Developer builds lean $7/month staging server on Amazon Lightsail using Terraform

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A developer set up a minimal staging environment using Amazon Lightsail's $7-per-month Micro 1GB Ubuntu instance to bridge the gap between local Docker testing and full-scale AWS infrastructure. The setup was provisioned with Terraform, which configured the VM, a static IP address, an SSH key pair, and a restricted firewall allowing access only from the developer's own IP. A simple shell script handled deployments via SSH and Docker Compose, running a lightweight Node.js app with health and version endpoints. The static IP was a deliberate choice to ensure a stable staging address that would survive instance restarts or replacements. The experiment aimed to prove that a single developer could operate a functional staging server without building out complex supporting infrastructure like load balancers, databases, or CI/CD pipelines.

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