A project focused on DevOps automation and auto-deployment of a professional e-commerce platform for computer components.
Anyone can test the website at https://choice.themajorones.dev by pressing the "Deploy Server" button.
Note
The server should boots in 1 minute once triggered, and will not start again unless the previous run has expired (1 hour, configurable in workflow).
The rough idea is to sell the latest generations of PC parts, including the most basic components used to build a PC: CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, PSU, and case. The website will list the most common and popular PC hardware from the last 3 generations. Optional features of the website will be a build your PC which checks for parts compatibility and a comparison feature that compares the 2 hardware from the same category for performance and price-to-performance ratio.
While the backend of things seems simple enough, having the server run on the open web is an order of magnitude more knowledge than what I currently have right now. What I have in mind is to have GitHub runner run the server, preferably having it run a docker image that I created, so it doesn't have to start over whenever I boot it up. or even better, have it run on GitHub codespace, if I understand correctly, is the same as GitHub Runner, but I will have GUI access to a port forwarding terminal. This will have to be successfully tested working, as well as deployed to the server before starting the project.
Remote Server Workflow:
- Proof of concept for running a Tomcat server (merged).
- Proof of concept for running an MSSQL server (merged).
- Proof of concept for deploying to Tomcat server (merged).
- Proof of concept for deploying to the open Web (merged).
This feature ensures the compatibility of the selected components. Here are the checks performed:
| Situation | Case | Suggestion |
|---|---|---|
| CPU & Motherboard Socket | Sockets match | |
| Sockets mismatch | Change CPU or Motherboard. | |
| Integrated GPU | GPU selected | |
| iGPU supported by both, no GPU | Consider discrete GPU for better performance. | |
| iGPU supported by one, no GPU | Replace the non-supporting component or consider a discrete GPU. | |
| iGPU unsupported, no GPU | Add discrete GPU or choose iGPU supporting CPU/Motherboard. | |
| RAM Type | Supported by Motherboard | |
| Unsupported by Motherboard | Choose compatible RAM type. | |
| RAM Speed with Motherboard | Supported | |
| Faster than max | Ram will be underclocked. Consider different RAM or Motherboard | |
| RAM Speed Matching | Speeds match | |
| Speeds mismatch | Use matching speed RAM sticks. | |
| RAM Capacity | Supported by Motherboard | |
| Unsupported by Motherboard | Reduce RAM capacity to maximum supported. | |
| RAM Slots | Enough slots | |
| Insufficient slots | Reduce RAM sticks or choose another Motherboard. | |
| PSU TDP | TDP > CPU + GPU TDPs + 30% | |
| TDP <= CPU + GPU TDPs + 30% | Choose higher TDP PSU. |