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Terraform for AWS: a single-EC2 Docker host, or ECS Fargate, tested offline.

Reference architecture and offline tests for a fictional Initech checkout-api. This is not a client project. No AWS account is used and nothing here is a price.

构建时记录 . Recorded when this demo was built. The page does not re-run Terraform, tflint, or checkov.

Two routes

A. Single EC2
Clients Elastic IP EC2 t3, Amazon Linux 2023 nginx checkout-api Docker Compose from user_data Security group 80 and 443 EBS gp3, encrypted DLM daily snapshot SSM Session Manager no port 22 CloudWatch agent logs
B. ECS Fargate
Clients ALB + ACM 443 forward 80 redirect VPC, two availability zones Public subnet one NAT optional off Private AZ a Fargate task Private AZ b Fargate task ECR SSM parameter Optional RDS Postgres private subnets only CloudWatch Logs CPU autoscaling

Resource inventory

Counted with python-hcl2 from the .tf files. A module file counts once, not once per caller.

79 resource blocks, 7 module blocks.

Resource typeCount
aws_appautoscaling_policy1
aws_appautoscaling_target1
aws_cloudwatch_log_group3
aws_db_instance1
aws_db_subnet_group1
aws_default_security_group1
aws_dlm_lifecycle_policy1
aws_dynamodb_table1
aws_ecr_lifecycle_policy1
aws_ecr_repository1
aws_ecs_cluster1
aws_ecs_service1
aws_ecs_task_definition1
aws_eip2
aws_flow_log1
aws_iam_instance_profile1
aws_iam_role6
aws_iam_role_policy6
aws_iam_role_policy_attachment1
aws_instance1
aws_internet_gateway1
aws_kms_alias3
aws_kms_key3
aws_lb1
aws_lb_listener2
aws_lb_target_group1
aws_nat_gateway1
aws_route2
aws_route_table2
aws_route_table_association2
aws_s3_bucket2
aws_s3_bucket_lifecycle_configuration2
aws_s3_bucket_ownership_controls2
aws_s3_bucket_policy2
aws_s3_bucket_public_access_block2
aws_s3_bucket_server_side_encryption_configuration2
aws_s3_bucket_versioning2
aws_security_group5
aws_security_group_rule1
aws_ssm_parameter3
aws_subnet2
aws_vpc1
aws_vpc_endpoint2

Module calls

ModuleSourceFile
state../modules/state_backendbootstrap/main.tf
network../modules/networkecs-fargate/main.tf
ecr../modules/ecrecs-fargate/main.tf
alb../modules/albecs-fargate/main.tf
service../modules/ecs_serviceecs-fargate/main.tf
network../modules/networksingle-ec2/main.tf
host../modules/ec2_docker_hostsingle-ec2/main.tf

Checks

构建时记录. These cards repeat data/checks.json. Opening the page does not run Terraform.

terraform: Terraform v1.9.8 · tflint: TFLint version 0.55.1 · checkov: 3.2.449

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID was empty when these commands ran.

terraform fmt -check

pass

exit 0

Started 2026-10-03T06:25:29Z · 0.181s

terraform validate

pass

3 roots

  • single_ec2 exit 0 · 2.04s
  • ecs_fargate exit 0 · 2.431s
  • bootstrap exit 0 · 2.007s

tflint

pass

exit 0

Started 2026-10-03T06:25:35Z · 1.058s

checkov

fail

14 failed

passed 218, failed 14, skipped 2. HIGH failures: 0.

checkov 3.2.449 leaves severity empty unless a Bridgecrew or Prisma API key is set. Each severity below is the Severity field on that check's public Prisma Cloud policy page, fetched while this file was written.

