☁️ Azure Cloud Resume Challenge

A full-stack cloud resume built on Microsoft Azure, inspired by The Cloud Resume Challenge by Forrest Brazeal.

This project demonstrates hands-on cloud skills by deploying a personal resume as a static website with a serverless visitor counter — all hosted, secured, and automated on Azure.

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Architecture Overview

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        GitHub Actions (CI/CD)                       │
│              Automates frontend deployment & backend tests          │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────┘
               │                                  │
               ▼                                  ▼
┌──────────────────────────┐       ┌────────────────────────────────┐
│       Frontend           │       │          Backend               │
│                          │       │                                │
│  HTML / CSS / JavaScript │       │  Azure Functions (Python)      │
│         ▼                │       │         ▼                      │
│  Azure Blob Storage      │       │  Azure CosmosDB                │
│  (Static Website)        │       │  (Visitor Counter - Table API) │
│         ▼                │       │                                │
│  Cloudflare CDN          │       └────────────────────────────────┘
│  (HTTPS + Custom Domain) │
└──────────────────────────┘

Technology Stack

Layer	Technology	Purpose
Frontend	HTML / CSS / JavaScript	Resume layout, styling, and visitor counter display
Hosting	Azure Blob Storage (Static Site)	Serves the static website files
CDN / DNS	Cloudflare (Edge Proxy + DNS)	Global Anycast CDN, TLS 1.2+ HTTPS, and custom domain routing
API	Azure Functions (Python)	Serverless HTTP-triggered API for the visitor counter
Database	Azure CosmosDB (Table API)	Stores and retrieves the visitor count
CI/CD	GitHub Actions	Automated testing, build, and deployment pipelines
IaC	ARM Templates / Bicep (optional)	Infrastructure as Code for Azure resources

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Project Structure

azure-cloud-resume/
├── frontend/          # HTML, CSS, JS for the resume website
├── backend/           # Azure Functions (Python) for the visitor counter API
├── reference/         # Architecture diagrams, notes, and reference material
├── resume/            # Source resume file (PDF) used for website content
├── LICENSE            # MIT License
└── README.md          # Project documentation (you are here)

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Challenge Progress Checklist

Track progress across all 16 steps of the Cloud Resume Challenge:

Certification

• 1. Certification — Earn the AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification.

Frontend

• 2. HTML — Build the resume using HTML.
• 3. CSS — Style the resume with CSS.
• 4. Static Website — Deploy the resume as an Azure Storage static website.
• 5. HTTPS — Enable HTTPS via Cloudflare edge SSL/TLS.
• 6. DNS — Configure custom domain (jdmercado.site) pointing to the site.

Backend

• 7. JavaScript — Add a visitor counter to the site using JavaScript.
• 8. Database — Create an Azure CosmosDB table to store the visitor count.
• 9. API — Build an Azure Function (HTTP-triggered, Python) to interact with CosmosDB.
• 10. Python — Write the Azure Function logic in Python.

Testing

• 11. Tests — Write tests for the Python Azure Function code.

Infrastructure as Code

• 12. Infrastructure as Code — Define Azure resources using ARM/Bicep templates.

CI/CD (Backend)

• 13. Source Control — Store backend code in a GitHub repository.
• 14. CI/CD (Backend) — Set up GitHub Actions to test and deploy the backend automatically.

CI/CD (Frontend)

• 15. CI/CD (Frontend) — Set up GitHub Actions to deploy frontend changes to Azure Storage automatically.

Documentation

• 16. Blog Post — Write a blog post documenting the journey and lessons learned.

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Certification

✅ AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals — Achieved

View Credential

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Live Site

Resource	URL
Live Resume	https://jdmercado.site (or https://www.jdmercado.site)
Azure Origin	https://jdmcloudresumest.z7.web.core.windows.net/
API Endpoint	Coming soon

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Azure Account (Free tier available)
• Azure CLI
• Azure Functions Core Tools
• Python 3.9+
• Node.js (for Azure Functions tooling)
• Git
• Visual Studio Code (recommended)

Local Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ctrl-jo/Cloud-Resume-Challenge-Azure.git
cd azure-cloud-resume

# Backend — Install Python dependencies
cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Frontend — Open index.html in your browser
cd ../frontend
# Open index.html directly or use a local server

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License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

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Acknowledgments

• Forrest Brazeal — Creator of the Cloud Resume Challenge
• The Cloud Resume Challenge — The original challenge that inspired this project
• Microsoft Azure Documentation — Official Azure docs