Server Configuration

This page explains how to configure the atlantis server command.

Configuration to atlantis server can be specified via command line flags, environment variables, a config file or a mix of the three.

Environment Variables

All flags can be specified as environment variables.

Take the flag name, ex. --gh-user
Ignore the first -- => gh-user
Convert the -'s to _'s => gh_user
Uppercase all the letters => GH_USER
Prefix with ATLANTIS_ => ATLANTIS_GH_USER

NOTE

To set a boolean flag use true or false as the value.

NOTE

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

Config File

All flags can also be specified via a YAML config file.

To use a YAML config file, run atlantis server --config /path/to/config.yaml.

The keys of your config file should be the same as the flag names, ex.

yaml

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

WARNING

The config file you pass to --config is different from the --repo-config file. The --config config file is only used as an alternate way of setting atlantis server flags.

Precedence

Values are chosen in this order:

Flags
Environment Variables
Config File

Flags

`--allow-commands`

bash

atlantis server --allow-commands=version,plan,apply,unlock,approve_policies
# or
ATLANTIS_ALLOW_COMMANDS='version,plan,apply,unlock,approve_policies'

List of allowed commands to be run on the Atlantis server, Defaults to version,plan,apply,unlock,approve_policies

Notes:

Accepts a comma separated list, ex. command1,command2.
version, plan, apply, unlock, approve_policies, import, state and all are available.
all is a special keyword that allows all commands. If pass all then all other commands will be ignored.

`--allow-draft-prs`

bash

atlantis server --allow-draft-prs
# or
ATLANTIS_ALLOW_DRAFT_PRS=true

Respond to pull requests from draft prs. Defaults to false.

`--allow-fork-prs`

bash

atlantis server --allow-fork-prs
# or
ATLANTIS_ALLOW_FORK_PRS=true

Respond to pull requests from forks. Defaults to false.

SECURITY WARNING

Potentially dangerous to enable because if attackers can create a pull request to your repo then they can cause Atlantis to run arbitrary code. This can happen because Atlantis will automatically run terraform plan which can run arbitrary code if given a malicious Terraform configuration.

`--api-secret`

bash

atlantis server --api-secret="secret"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_API_SECRET="secret"

Required secret used to validate requests made to the /api/* endpoints.

`--atlantis-url`

bash

atlantis server --atlantis-url="https://my-domain.com:9090/basepath"
# or
ATLANTIS_ATLANTIS_URL=https://my-domain.com:9090/basepath

Specify the URL that Atlantis is accessible from. Used in the Atlantis UI and in links from pull request comments. Defaults to http://$(hostname):$port where $port is from the --port flag. Supports a basepath if you're hosting Atlantis under a path.

Notes:

If a load balancer with a non http/https port (not the one defined in the --port flag) is used, update the URL to include the port like in the example above.
This URL is used as the details link next to each atlantis job to view the job's logs.

`--autodiscover-mode`

bash

atlantis server --autodiscover-mode="<auto|enabled|disabled>"
# or
ATLANTIS_AUTODISCOVER_MODE="<auto|enabled|disabled>"

Sets auto discover mode, default is auto. When set to auto, projects in a repo will be discovered by Atlantis when there are no projects configured in the repo config. If one or more projects are defined in the repo config then auto discovery will be completely disabled.

When set to enabled projects will be discovered unconditionally. If an auto discovered project is already defined in the projects section of the repo config, the project from the repo config will take precedence over the auto discovered project.

When set to disabled projects will never be discovered, even if there are no projects configured in the repo config.

`--automerge`

bash

atlantis server --automerge
# or
ATLANTIS_AUTOMERGE=true

Automatically merge pull requests after all plans have been successfully applied. Defaults to false. See Automerging for more details.

`--autoplan-file-list`

bash

# NOTE: Use single quotes to avoid shell expansion of *.
atlantis server --autoplan-file-list='**/*.tf,project1/*.pkr.hcl'
# or
ATLANTIS_AUTOPLAN_FILE_LIST='**/*.tf,project1/*.pkr.hcl'

List of file patterns that Atlantis will use to check if a directory contains modified files that should trigger project planning.

Notes:

Accepts a comma separated list, ex. pattern1,pattern2.
Patterns use the .dockerignore syntax
List of file patterns will be used by both automatic and manually run plans.
When not set, defaults to all .tf, .tfvars, .tfvars.json, terragrunt.hcl and .terraform.lock.hcl files (--autoplan-file-list='**/*.tf,**/*.tfvars,**/*.tfvars.json,**/terragrunt.hcl,**/.terraform.lock.hcl').
Setting --autoplan-file-list will override the defaults. You must add **/*.tf and other defaults if you want to include them.
A custom Workflow that uses autoplan when_modified will ignore this value.
Examples:
Autoplan when any *.tf or *.tfvars file is modified.
- --autoplan-file-list='**/*.tf,**/*.tfvars'
Autoplan when any *.tf file is modified except in project2/ directory
- --autoplan-file-list='**/*.tf,!project2'
Autoplan when any *.tf files or .yml files in subfolder of project1 is modified.
- --autoplan-file-list='**/*.tf,project2/**/*.yml'

NOTE

By default, changes to modules will not trigger autoplanning. See the flags below.

