11.1 Project — a live site on your own domain
Something you built is on the public internet, on HTTPS, for a predictable monthly cost.
Before:07. Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD08. Observability & Reliability
The first project puts something of yours on the public internet properly: object storage behind a CDN, your own domain, HTTPS with a certificate that renews itself, and a pipeline that deploys on a Git push. It draws on half the course and proves it in one artifact. The requirement that makes it real is the last one — the monthly cost, measured and written down — because a deployment whose cost you know is the difference between practising cloud and playing with it.
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Object storage plus CDN plus your own domain
Storage for the files, a delivery network in front, and your own domain pointing at it. This is the smallest complete deployment that is genuinely yours, and it is the foundation of the portfolio project.
HTTPS with an automatically renewed certificate
Getting encryption working with a certificate that renews itself, so the site does not quietly break in ninety days. The automation is the part worth getting right.
A deploy pipeline from a Git push
Pushing to your repository should publish the site with no manual step. Once that works, you have built the deployment habit that every later project reuses.
The monthly cost, measured and written down
Measuring the actual monthly cost and writing it down turns an exercise into evidence you can show someone. It is also how you learn what the meters really charge for.
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