have the following:

• SSH Key: You need an SSH key pair (public and private keys). If you don't have one, follow the instructions in the SSH Key Generation section.

To generate a new SSH key pair, open your terminal and run the following command:

ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/terraform

To place the SSH keys on the remote machine, use the following command:

ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/terraform.pub -p 22 user@host

By default, the var.ssh_key_file variable is set to ~/.ssh/terraform in the configuration. This means that if no specific value is provided for ssh_key_file, Terraform will automatically use ~/.ssh/terraform as the path to the SSH key for authentication.

Make sure to update the following configuration files:

provider "system" {
    ssh {
        host        = var.host_ip_address
        port        = var.ssh_port
        user        = var.ssh_user
        private_key = file(var.ssh_key_file)
    }
}

provider "docker" {
    host     = "ssh://${var.ssh_user}@${var.host_ip_address}:${var.ssh_port}"
    ssh_opts = [
        "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
        "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
        "-i", "${var.ssh_key_file}"
    ]
}

If deploying with GitHub Actions from a PR, ensure the following secrets are populated in your GitHub repository:

• terraform_secrets: ${{ secrets.TERRAFORM_SECRETS_DOCKER_CICD }}
• terraform_ssh_key: ${{ secrets.TERRAFORM_SSH_KEY }}

1. Encode the terraform.tfvars file:

   cat terraform.tfvars | base64 -w 0

2. Verify the encoded string:

   echo "ENCODED_STRING" | base64 -d

3. Navigate to Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions and add a new repository secret named TERRAFORM_SECRETS_DOCKER_CICD with the encoded string for value

If you are using a remote backend like the provided S3 example, also populate these secrets for the self-hosted S3 alternative Minio:

• minio_endpoint: ${{ secrets.TERRAFORM_BACKEND_MINIO_ENDPOINT }}
• minio_access_key: ${{ secrets.TERRAFORM_BACKEND_MINIO_ACCESS_KEY }}
• minio_secret_key: ${{ secrets.TERRAFORM_BACKEND_MINIO_SECRET_KEY }}

To manually deploy, with local terraform statefile, navigate to the project root directory /iac/environment/docker/nginx-app and follow these steps:

1. Comment out the backend.tf file contents
2. Run terraform init to initialize the project.
3. Run terraform apply to apply the changes.

That's it! You have successfully set up and run the project.