`--autoplan-modules`

bash

atlantis server --autoplan-modules
# or
ATLANTIS_AUTOPLAN_MODULES=true

Defaults to false. When set to true, Atlantis will trace the local modules of included projects. Included project are projects with files included by --autoplan-file-list. After tracing, Atlantis will plan any project that includes a changed module. This is equivalent to setting --autoplan-modules-from-projects to the value of --autoplan-file-list. See below.

`--autoplan-modules-from-projects`

bash

atlantis server --autoplan-modules-from-projects='**/init.tf'
# or
ATLANTIS_AUTOPLAN_MODULES_FROM_PROJECTS='**/init.tf'

Enables auto-planing of projects when a module dependency in the same repository has changed. This is a list of file patterns like autoplan-file-list.

These patterns select projects to index based on the files matched. The index maps modules to the projects that depends on them, including projects that include the module via other modules. When a module file matching autoplan-file-list changes, all indexed projects will be planned.

Current default is "" (disabled).

Examples:

**/*.tf - will index all projects that have a .tf file in their directory, and plan them whenever an in-repo module dependency has changed.
**/*.tf,!foo,!bar - will index all projects containing .tf except foo and bar and plan them whenever an in-repo module dependency has changed. This allows projects to opt-out of auto-planning when a module dependency changes.

NOTE

Modules that are not selected by autoplan-file-list will not be indexed and dependant projects will not be planned. This flag allows the projects to index to be selected, but the trigger for a plan must be a file in autoplan-file-list.

NOTE

This flag overrides --autoplan-modules. If you wish to disable auto-planning of modules, set this flag to an empty string, and set --autoplan-modules to false.

`--azuredevops-hostname`

bash

atlantis server --azuredevops-hostname="dev.azure.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_HOSTNAME="dev.azure.com"

Azure DevOps hostname to support cloud and self hosted instances. Defaults to dev.azure.com.

`--azuredevops-token`

bash

atlantis server --azuredevops-token="RandomStringProducedByAzureDevOps"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_TOKEN="RandomStringProducedByAzureDevOps"

Azure DevOps token of API user.

`--azuredevops-user`

bash

atlantis server --azuredevops-user="username@example.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_USER="username@example.com"

Azure DevOps username of API user.

`--azuredevops-webhook-password`

bash

atlantis server --azuredevops-webhook-password="password123"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_WEBHOOK_PASSWORD="password123"

Azure DevOps basic authentication password for inbound webhooks (see docs).

SECURITY WARNING

If not specified, Atlantis won't be able to validate that the incoming webhook call came from your Azure DevOps org. This means that an attacker could spoof calls to Atlantis and cause it to perform malicious actions. Should be specified via the ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_WEBHOOK_PASSWORD environment variable.

`--azuredevops-webhook-user`

bash

atlantis server --azuredevops-webhook-user="username@example.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_AZUREDEVOPS_WEBHOOK_USER="username@example.com"

Azure DevOps basic authentication username for inbound webhooks.

`--bitbucket-base-url`

bash

atlantis server --bitbucket-base-url="http://bitbucket.corp:7990/basepath"
# or
ATLANTIS_BITBUCKET_BASE_URL="http://bitbucket.corp:7990/basepath"

Base URL of Bitbucket Server (aka Stash) installation. Must include http:// or https://. If using Bitbucket Cloud (bitbucket.org), do not set. Defaults to https://api.bitbucket.org.

`--bitbucket-token`

bash

atlantis server --bitbucket-token="token"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_BITBUCKET_TOKEN="token"

Bitbucket app password of API user.

`--bitbucket-user`

bash

atlantis server --bitbucket-user="myuser"
# or
ATLANTIS_BITBUCKET_USER="myuser"

Bitbucket username of API user.

`--bitbucket-webhook-secret`

bash

atlantis server --bitbucket-webhook-secret="secret"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_BITBUCKET_WEBHOOK_SECRET="secret"

Secret used to validate Bitbucket webhooks. Only Bitbucket Server supports webhook secrets. For Bitbucket.org, see Security for mitigations.

SECURITY WARNING

If not specified, Atlantis won't be able to validate that the incoming webhook call came from Bitbucket. This means that an attacker could spoof calls to Atlantis and cause it to perform malicious actions.

