DevOps Project Directory Setup Script

A robust, production-ready script that automatically creates a comprehensive DevOps project directory structure with proper error handling, logging, and validation.

🚀 Features

• Comprehensive Directory Structure: Creates a complete DevOps project layout including:

  • Terraform configurations with environment separation
  • Ansible playbooks and roles
  • Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts
  • CI/CD configurations
  • Security policies
  • Testing frameworks
  • Documentation

• Built-in Safety Features:

  • Automatic backup of existing directories
  • Basic error handling and logging
  • Tool prerequisite checking

• Simple Logging System:

  • Color-coded console output
  • Timestamped logs
  • Different log levels (INFO, SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR)
  • Log file generation

• Security Considerations:

  • Basic file permissions
  • Gitignore templates
  • Security policy templates

📋 Prerequisites

The script checks for the following tools:

• git
• terraform
• ansible
• kubectl
• helm

Note: The script will warn if tools are missing but can continue with user confirmation.

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/sean-njela/Devops_directory_setup.git
   cd Devops_directory_setup

2. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x directory_setup.sh

3. Run the setup script:

   ./directory_setup.sh

📁 Directory Structure

project/
├── ansible/
│   ├── roles/
│   ├── inventories/
│   ├── group_vars/
│   └── host_vars/
├── terraform/
│   ├── environments/
│   │   ├── dev/
│   │   ├── prod/
│   │   └── test/
│   └── modules/
├── kubernetes/
│   ├── manifests/
│   ├── helm-charts/
│   └── environments/
├── security/
│   └── policies/
├── tests/
│   ├── integration/
│   └── unit/
├── docs/
├── ci-cd/
├── scripts/
├── monitoring/
└── config/

🔍 Health Check

The script includes a basic health check tool that verifies:

• Directory structure integrity
• Presence of essential files
• Git repository status
• Empty directory detection

Run the health check:

./scripts/health_check.sh

📝 Logging

Logs are stored in the format: setup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log

The logging system provides:

• Timestamp for each operation
• Operation status (SUCCESS/ERROR/WARNING/INFO)
• Color-coded console output

🔒 Security Features

• Basic .gitignore file
• Security policy templates
• Simple file handling

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

✨ Acknowledgments

• Inspired by DevOps best practices
• Built with basic security in mind
• Designed for both small and large-scale projects

💡 Support

For support, please open an issue in the GitHub repository.

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