Dalhousie University · Summer 2024
Author · Md Samshad Rahman (@samshad)
A compact portfolio of every lab, assignment, Kubernetes exercise and capstone project completed for CSCI 5409 – Advanced Topics in Cloud Computing.
The repo walks from “hello‑containers” all the way to a production‑style, cloud‑native application running behind Kubernetes with IaC and CI/CD.
| Folder | Theme | Key tech & skills |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | Containerisation basics | Docker CLI, multi‑stage Dockerfile, docker‑compose.yml, inter‑container networking, health‑checks |
| A2 | Compute & storage in AWS | EC2 auto‑scaling groups, S3 object store, RDS/PostgreSQL, AWS CLI & SDK, IAM least‑privilege |
| A3 | Network & security | VPC / subnets, security groups, API Gateway, HTTPS termination, CloudWatch logging, defence‑in‑depth |
| K8s | Orchestration lab | Kubernetes Deployment/Service/Ingress, Helm basics, rolling updates, kubectl debugging, GitHub Actions → GKE |
| Term Assignment | Cloud‑native capstone | React (front‑end) + Python/FastAPI (back‑end), Terraform IaC, CI/CD pipeline, end‑to‑end monitoring & logging |
⭐ Languages: ≈ 75 % Python, 24 % JavaScript, plus Dockerfiles, shell scripts and HCL/Terraform
📁 Repo size: 7 commits, 5 main directories
# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/samshad/CSCI-5409-Adv.-Topics-in-Cloud-Computing.git
cd CSCI-5409-Adv.-Topics-in-Cloud-Computing| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Run A1 locally | cd A1 && docker compose up --build |
| Deploy A2 on AWS | cd A2 && ./deploy.sh (requires AWS CLI credentials) |
| Spin up K8s lab on Minikube | cd K8s && kubectl apply -f manifests/ |
| Provision capstone with Terraform | cd "Term Assignment/infra" && terraform init && terraform apply |
Prerequisites: Docker ≥ 24, Python 3.11, Node 18 (for React), AWS account (for A2/A3), kubectl & minikube or a GKE/EKS cluster (for K8s & Term Assignment).
- Container foundations – minimal, secure Dockerfiles and multi‑service orchestration with Compose.
- Cloud primitives – launching compute, attaching managed storage, configuring IAM, and collecting metrics.
- Secure networking – carving private/public subnets, API Gateway front‑doors, TLS, and least‑privilege SGs.
- Kubernetes operations – declarative deployments, rolling upgrades, autoscaling, and Helm templating.
- DevOps & IaC – GitHub Actions pipelines, Terraform‑as‑code, and push‑to‑deploy workflows.
- Full‑stack architecture – React UI ↔ FastAPI micro‑services ↔ PostgreSQL, all containerised and observable.
| Domain | Stack |
|---|---|
| Back‑end | Python 3.11 · FastAPI · SQLAlchemy · PostgreSQL |
| Front‑end | React 18 · Vite · Tailwind CSS |
| Containers | Docker · Docker Compose · Docker Hub |
| Cloud | AWS (EC2 · S3 · RDS · API Gateway · IAM · CloudWatch) |
| Orchestration | Kubernetes · Helm · kubectl |
| Infra‑as‑Code | Terraform |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions |
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├── A1/ # Assignment 1 – container fundamentals
├── A2/ # Assignment 2 – compute & storage on AWS
├── A3/ # Assignment 3 – network & security on AWS
├── K8s/ # Kubernetes lab exercises & manifests
├── Term Assignment/ # Capstone full‑stack cloud‑native project
└── .gitignore
Each sub‑folder is self‑contained with its own README (or inline comments) and run scripts.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE file for details.
© 2025 Md Samshad Rahman