`--checkout-depth`

bash

atlantis server --checkout-depth=0
# or
ATLANTIS_CHECKOUT_DEPTH=0

The number of commits to fetch from the branch. Used if --checkout-strategy=merge since the --checkout-strategy=branch (default) checkout strategy always defaults to a shallow clone using a depth of 1. Defaults to 0. See Checkout Strategy for more details.

`--checkout-strategy`

bash

atlantis server --checkout-strategy="<branch|merge>"
# or
ATLANTIS_CHECKOUT_STRATEGY="<branch|merge>"

How to check out pull requests. Use either branch or merge. Defaults to branch. See Checkout Strategy for more details.

`--config`

bash

atlantis server --config="my/config/file.yaml"
# or
ATLANTIS_CONFIG="my/config/file.yaml"

YAML config file where flags can also be set. See Config File for more details.

`--data-dir`

bash

atlantis server --data-dir="path/to/data/dir"
# or
ATLANTIS_DATA_DIR="path/to/data/dir"

Directory where Atlantis will store its data. Will be created if it doesn't exist. Defaults to ~/.atlantis. Atlantis will store its database, checked out repos, Terraform plans and downloaded Terraform binaries here. If Atlantis loses this directory, locks will be lost and unapplied plans will be lost.

Note that the atlantis user is restricted to ~/.atlantis. If you set the --data-dir flag to a path outside of Atlantis its home directory, ensure that you grant the atlantis user the correct permissions.

`--default-tf-version`

bash

atlantis server --default-tf-version="v0.12.31"
# or
ATLANTIS_DEFAULT_TF_VERSION="v0.12.31"

Terraform version to default to. Will download to <data-dir>/bin/terraform<version> if not in PATH. See Terraform Versions for more details.

`--disable-apply-all`

bash

atlantis server --disable-apply-all
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_APPLY_ALL=true

Disable atlantis apply command so a specific project/workspace/directory has to be specified for applies.

`--disable-autoplan`

bash

atlantis server --disable-autoplan
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_AUTOPLAN=true

Disable atlantis auto planning.

`--disable-autoplan-label`

bash

atlantis server --disable-autoplan-label="no-autoplan"
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_AUTOPLAN_LABEL="no-autoplan"

Disable atlantis auto planning only on pull requests with the specified label.

If disable-autoplan property is true, this flag has no effect.

`--disable-markdown-folding`

bash

atlantis server --disable-markdown-folding
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_MARKDOWN_FOLDING=true

Disable folding in markdown output using the <details> html tag.

`--disable-repo-locking`

bash

atlantis server --disable-repo-locking
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_REPO_LOCKING=true

Stops atlantis from locking projects and or workspaces when running terraform.

`--disable-unlock-label`

bash

atlantis server --disable-unlock-label do-not-unlock
# or
ATLANTIS_DISABLE_UNLOCK_LABEL="do-not-unlock"

Stops atlantis from unlocking a pull request with this label. Defaults to "" (feature disabled).

`--emoji-reaction`

bash

atlantis server --emoji-reaction thumbsup
# or
ATLANTIS_EMOJI_REACTION=thumbsup

The emoji reaction to use for marking processed comments. Currently supported on Azure DevOps, GitHub and GitLab. If not specified, Atlantis will not use an emoji reaction. Defaults to "" (empty string).

`--enable-diff-markdown-format`

bash

atlantis server --enable-diff-markdown-format
# or
ATLANTIS_ENABLE_DIFF_MARKDOWN_FORMAT=true

Enable Atlantis to format Terraform plan output into a markdown-diff friendly format for color-coding purposes.

Useful to enable for use with GitHub.

`--enable-policy-checks`

bash

atlantis server --enable-policy-checks
# or
ATLANTIS_ENABLE_POLICY_CHECKS=true

Enables atlantis to run server side policies on the result of a terraform plan. Policies are defined in server side repo config.

`--enable-regexp-cmd`

bash

atlantis server --enable-regexp-cmd
# or
ATLANTIS_ENABLE_REGEXP_CMD=true

Enable Atlantis to use regular expressions to run plan/apply commands against defined project names when -p flag is passed with it.

This can be used to run all defined projects (with the name key) in atlantis.yaml using atlantis plan -p .*.

The flag will only allow the regexes listed in the allowed_regexp_prefixes key defined in the repo atlantis.yaml file. If the key is undefined, its value defaults to [] which will allow any regex.

This will not work with -d yet and to use -p the repo projects must be defined in the repo atlantis.yaml file.

This will bypass --restrict-file-list if regex is used, normal commands will stil be blocked if necessary.

SECURITY WARNING

It's not supposed to be used with --disable-apply-all. The command atlantis apply -p .* will bypass the restriction and run apply on every projects.

