Server Configuration

This documentation explains how to configure the Atlantis server and how to deal with credentials.

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Configuration for atlantis server can be specified via command line flags, environment variables or a YAML config file. Config file values are overridden by environment variables which in turn are overridden by flags.

YAML

To use a yaml config file, run atlantis with --config /path/to/config.yaml. The keys of your config file should be the same as the flag, ex.

---
gh-token: ...
log-level: ...

Environment Variables

All flags can be specified as environment variables. You need to convert the flag's -'s to _'s, uppercase all the letters and prefix with ATLANTIS_. For example, --gh-user can be set via the environment variable ATLANTIS_GH_USER.

To see a list of all flags and their descriptions run atlantis server --help

::: warning The flag --atlantis-url is set by the environment variable ATLANTIS_ATLANTIS_URL NOT ATLANTIS_URL. :::

AWS Credentials

Atlantis simply shells out to terraform so you don't need to do anything special with AWS credentials. As long as terraform commands works where you're hosting Atlantis, then Atlantis will work. See https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/aws/#authentication for more detail.

Multiple AWS Accounts

Atlantis supports multiple AWS accounts through the use of Terraform's AWS Authentication.

If you're using the Shared Credentials file you'll need to ensure the server that Atlantis is executing on has the corresponding credentials file.

If you're using Assume role you'll need to ensure that the credentials file has a default profile that is able to assume all required roles.

Environment variables authentication won't work for multiple accounts since Atlantis wouldn't know which environment variables to execute Terraform with.

Assume Role Session Names

Atlantis injects the Terraform variable atlantis_user and sets it to the GitHub username of the user that is running the Atlantis command. This can be used to dynamically name the assume role session which would allow you to view the GitHub username associated with the AWS API calls being made during a plan or apply in CloudWatch.

To take advantage of this feature, use Terraform's built-in support for assume role and use the atlantis_user terraform variable

provider "aws" {
  assume_role {
    role_arn     = "arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT_ID:role/ROLE_NAME"
    session_name = "${var.atlantis_user}"
  }
}

variable "atlantis_user" {
  default = "atlantis_user"
}

If you're also using the S3 Backend make sure to add the role_arn option:

terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket   = "mybucket"
    key      = "path/to/my/key"
    region   = "us-east-1"
    role_arn = "arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT_ID:role/ROLE_NAME"
    # can't use var.atlantis_user as the session name because
    # interpolations are not allowed in backend configuration
    # session_name = "${var.atlantis_user}" WON'T WORK
  }
}

Terraform doesn't support interpolations in backend config so you will not be able to use session_name = "${var.atlantis_user}". However, the backend assumed role is only used for state-related API actions. Any other API actions will be performed using the assumed role specified in the aws provider and will have the session named as the GitHub user.

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