Containerized CI/CD Pipeline

Dockerized deploys behind Nginx, automated with GitHub Actions

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The Problem

Client applications were deployed manually — SSH sessions, hand-edited configs, and no rollback story. Every release was risky and slow.

The Solution

Standardized cloud deployment pipelines: containerized apps, GitHub Actions CI/CD, infrastructure documented as code, and zero-downtime releases behind Nginx.

Key Features

CI/CD pipelines with automated tests and staged rollouts
Dockerized services with health checks
S3 + CloudFront static hosting patterns
Monitoring and alerting baselines

Architecture

GitHub Actions builds and pushes images, deploys to EC2/ECS or Azure App Service, with Nginx reverse proxies and SSL automation. Secrets managed via platform vaults.

Results

Release time dropped from hours to minutes; rollbacks became a one-click operation.

Timeline

Evolved across multiple client projects

Lessons Learned

· Boring, repeatable deployments are a feature clients feel immediately.

Future Improvements

· Terraform modules for repeatable client infrastructure

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