Atlantis as a GitHub action poc

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Atlantis as a GitHub action poc <https github com runatlantis atlantis discussions 2994|https github com runatlantis atlantis discussions 2994>

RB · Answer

Looks promising <https github com danielgblanco atlantis gha poc|https github com danielgblanco atlantis gha poc>

Rui · Answer

Yeah that is totally possible in fact any webhook based self hosted long running apps are possible

PePe Amengual · Answer

but it will have to be self hosted

PePe Amengual · Answer

you get to delete all the code for all the other VCSs

PePe Amengual · Answer

but what else you gain

PePe Amengual · Answer

thinking out load here

Rui · Answer

gt you get to delete all the code for all the other VCSs what do you mean by that

Rui · Answer

I think that action story is mostly about atlantis runner

Rui · Answer

oh you referred to the poc project yeah that is just a poc slightly smiling face

tpol · Answer

i m a little confused why use atlantis instead of simple terraform github action here i guess you could pretty much replicate the atlantis workflow with <https developer hashicorp com terraform tutorials automation github actions> my particular use case for atlantis is that i don t want to share any secret data from terraform in github actions environment that s why i prefer to run terraform inside the infrastructure where i m a bit more relaxed using secrets etc

PePe Amengual · Answer

there is a bunch of other actions that can do this even better than the doc from hashi

PePe Amengual · Answer

but Atlantis does a lot of other things already

PePe Amengual · Answer

but it was created before Actions so this could be a natural progression to support that kind of workflow

tpol · Answer

I think remote storage backend and ad hoc command execution would open many doors for Atlantis

tpol · Answer

Maybe even just storing plans in a object storage instead of the local filesystem can make it stateless

PePe Amengual · Answer

yes there has been discussions about that

PePe Amengual · Answer

Boltdb will have to be removed or another backend added for that

tpol · Answer

Wasn t boltdb replaced by redis recently

PePe Amengual · Answer

nope

PePe Amengual · Answer

just the locking

PePe Amengual · Answer

not the whole thing

PePe Amengual · Answer

there is still dependencies there that will be to be abstracted