Dynamic Art

A dynamic art app that allows administrators to organize photo albums and categorize photos, assigning categories to specific users. Users can access their designated images through a personalized display that utilizes facial recognition technology for a seamless, hands-free experience.

Features

• Admin Dashboard: Create, organize, and manage photo albums and categories.
• User Management: Add, manage, and assign photo categories to users.
• Facial Recognition: Users can access personalized photo galleries by scanning their faces using a camera.
• WebSocket Integration: Real-time communication between the frontend and backend for a seamless user experience.
• Dynamic Display: Users' personalized galleries can be displayed on devices like digital photo frames.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: NextJS, TypeScript, React, Redux, axios, Bootstrap, socket.io-client, ESLint.
• Backend: NestJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, socket.io, aws-sdk v3, RxJS, nodemon.
• Cloud Resources: ECS Fargate, DynamoDB, S3, Amazon Rekognition, Cloud Watch, ECR, VPC, Subnets, Internet Gateway, Elastic IP, NAT Gateway, Route Table, Application Load Balancer, IAM, Security Groups, Route 53, ACM.
• DevOps: Terraform, Docker, Git, GitHub Actions.
• Testing: Jest.

AWS Architecture diagram

Getting Started

Follow these steps to set up the project and infrastructure:

1. Create variables.tfvars file: Create a variables.tfvars file using variables.tfvars.example as a template.

2. Create S3 Bucket: Create a new S3 bucket for storing Terraform state:

   aws s3api create-bucket --bucket <your-bucket-name> --region <your-aws-region>

3. Update Backend Data: Update the backend data in the provider.tf file to reference the S3 bucket.

4. Initialize Terraform: Initialize Terraform to set up the working directory and download plugins:

   terraform init

5. Plan Infrastructure: Generate an execution plan with Terraform using variables.tfvars:

   terraform plan -var-file=variables.tfvars

6. Apply Changes: Apply the planned changes to provision the infrastructure:

   terraform apply -var-file=variables.tfvars -auto-approve

7. List Terraform State: To see a list of the resources managed by Terraform, use:

   terraform state list

8. Destroy Infrastructure: Remove the infrastructure with:

   terraform destroy -var-file=variables.tfvars -auto-approve