December 2024 Monthly Summary — DevOps/Platform Engineering Overview: Delivered standardized ECS-related Terraform module upgrades and minor readability improvements across all front-facing services, enhancing deployment reliability, security posture, and maintainability. Work focused on upgrading modules to 1.0.296 to incorporate stability fixes, bug/security updates, and performance improvements, with one targeted bug fix delivered via a module bump. Key features delivered: - acsp-web (companieshouse/acsp-web): Upgraded ECS Terraform modules for ECS service and secrets from v1.0.293 to v1.0.296 to improve stability and compatibility (commit 936f4b6b). Readability improvements to Terraform configuration by adding/removing a blank line for maintainability (commits 4954f42a, 7669e554). - acsp-manage-users-web (companieshouse/acsp-manage-users-web): Upgraded Terraform modules for ECS service to v1.0.296 (commit ff6ece1b). - acsp-api (companieshouse/acsp-api): Updated references for secrets and ecs-service modules to v1.0.296 to ensure latest stable module versions (commit 455ba673). - your-companies-web (companieshouse/your-companies-web): Upgraded ECS deployment Terraform modules to v1.0.296 for updated dependencies and more reliable deployments (commit d42b4f9). - acsp-confirm-client-id-verification-web (companieshouse/acsp-confirm-client-id-verification-web): Bug-related upgrade - bumped secrets and ecs-service modules to v1.0.296 to pull in fixes and security updates (commit b40389f27dfb7f4079eae41f0d4795ca9518ec69). Major bugs fixed: - acsp-confirm-client-id-verification-web: Bump of module references for secrets and ecs-service from 1.0.293 to 1.0.296, incorporating bug fixes and security updates from module maintainers. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Deployment reliability improved through standardized module versions across five services, reducing drift and risk in ECS deployments. - Security and bug fixes from module updates contribute to a stronger security posture and fewer runtime issues. - Maintainability enhanced via Terraform readability cleanup and consistent module versioning across repositories. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Terraform module version management, ECS service configuration, and readabilty-focused Terraform formatting. - Cross-repo collaboration and change tracing through explicit commit references. - Emphasis on business value: more reliable deployments, reduced risk, and quicker onboarding to upgrade cycles.