docs: enhance godoc comments, README documentation and add comprehensive AWS deployment guide

[jjacque]

Summary

This PR significantly improves the project documentation:

1. Enhanced Godoc Comments (commit: 0853954)

• Added comprehensive package-level documentation
• Documented all types, structs, and their fields
• Enhanced function and method documentation following Go conventions
• Added clear explanations for interfaces and constants
• Total: 609 lines of well-documented Go code

Key improvements:

• SecretMsgStorer interface with clear contract documentation
• vault struct with detailed field descriptions
• All handlers with parameter, return value, and behavior documentation
• Configuration struct with environment variable mappings
• Token lifecycle and TTL behavior clearly explained

2. Enhanced README.md (commit: d966b3c)

Significantly expanded README from 175 lines to 496 lines with comprehensive improvements:

Added:

• Status badges (Go version, License, CircleCI, Go Report Card, Awesome F/OSS)
• Features section with 12+ key capabilities
• Table of Contents for easy navigation
• Quick Start guide with Docker Compose and local build options
• Deployment section covering Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and manual deployment
• Complete API Reference with request/response examples
• Screenshots section with interface previews
• Development section with prerequisites and setup
• Helm chart documentation reference
• Configuration examples (HTTP-only, Auto TLS, Manual TLS)
• Repository structure overview

Enhanced:

• Frontend Dependencies section with detailed table and metrics
• Command Line Usage with reference to comprehensive CLI guide
• Testing and linting commands
• Configuration options with clearer descriptions

Improved Structure:

• Better organized sections with emoji icons for visual navigation
• Code examples with syntax highlighting
• Consistent formatting and styling
• More actionable content for different user personas (developers, operators, security teams)

3. Updated Copilot Instructions (commit: 8e8024a)

• Synced with latest repository state
• Updated dependency versions (Go 1.25.1, Vault 1.21.0)
• Added comprehensive Docker build workflow
• Enhanced troubleshooting section
• Added Makefile targets reference

4. CI/CD Improvements (commits: d45e223, 675d127)

golangci-lint Configuration:

• Added .golangci.yml with version 2 support
• Set concurrency limit to 2 to prevent resource exhaustion
• Configured 5-minute timeout for analysis
• Resolved CI pipeline failures

CircleCI Optimization:

• Removed redundant golangci-lint installation (already in cimg/go:1.25 image)
• Streamlined lint job execution

5. Added AWS Deployment Guide (commit: cb8f5b9 )

• NEW: Comprehensive 705-line AWS deployment documentation
• Added AWS_DEPLOYMENT.md with three deployment options:
  • ECS with Fargate (recommended)
  • EKS (Kubernetes)
  • EC2 with Docker
• Complete infrastructure setup instructions with Terraform examples
• Security considerations and best practices
• Cost optimization tips
• Updated README.md with link to AWS deployment guide

Impact

• Better developer onboarding experience
• Clearer API documentation
• Improved code maintainability
• Professional, comprehensive README
• Production-ready AWS deployment documentation
• Fixed CI/CD pipeline issues
• Fixes How to setup on AWS #96

Notes

This PR focuses purely on documentation and CI improvements with no changes to application logic or behavior."

[eranchetz]

Left one comment otherwise LGTM

[jjacque]

@eranchetz i also cherry-picked your commit about AWS deployment instructions (644ebaf) from #127.

[jjacque]

Hi @eranchetz , happy new year 🎉

I've made some updates, could you have a look ?
TIA !!

[eranchetz]

Will set some time over the weekend to review.

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