`--executable-name`

bash

atlantis server --executable-name="atlantis"
# or
ATLANTIS_EXECUTABLE_NAME="atlantis"

Comment command trigger executable name. Defaults to atlantis.

This is useful when running multiple Atlantis servers against a single repository.

`--fail-on-pre-workflow-hook-error`

bash

atlantis server --fail-on-pre-workflow-hook-error
# or
ATLANTIS_FAIL_ON_PRE_WORKFLOW_HOOK_ERROR=true

Fail and do not run the requested Atlantis command if any of the pre workflow hooks error.

`--gitea-base-url`

bash

atlantis server --gitea-base-url="http://your-gitea.corp:7990/basepath"
# or
ATLANTIS_GITEA_BASE_URL="http://your-gitea.corp:7990/basepath"

Base URL of Gitea installation. Must include http:// or https://. Defaults to https://gitea.com if left empty/absent.

`--gitea-token`

bash

atlantis server --gitea-token="token"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GITEA_TOKEN="token"

Gitea app password of API user.

`--gitea-user`

bash

atlantis server --gitea-user="myuser"
# or
ATLANTIS_GITEA_USER="myuser"

Gitea username of API user.

`--gitea-webhook-secret`

bash

atlantis server --gitea-webhook-secret="secret"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GITEA_WEBHOOK_SECRET="secret"

Secret used to validate Gitea webhooks.

SECURITY WARNING

If not specified, Atlantis won't be able to validate that the incoming webhook call came from Gitea. This means that an attacker could spoof calls to Atlantis and cause it to perform malicious actions.

`--gitea-page-size`

bash

atlantis server --gitea-page-size=30
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GITEA_PAGE_SIZE=30

Number of items on a single page in Gitea paged responses.

Configuration dependent

The default value conforms to the Gitea server's standard config setting: DEFAULT_PAGING_NUM The highest valid value depends on the Gitea server's config setting: MAX_RESPONSE_ITEMS

`--gh-allow-mergeable-bypass-apply`

bash

atlantis server --gh-allow-mergeable-bypass-apply
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_ALLOW_MERGEABLE_BYPASS_APPLY=true

Feature flag to enable ability to use mergeable mode with required apply status check.

`--gh-app-id`

bash

atlantis server --gh-app-id="00000"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_APP_ID="00000"

GitHub app ID. If set, GitHub authentication will be performed as an installation.

TIP

A GitHub app can be created by starting Atlantis first, then pointing your browser at

shell

$(hostname)/github-app/setup

You'll be redirected to GitHub to create a new app, and will then be redirected to

shell

$(hostname)/github-app/exchange-code?code=some-code

After which Atlantis will display your new app's credentials: your app's ID, its generated --gh-webhook-secret and the contents of the file for --gh-app-key-file. Update your Atlantis config accordingly, and restart the server.

`--gh-app-key`

bash

atlantis server --gh-app-key="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----(...)"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_APP_KEY="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----(...)"

The PEM encoded private key for the GitHub App.

SECURITY WARNING

The contents of the private key will be visible by anyone that can run ps or look at the shell history of the machine where Atlantis is running. Use --gh-app-key-file to mitigate that risk.

`--gh-app-key-file`

bash

atlantis server --gh-app-key-file="path/to/app-key.pem"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_APP_KEY_FILE="path/to/app-key.pem"

Path to a GitHub App PEM encoded private key file. If set, GitHub authentication will be performed as an installation.

`--gh-app-slug`

bash

atlantis server --gh-app-slug="myappslug"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_APP_SLUG="myappslug"

A slugged version of GitHub app name shown in pull requests comments, etc (not Atlantis App but something like atlantis-app). Atlantis uses the value of this parameter to identify the comments it has left on GitHub pull requests. This is used for functions such as --hide-prev-plan-comments. You need to obtain this value from your GitHub app, one way is to go to your App settings and open "Public page" from the left sidebar. Your --gh-app-slug value will be the last part of the URL, e.g https://github.com/apps/<slug>.

`--gh-hostname`

bash

atlantis server --gh-hostname="my.github.enterprise.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_HOSTNAME="my.github.enterprise.com"

Hostname of your GitHub Enterprise installation. If using GitHub.com, don't set. Defaults to github.com.

`--gh-app-installation-id`

bash

atlantis server --gh-app-installation-id="123"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_APP_INSTALLATION_ID="123"

The installation ID of a specific instance of a GitHub application. Normally this value is derived by querying GitHub for the list of installations of the ID supplied via --gh-app-id and selecting the first one found and where multiple installations results in an error. Use this flag if you have multiple instances of Atlantis but you want to use a single already-installed GitHub app for all of them. You would normally do this if you are running a proxy as your single GitHub application that will proxy to an appropriate Atlantis instance based on the organization or user that triggered the webhook.

`--gh-org`

bash

atlantis server --gh-org="myorgname"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_ORG="myorgname"

GitHub organization name. Set to enable creating a private GitHub app for this organization.

`--gh-team-allowlist`

bash

atlantis server --gh-team-allowlist="myteam:plan, secteam:apply, DevOps Team:apply, DevOps Team:import"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_TEAM_ALLOWLIST="myteam:plan, secteam:apply, DevOps Team:apply, DevOps Team:import"

In versions v0.21.0 and later, the GitHub team name can be a name or a slug.

In versions v0.20.1 and below, the Github team name required the case sensitive team name.

Comma-separated list of GitHub teams and permission pairs.

By default, any team can plan and apply.

NOTE

You should use the Team name as the variable, not the slug, even if it has spaces or special characters. i.e., "Engineering Team:plan, Infrastructure Team:apply"

`--gh-token`

bash

atlantis server --gh-token="token"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GH_TOKEN="token"

GitHub token of API user.

`--gh-token-file`

bash

atlantis server --gh-token-file="/path/to/token"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_TOKEN_FILE="/path/to/token"

GitHub token of API user. The token is loaded from disk regularly to allow for rotation of the token without the need to restart the Atlantis server.

`--gh-user`

bash

atlantis server --gh-user="myuser"
# or
ATLANTIS_GH_USER="myuser"

GitHub username of API user.

`--gh-webhook-secret`

bash

atlantis server --gh-webhook-secret="secret"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GH_WEBHOOK_SECRET="secret"

Secret used to validate GitHub webhooks (see GitHub: Validating webhook deliveries).

SECURITY WARNING

If not specified, Atlantis won't be able to validate that the incoming webhook call came from GitHub. This means that an attacker could spoof calls to Atlantis and cause it to perform malicious actions.

`--gitlab-hostname`

bash

atlantis server --gitlab-hostname="my.gitlab.enterprise.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_GITLAB_HOSTNAME="my.gitlab.enterprise.com"

Hostname of your GitLab Enterprise installation. If using Gitlab.com, don't set. Defaults to gitlab.com.

`--gitlab-token`

bash

atlantis server --gitlab-token="token"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GITLAB_TOKEN="token"

GitLab token of API user.

`--gitlab-user`

bash

atlantis server --gitlab-user="myuser"
# or
ATLANTIS_GITLAB_USER="myuser"

GitLab username of API user.

`--gitlab-webhook-secret`

bash

atlantis server --gitlab-webhook-secret="secret"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_GITLAB_WEBHOOK_SECRET="secret"

Secret used to validate GitLab webhooks.

SECURITY WARNING

If not specified, Atlantis won't be able to validate that the incoming webhook call came from GitLab. This means that an attacker could spoof calls to Atlantis and cause it to perform malicious actions.

`--help`

bash

atlantis server --help

View help.

`--hide-prev-plan-comments`

bash

atlantis server --hide-prev-plan-comments
# or
ATLANTIS_HIDE_PREV_PLAN_COMMENTS=true

Hide previous plan comments to declutter PRs. This is only supported in GitHub and GitLab currently. This is not enabled by default. When using Github App, you need to set --gh-app-slug to enable this feature.

`--hide-unchanged-plan-comments`

bash

atlantis server --hide-unchanged-plan-comments
# or
ATLANTIS_HIDE_UNCHANGED_PLAN_COMMENTS=true

Remove no-changes plan comments from the pull request.

This is useful when you have many projects and want to keep the pull request clean from useless comments.

`--include-git-untracked-files`

bash

atlantis server --include-git-untracked-files
# or
ATLANTIS_INCLUDE_GIT_UNTRACKED_FILES=true

Include git untracked files in the Atlantis modified file list. Used for example with CDKTF pre-workflow hooks that dynamically generate Terraform files.

`--ignore-vcs-status-names`

bash

atlantis server --ignore-vcs-status-names="status1,status2"
# or
ATLANTIS_IGNORE_VCS_STATUS_NAMES=status1,status2

Comma separated list of VCS status names from other atlantis services. When gh-allow-mergeable-bypass-apply is true, will ignore status checks (e.g. status1/plan, status1/apply, status2/plan, status2/apply) from other Atlantis services when checking if the PR is mergeable. Currently only implemented for GitHub.

`--locking-db-type`

bash

atlantis server --locking-db-type="<boltdb|redis>"
# or
ATLANTIS_LOCKING_DB_TYPE="<boltdb|redis>"

The locking database type to use for storing plan and apply locks. Defaults to boltdb.

Notes:

If set to boltdb, only one process may have access to the boltdb instance.
If set to redis, then --redis-host, --redis-port, and --redis-password must be set.

`--log-level`

bash

atlantis server --log-level="<debug|info|warn|error>"
# or
ATLANTIS_LOG_LEVEL="<debug|info|warn|error>"

Log level. Defaults to info.

`--markdown-template-overrides-dir`

bash

atlantis server --markdown-template-overrides-dir="path/to/templates/"
# or
ATLANTIS_MARKDOWN_TEMPLATE_OVERRIDES_DIR="path/to/templates/"

This will be available in v0.21.0.

Directory where Atlantis will read in overrides for markdown templates used to render comments on pull requests. Markdown template overrides may be specified either in individual files, or all together in a single file. All template override files must have the .tmpl extension, otherwise they will not be parsed.

Markdown templates which may have overrides can be found here

Please be mindful that settings like --enable-diff-markdown-format depend on logic defined in the templates. It is possible to diverge from expected behavior, if care is not taken when overriding default templates.

Defaults to the atlantis home directory /home/atlantis/.markdown_templates/ in /$HOME/.markdown_templates.

`--max-comments-per-command`

bash

atlantis server --max-comments-per-command=100
# or
ATLANTIS_MAX_COMMENTS_PER_COMMAND=100

Limit the number of comments published after a command is executed, to prevent spamming your VCS and Atlantis to get throttled as a result. Defaults to 100. Set this option to 0 to disable log truncation. Note that the truncation will happen on the top of the command output, to preserve the most important parts of the output, often displayed at the end.

`--parallel-apply`

bash

atlantis server --parallel-apply
# or
ATLANTIS_PARALLEL_APPLY=true

Whether to run apply operations in parallel. Defaults to false. Explicit declaration in repo config takes precedence.

`--parallel-plan`

bash

atlantis server --parallel-plan
# or
ATLANTIS_PARALLEL_PLAN=true

Whether to run plan operations in parallel. Defaults to false. Explicit declaration in repo config takes precedence.

`--parallel-pool-size`

bash

atlantis server --parallel-pool-size=100
# or
ATLANTIS_PARALLEL_POOL_SIZE=100

Max size of the wait group that runs parallel plans and applies (if enabled). Defaults to 15

`--port`

bash

atlantis server --port=4141
# or
ATLANTIS_PORT=4141

Port to bind to. Defaults to 4141.

`--quiet-policy-checks`

bash

atlantis server --quiet-policy-checks
# or
ATLANTIS_QUIET_POLICY_CHECKS=true

Exclude policy check comments from pull requests unless there's an actual error from conftest. This also excludes warnings. Defaults to false.

`--redis-db`

bash

atlantis server --redis-db=0
# or
ATLANTIS_REDIS_DB=0

The Redis Database to use when using a Locking DB type of redis. Defaults to 0.

`--redis-host`

bash

atlantis server --redis-host="localhost"
# or
ATLANTIS_REDIS_HOST="localhost"

The Redis Hostname for when using a Locking DB type of redis.

`--redis-insecure-skip-verify`

bash

atlantis server --redis-insecure-skip-verify=false
# or
ATLANTIS_REDIS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY=false

Controls whether the Redis client verifies the Redis server's certificate chain and host name. If true, accepts any certificate presented by the server and any host name in that certificate. Defaults to false.

SECURITY WARNING

If this is enabled, TLS is susceptible to machine-in-the-middle attacks unless custom verification is used.

`--redis-password`

bash

atlantis server --redis-password="password123"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_REDIS_PASSWORD="password123"

The Redis Password for when using a Locking DB type of redis.

`--redis-port`

bash

atlantis server --redis-port=6379
# or
ATLANTIS_REDIS_PORT=6379

The Redis Port for when using a Locking DB type of redis. Defaults to 6379.

`--redis-tls-enabled`

bash

atlantis server --redis-tls-enabled=false
# or
ATLANTIS_REDIS_TLS_ENABLED=false

Enables a TLS connection, with min version of 1.2, to Redis when using a Locking DB type of redis. Defaults to false.

`--repo-allowlist`

bash

# NOTE: Use single quotes to avoid shell expansion of *.
atlantis server --repo-allowlist='github.com/myorg/*'
# or
ATLANTIS_REPO_ALLOWLIST='github.com/myorg/*'

Atlantis requires you to specify an allowlist of repositories it will accept webhooks from.

