muneebrather/glideit repository overview

⁠GlideIt

A cloud-native file storage and container monitoring platform built with the MERN stack, Docker, and AWS. Deployed on AWS EC2 with IAM role-based Amazon S3 integration and a production-ready multi-container architecture.

⁠What It Does

• Upload, download, and delete files stored in Amazon S3
• JWT authentication with User and Admin roles
• Real-time Docker container monitoring (CPU, memory, and network I/O)
• Live dashboard with radial gauges, sparklines, and memory bars
• Activity stream audit logging
• Admin user management
• Glassmorphism dark UI with smooth animations

⁠Services

• Nginx – Serves the React application and reverse proxies API requests
• Express Backend – Handles JWT authentication, Amazon S3 integration, and MongoDB operations
• MongoDB – Official MongoDB image with persistent data volume
• Docker Monitor – Internal metrics service for real-time container monitoring (not publicly exposed)

⁠Docker Features Demonstrated

• Docker Compose multi-container orchestration
• Multi-stage frontend build (Node.js → Nginx)
• Internal Docker networking
• Read-only Docker socket bind mount
• Container health checks
• Automatic restart policies
• Environment variable configuration
• Persistent MongoDB volumes
• Least-privilege container security

⁠Architecture

Browser
    │
    ▼
Nginx (Port 80)
    ├── React Static Files
    └── /api/*
          │
          ▼
    Express Backend (Port 5000)
          ├── MongoDB
          ├── Amazon S3 (IAM Role)
          └── Docker Monitor (Internal :8080)
                    │
                    ▼
          Docker Socket (Read-only)

⁠Usage

⁠Local Development

docker compose up --build

⁠Production

# Pull GlideIt images
docker pull muneebrather/glideit:frontend
docker pull muneebrather/glideit:backend
docker pull muneebrather/glideit:docker-monitor

# Start all services
docker compose up -d

⁠Tech Stack

⁠Frontend

• React 18

⁠Backend

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• Mongoose

⁠Infrastructure

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Nginx
• AWS EC2
• AWS S3
• AWS IAM

⁠Author

Muneeb Ahmad Rather