📌Objective

To containerize and deploy the backend of the bank application using CI/CD pipelines, ECR, Argo CD, and EKS. The process includes managing environment variables, setting up secrets, creating manifests, and automating deployment via GitHub Actions and Argo CD.

Project Folder Structure

Main_Bank_App_Backend/
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       └── cicd.yaml                # GitHub Actions workflow
├── .env                             # DB credentials (not committed to GitHub)
├── .gitignore
├── Dockerfile
├── mvnw, mvnw.cmd
├── pom.xml                          # Spring Boot project
│
├── deployment/                      # Kubernetes manifests
│   ├── configmap.yaml
│   ├── secret.yaml
│   ├── deploy.yaml
│   ├── ingress.yaml
│   └── service.yaml
│
├── old-src/                         # legacy code (optional)
└── src/                             # source code

1. Initial Setup: GitHub Repository

• A new private GitHub repository was created for the backend application “MAIN-BANK-APP-BACKEND” ( orange block )

2. GitHub Secrets & Variables

In the GitHub repo:

Navigate to → Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions:

• Secrets:

• Variables: