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Workload Configuration
Architecture Priorities
Select level (High / Medium / Low) to adjust requirementsCorpus & Query Volume
Speed — instance class, storage media, caching
Redundancy — HA, replicas, backups, load balancing
Hardening — WAF, key management, threat detection
What this builds
Document Storage×100API & Orchestration ComputeEmbeddings ModelEmbedding / Metadata Store×2RAG Pipeline OrchestrationInference EndpointBackup Storage×16
Infrastructure Architecture Blueprint
Copy or download (export) Terraform and OpenTofu architecture blueprints to deploy this workload in a cloud provider of your choice. Add parameters, credentials, or steps for CLI and DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
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| 1 | # ============================================================================== |
| 2 | # ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINT (TERRAFORM / OPENTOFU) |
| 3 | # Copyright (c) 2026 Cosell Plus, LLC. All Rights Reserved. |
| 4 | # |
| 5 | # DISCLAIMER & TERMS OF USE: |
| 6 | # This IaC blueprint is generated by CompareCloudCosts (CCC) for educational, |
| 7 | # planning, and directional architectural purposes. Provided "AS IS" without |
| 8 | # warranty of any kind, express or implied. Cosell Plus, LLC assumes no |
| 9 | # liability for operational costs, misconfigurations, or service interruptions. |
| 10 | # Always review and validate security, IAM, and compliance parameters before |
| 11 | # deploying to production environment. |
| 12 | # ============================================================================== |
| 13 | # |
| 14 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 15 | # IDENTITY & CREDENTIAL PLACEHOLDERS (CLI & DEVOPS CI/CD PIPELINE) |
| 16 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 17 | # Steps to execute this blueprint using Terraform: |
| 18 | # 1. Save this file as main.tf |
| 19 | # 2. Set provider authentication credentials: |
| 20 | # |
| 21 | # For AWS Local CLI Execution: |
| 22 | # export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="<YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID>" |
| 23 | # export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" |
| 24 | # export AWS_REGION="<REGION>" |
| 25 | # |
| 26 | # For AWS DevOps CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Azure DevOps): |
| 27 | # Recommended: Use AWS OpenID Connect (OIDC) Role Assumption: |
| 28 | # - role-to-assume: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/GitHubActionsDeployerRole" |
| 29 | # - aws-region: "<REGION>" |
| 30 | # |
| 31 | # 3. Initialize and apply: |
| 32 | # $ terraform init |
| 33 | # $ terraform plan |
| 34 | # $ terraform apply |
| 35 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 36 | |
| 37 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 38 | # PROVIDER CONFIGURATION (TERRAFORM) |
| 39 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 40 | 🔑 terraform { |
| 41 | required_version = ">= 1.5.0" |
| 42 | required_providers { |
| 43 | aws = { |
| 44 | source = "hashicorp/aws" |
| 45 | version = "~> 5.0" |
| 46 | } |
| 47 | } |
| 48 | } |
| 49 | |
| 50 | 🔑 provider "aws" { |
| 51 | region = var.aws_region |
| 52 | |
| 53 | default_tags { |
| 54 | tags = { |
| 55 | ManagedBy = "Terraform" |
| 56 | Environment = var.environment |
| 57 | Workload = var.workload_id |
| 58 | Vendor = "Cosell Plus LLC Blueprint" |
| 59 | } |
| 60 | } |
| 61 | } |
| 62 | |
| 63 | 🔑 variable "aws_region" { |
| 64 | type = string |
| 65 | default = "us-east-1" |
| 66 | description = "Target AWS Deployment Region" |
| 67 | } |
| 68 | |
| 69 | 🔑 variable "environment" { |
| 70 | type = string |
| 71 | default = "production" |
| 72 | description = "Deployment environment (e.g. dev, staging, production)" |
| 73 | } |
| 74 | |
| 75 | 🔑 variable "workload_id" { |
| 76 | type = string |
| 77 | default = "workload-blueprint" |
| 78 | description = "Identifier tag for the workload" |
| 79 | } |
| 80 | |
| 81 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 82 | # WORKLOAD COMPONENT RESOURCES (RAG AI KNOWLEDGE BASE) |
| 83 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 84 | # Component: Document Storage |
| 85 | 🔑 resource "aws_s3_bucket" "document_storage" { |
| 86 | bucket_prefix = "ccc-document_storage-" |
| 87 | force_destroy = false |
| 88 | } |
| 89 | |
| 90 | 🔑 resource "aws_s3_bucket_server_side_encryption_configuration" "document_storage_enc" { |
| 91 | bucket = aws_s3_bucket.document_storage.id |
| 92 | rule { |
| 93 | apply_server_side_encryption_by_default { |
| 94 | sse_algorithm = "AES256" |
| 95 | } |
| 96 | } |
| 97 | } |
| 98 | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | |
| 101 | # Component: API & Orchestration Compute (Serverless compute serving the retrieval/generation API) |
| 102 | 🔑 resource "aws_custom_🔑 resource" "api_compute" { |
| 103 | # Add required parameters for API & Orchestration Compute |
| 104 | } |
| 105 | |
| 106 | # Component: Embeddings Model (Embeds incoming queries and ingested documents) |
| 107 | 🔑 resource "aws_custom_🔑 resource" "embeddings" { |
| 108 | # Add required parameters for Embeddings Model |
| 109 | } |
| 110 | |
| 111 | # Component: Embedding / Metadata Store (Indexes embeddings and document metadata) |
| 112 | 🔑 resource "aws_custom_🔑 resource" "metadata_store" { |
| 113 | # Add required parameters for Embedding / Metadata Store |
| 114 | } |
| 115 | |
| 116 | # Component: RAG Pipeline Orchestration (Serverless compute & message routing that coordinates retrieval and prompt assembly) |
| 117 | 🔑 resource "aws_custom_🔑 resource" "orchestration" { |
| 118 | # Add required parameters for RAG Pipeline Orchestration |
| 119 | } |
| 120 | |
| 121 | # Component: Inference Endpoint (Generates responses from retrieved context) |
| 122 | 🔑 resource "aws_custom_🔑 resource" "inference" { |
| 123 | # Add required parameters for Inference Endpoint |
| 124 | } |
| 125 | |
| 126 | # Component: Backup Storage |
| 127 | 🔑 resource "aws_s3_bucket" "backup_storage" { |
| 128 | bucket_prefix = "ccc-backup_storage-" |
| 129 | force_destroy = false |
| 130 | } |
| 131 | |
| 132 | 🔑 resource "aws_s3_bucket_server_side_encryption_configuration" "backup_storage_enc" { |
| 133 | bucket = aws_s3_bucket.backup_storage.id |
| 134 | rule { |
| 135 | apply_server_side_encryption_by_default { |
| 136 | sse_algorithm = "AES256" |
| 137 | } |
| 138 | } |
| 139 | } |
| 140 | |
| 141 | |
| 142 | |
| 143 | |
| 144 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 145 | # OUTPUTS |
| 146 | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 147 | 🔑 output "blueprint_summary" { |
| 148 | value = { |
| 149 | workload_id = "rag-ai-knowledge-base" |
| 150 | 🔑 provider = "aws" |
| 151 | region = "us-east-1" |
| 152 | components = 7 |
| 153 | priorities = { |
| 154 | capacity = "medium" |
| 155 | performance = "medium" |
| 156 | reliability = "medium" |
| 157 | security = "medium" |
| 158 | } |
| 159 | } |
| 160 | } |
| 161 |