The latest articles on DEV Community by Hardik Ajmeriya (@hardikajmeriya). https://dev.to/hardikajmeriya https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3747983%2Fedcdcc2b-1e0c-44e4-a27a-f9776171ddaf.png https://dev.to/hardikajmeriya en Hardik Ajmeriya Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:47:30 +0000 https://dev.to/hardikajmeriya/building-an-end-to-end-devops-pipeline-on-aws-eks-with-terraform-github-actions-argo-cd-33mg https://dev.to/hardikajmeriya/building-an-end-to-end-devops-pipeline-on-aws-eks-with-terraform-github-actions-argo-cd-33mg <p>Hi everyone </p> <p>I’m an IT student learning DevOps, and I recently completed a hands-on project to understand how modern CI/CD and GitOps workflows are built in real-world environments.</p> <p>Instead of focusing on theory, I wanted to build something practical that covers the full DevOps lifecycle — from infrastructure provisioning to automated deployment on Kubernetes.</p> <p><strong>Tech Stack</strong></p> <ul> <li>Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (AWS VPC, IAM, EKS)</li> <li>GitHub Actions for Continuous Integration</li> <li>Docker for containerization</li> <li>AWS EKS (Kubernetes) for orchestration</li> <li>Argo CD for GitOps-based Continuous Delivery</li> <li>AWS Load Balancer Controller for traffic routing</li> <li>CloudWatch &amp; Argo CD Dashboard for monitoring</li> </ul> <p><strong>What the Pipeline Does</strong></p> <ul> <li>Code push triggers CI via GitHub Actions</li> <li>Automated build, test, and Docker image creation</li> <li>Images are pushed to a container registry</li> <li>Argo CD automatically syncs deployments to EKS</li> <li>Infrastructure is fully managed using Terraform</li> <li>Resources are destroyed when not needed to control cloud costs</li> </ul> <p><strong>Project Goal</strong><br> The goal of this project was to simulate a real-world DevOps pipeline and understand:</p> <ul> <li>How GitOps works in practice</li> <li>CI/CD integration with Kubernetes</li> <li>Infrastructure automation using Terraform</li> <li>Common DevOps patterns used in production systems</li> </ul> <p><strong>Challenges Faced</strong></p> <ul> <li>Managing IAM roles and permissions for EKS</li> <li>Understanding Argo CD sync behavior and GitOps flow</li> <li>Designing Terraform modules for reusability</li> <li>Balancing cloud costs as a student while testing real infrastructure</li> </ul> <p><strong>Looking for Feedback</strong><br> I’d really appreciate feedback on:</p> <ul> <li>Architecture design</li> <li>Production-readiness improvements</li> <li>Security, scalability, and observability best practices</li> <li>Any DevOps anti-patterns you notice</li> </ul> <p>This is a learning project, so some resources are inactive due to cloud cost limits.</p> <p>Project Repository: <a href="https://github.com/hardik-ajmeriya/ultimate-devops-project-demo.git" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hardik-ajmeriya/ultimate-devops-project-demo.git</a><br> Project Document: <a href="https://github.com/hardik-ajmeriya/ultimate-devops-project-demo/blob/main/1760427622247.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/hardik-ajmeriya/ultimate-devops-project-demo/blob/main/1760427622247.pdf</a></p> <p>Thanks for reading — looking forward to learning from the community!</p> aws devops kubernetes terraform