Failed checks

  • CKV_AWS_260 LOW · module.alb.aws_security_group.alb · Ensure no security groups allow ingress from 0.0.0.0:0 to port 80
  • CKV_AWS_150 LOW · module.alb.aws_lb.this · Ensure that Load Balancer has deletion protection enabled
  • CKV_AWS_260 LOW · module.host.aws_security_group.host · Ensure no security groups allow ingress from 0.0.0.0:0 to port 80
  • CKV2_AWS_62 LOW · module.alb.aws_s3_bucket.logs · Ensure S3 buckets should have event notifications enabled
  • CKV2_AWS_62 LOW · module.state.aws_s3_bucket.state · Ensure S3 buckets should have event notifications enabled
  • CKV2_AWS_19 LOW · module.network.aws_eip.nat[0] · Ensure that all EIP addresses allocated to a VPC are attached to EC2 instances
  • CKV_AWS_144 LOW · module.alb.aws_s3_bucket.logs · Ensure that S3 bucket has cross-region replication enabled
  • CKV_AWS_144 LOW · module.state.aws_s3_bucket.state · Ensure that S3 bucket has cross-region replication enabled
  • CKV2_AWS_5 LOW · module.network.aws_security_group.endpoints[0] · Ensure that Security Groups are attached to another resource
  • CKV2_AWS_34 LOW · module.host.aws_ssm_parameter.cwagent · AWS SSM Parameter should be Encrypted
  • CKV2_AWS_30 LOW · aws_db_instance.app · Ensure Postgres RDS as aws_db_instance has Query Logging enabled
  • CKV_AWS_18 LOW · module.alb.aws_s3_bucket.logs · Ensure the S3 bucket has access logging enabled
  • CKV_AWS_18 LOW · module.state.aws_s3_bucket.state · Ensure the S3 bucket has access logging enabled
  • CKV2_AWS_28 LOW · module.alb.aws_lb.this · Ensure public facing ALB are protected by WAF

HIGH exceptions

  • CKV_AWS_355 HIGH · module.host.aws_iam_role_policy.session — ssmmessages, ec2messages, and ssm:UpdateInstanceInformation do not support resource-level permissions; AWS requires Resource *
  • CKV_AWS_290 HIGH · module.host.aws_iam_role_policy.session — those Session Manager write actions cannot be constrained to a resource ARN

terraform test

pass

6 runs

Started 2026-10-03T06:25:41Z · 5.071s. passed 6, failed 0, errored 0, skipped 0.

  • ec2_dev_sg_and_tags pass
  • ec2_prod_size pass
  • ecs_dev_alb_role_and_tags pass
  • ecs_prod_size pass
  • ecs_without_nat pass
  • ecs_with_rds pass

Which route

No prices. Sizes are read from envs/dev.tfvars and envs/prod.tfvars.

Single EC2ECS Fargate
ShapeOne host, Compose, user_dataVPC, ALB, ECR, Fargate service
AvailabilityOne machine in one zoneTwo zones, load balancer, rolling deploy
OperationsPatch the OS. SSM instead of SSH. Daily EBS snapshots.No host OS. Ship a new task definition.
Change in sizeReplace the instanceCPU target tracking between min and max
Dev in the examplet3.small256 CPU / 512 MiB
Prod in the examplet3.medium512 CPU / 1024 MiB
Fits whenThe service can live on one machineA task or a zone failing should not take the service down

Files

.github/workflows/terraform.yml

# SkyForge reference pipeline.
# fmt, validate, tflint, checkov, and terraform test run without AWS credentials.
# plan runs only on a manual dispatch and assumes a deploy role with GitHub OIDC.
# There is no terraform apply step in this file.

name: terraform

on:
  pull_request:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      environment:
        description: Which tfvars file to plan
        type: choice
        options:
          - dev
          - prod
        default: dev
      stack:
        description: Which route to plan
        type: choice
        options:
          - single-ec2
          - ecs-fargate
        default: ecs-fargate

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  verify:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
        with:
          terraform_version: 1.9.8

      - uses: terraform-linters/setup-tflint@v4
        with:
          tflint_version: v0.55.1

      - name: fmt
        run: terraform fmt -check -recursive

      - name: init and validate
        run: |
          terraform -chdir=single-ec2 init -backend=false -input=false
          terraform -chdir=single-ec2 validate
          terraform -chdir=ecs-fargate init -backend=false -input=false
          terraform -chdir=ecs-fargate validate
          terraform -chdir=bootstrap init -backend=false -input=false
          terraform -chdir=bootstrap validate

      - name: tflint
        run: |
          tflint --init --config .tflint.hcl
          tflint --recursive --config "$PWD/.tflint.hcl" --minimum-failure-severity=error

      - name: checkov
        run: |
          pip install 'checkov==3.2.449'
          checkov -d . --framework terraform --download-external-modules false --quiet

      - name: terraform test
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ""
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ""
          AWS_SESSION_TOKEN: ""
          AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED: "true"
        run: |
          terraform init -backend=false -input=false
          terraform test

  plan:
    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: read
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3
        with:
          terraform_version: 1.9.8

      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
        with:
          role-to-assume: ${{ vars.AWS_DEPLOY_ROLE_ARN }}
          aws-region: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}

      - name: plan
        run: |
          terraform -chdir=${{ inputs.stack }} init -input=false
          terraform -chdir=${{ inputs.stack }} plan -input=false -var-file=../envs/${{ inputs.environment }}.tfvars -out=tfplan
          echo "Plan written to ${{ inputs.stack }}/tfplan. This workflow does not apply it."