Notes:

Accepts a comma separated list, ex. definition1,definition2
Format is {hostname}/{owner}/{repo}, ex. github.com/runatlantis/atlantis
* matches any characters, ex. github.com/runatlantis/* will match all repos in the runatlantis organization
An entry beginning with ! negates it, ex. github.com/foo/*,!github.com/foo/bar will match all github repos in the foo owner except bar.
For Bitbucket Server: {hostname} is the domain without scheme and port, {owner} is the name of the project (not the key), and {repo} is the repo name
- User (not project) repositories take on the format: {hostname}/{full name}/{repo} (e.g., bitbucket.example.com/Jane Doe/myatlantis for username jdoe and full name Jane Doe, which is not very intuitive)
For Azure DevOps the allowlist takes one of two forms: {owner}.visualstudio.com/{project}/{repo} or dev.azure.com/{owner}/{project}/{repo}
Microsoft is in the process of changing Azure DevOps to the latter form, so it may be safest to always specify both formats in your repo allowlist for each repository until the change is complete.
Examples:
Allowlist myorg/repo1 and myorg/repo2 on github.com
- --repo-allowlist=github.com/myorg/repo1,github.com/myorg/repo2
Allowlist all repos under myorg on github.com
- --repo-allowlist='github.com/myorg/*'
Allowlist all repos under myorg on github.com, excluding myorg/untrusted-repo
- --repo-allowlist='github.com/myorg/*,!github.com/myorg/untrusted-repo'
Allowlist all repos in my GitHub Enterprise installation
- --repo-allowlist='github.yourcompany.com/*'
Allowlist all repos under myorg project myproject on Azure DevOps
- --repo-allowlist='myorg.visualstudio.com/myproject/*,dev.azure.com/myorg/myproject/*'
Allowlist all repositories
- --repo-allowlist='*'

`--repo-config`

bash

atlantis server --repo-config="path/to/repos.yaml"
# or
ATLANTIS_REPO_CONFIG="path/to/repos.yaml"

Path to a YAML server-side repo config file. See Server Side Repo Config.

`--repo-config-json`

bash

atlantis server --repo-config-json='{"repos":[{"id":"/.*/", "apply_requirements":["mergeable"]}]}'
# or
ATLANTIS_REPO_CONFIG_JSON='{"repos":[{"id":"/.*/", "apply_requirements":["mergeable"]}]}'

Specify server-side repo config as a JSON string. Useful if you don't want to write a config file to disk. See Server Side Repo Config for more details.

TIP

If specifying a Workflow, step's can be specified as follows:

json

{
  "repos": [],
  "workflows": {
    "custom": {
      "plan": {
        "steps": [
          "init",
          {
            "plan": {
              "extra_args": ["extra", "args"]
            }
          },
          {
            "run": "my custom command"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

`--restrict-file-list`

bash

atlantis server --restrict-file-list
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_RESTRICT_FILE_LIST=true

--restrict-file-list will block plan requests from projects outside the files modified in the pull request. This will not block plan requests with regex if using the --enable-regexp-cmd flag, in these cases commands like atlantis plan -p .* will still work if used. normal commands will stil be blocked if necessary. Defaults to false.

`--silence-allowlist-errors`

bash

atlantis server --silence-allowlist-errors
# or
ATLANTIS_SILENCE_ALLOWLIST_ERRORS=true

Some users use the --repo-allowlist flag to control which repos Atlantis responds to. Normally, if Atlantis receives a pull request webhook from a repo not listed in the allowlist, it will comment back with an error. This flag disables that commenting.

Some users find this useful because they prefer to add the Atlantis webhook at an organization level rather than on each repo.

`--silence-fork-pr-errors`

bash

atlantis server --silence-fork-pr-errors
# or
ATLANTIS_SILENCE_FORK_PR_ERRORS=true

Normally, if Atlantis receives a pull request webhook from a fork and --allow-fork-prs is not set, it will comment back with an error. This flag disables that commenting.

`--silence-no-projects`

bash

atlantis server --silence-no-projects
# or
ATLANTIS_SILENCE_NO_PROJECTS=true

--silence-no-projects will tell Atlantis to ignore PRs if none of the modified files are part of a project defined in the atlantis.yaml file. This flag ensures an Atlantis server only responds to its explicitly declared projects. This has no effect if projects are undefined in the repo level atlantis.yaml. This also silences targeted commands (eg. atlantis plan -d mydir or atlantis apply -p myproj) so if the project is not in the repo config atlantis.yaml, these commands will not run or report back in a comment.

This is useful when running multiple Atlantis servers against a single repository so you can delegate work to each Atlantis server. Also useful when used with pre_workflow_hooks to dynamically generate an atlantis.yaml file.

`--silence-vcs-status-no-plans`

bash

atlantis server --silence-vcs-status-no-plans
# or
ATLANTIS_SILENCE_VCS_STATUS_NO_PLANS=true

--silence-vcs-status-no-plans will tell Atlantis to ignore setting VCS status on plans if none of the modified files are part of a project defined in the atlantis.yaml file.

`--silence-vcs-status-no-projects`

bash

atlantis server --silence-vcs-status-no-projects
# or
ATLANTIS_SILENCE_VCS_STATUS_NO_PROJECTS=true

--silence-vcs-status-no-projects will tell Atlantis to ignore setting VCS status on any command if none of the modified files are part of a project defined in the atlantis.yaml file.

`--skip-clone-no-changes`

bash

atlantis server --skip-clone-no-changes
# or
ATLANTIS_SKIP_CLONE_NO_CHANGES=true

--skip-clone-no-changes will skip cloning the repo during autoplan if there are no changes to Terraform projects. This will only apply for GitHub and GitLab and only for repos that have atlantis.yaml file. Defaults to false.

`--slack-token`

bash

atlantis server --slack-token=token
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_SLACK_TOKEN='token'

API token for Slack notifications. See Using Slack hooks.

`--ssl-cert-file`

bash

atlantis server --ssl-cert-file="/etc/ssl/certs/my-cert.crt"
# or
ATLANTIS_SSL_CERT_FILE="/etc/ssl/certs/my-cert.crt"

File containing x509 Certificate used for serving HTTPS. If the cert is signed by a CA, the file should be the concatenation of the server's certificate, any intermediates, and the CA's certificate.

`--ssl-key-file`

bash

atlantis server --ssl-key-file="/etc/ssl/private/my-cert.key"
# or
ATLANTIS_SSL_KEY_FILE="/etc/ssl/private/my-cert.key"

File containing x509 private key matching --ssl-cert-file.

`--stats-namespace`

bash

atlantis server --stats-namespace="myatlantis"
# or
ATLANTIS_STATS_NAMESPACE="myatlantis"

Namespace for emitting stats/metrics. See stats section.

`--tf-distribution`

bash

atlantis server --tf-distribution="terraform"
# or
ATLANTIS_TF_DISTRIBUTION="terraform"

Which TF distribution to use. Can be set to terraform or opentofu.

`--tf-download`

bash

atlantis server --tf-download=false
# or
ATLANTIS_TF_DOWNLOAD=false

Defaults to true. Allow Atlantis to list and download additional versions of Terraform. Setting this to false can be useful in an air-gapped environment where a download mirror is not available.

`--tf-download-url`

bash

atlantis server --tf-download-url="https://releases.company.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_TF_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://releases.company.com"

An alternative URL to download Terraform versions if they are missing. Useful in an airgapped environment where releases.hashicorp.com is not available. Directory structure of the custom endpoint should match that of releases.hashicorp.com.

This has no impact if --tf-download is set to false.

This setting is not yet supported when --tf-distribution is set to opentofu.

`--tfe-hostname`

bash

atlantis server --tfe-hostname="my-terraform-enterprise.company.com"
# or
ATLANTIS_TFE_HOSTNAME="my-terraform-enterprise.company.com"

Hostname of your Terraform Enterprise installation to be used in conjunction with --tfe-token. See Terraform Cloud for more details. If using Terraform Cloud (i.e. you don't have your own Terraform Enterprise installation) no need to set since it defaults to app.terraform.io.

`--tfe-local-execution-mode`

bash

atlantis server --tfe-local-execution-mode
# or
ATLANTIS_TFE_LOCAL_EXECUTION_MODE=true

Enable if you're using local execution mode (instead of TFE/C's remote execution mode). See Terraform Cloud for more details.

`--tfe-token`

bash

atlantis server --tfe-token="xxx.atlasv1.yyy"
# or (recommended)
ATLANTIS_TFE_TOKEN='xxx.atlasv1.yyy'

A token for Terraform Cloud/Terraform Enterprise integration. See Terraform Cloud for more details.

`--use-tf-plugin-cache`

bash

atlantis server --use-tf-plugin-cache=false
# or
ATLANTIS_USE_TF_PLUGIN_CACHE=false

Set to false if you want to disable terraform plugin cache.

This flag is useful when having multiple projects that need to run a plan and apply in the same PR to avoid the race condition of plugin_cache_dir concurrently, this is a terraform known issue, more info:

The effect of the race condition is more evident when using parallel configuration to run plan and apply, by disabling the use of plugin cache will impact in the performance when starting a new plan or apply, but in large atlantis deployments with multiple projects and shared modules the use of --parallel_plan and --parallel_apply is mandatory for an efficient managment of the PRs.

`--var-file-allowlist`

bash

atlantis server --var-file-allowlist='/path/to/tfvars/dir'
# or
ATLANTIS_VAR_FILE_ALLOWLIST='/path/to/tfvars/dir'

Comma-separated list of additional directory paths where variable definition files can be read from. The paths in this argument should be absolute paths. Relative paths and globbing are currently not supported. If this argument is not provided, it defaults to Atlantis' data directory, determined by the --data-dir argument.

`--vcs-status-name`

bash

atlantis server --vcs-status-name="atlantis-dev"
# or
ATLANTIS_VCS_STATUS_NAME="atlantis-dev"

Name used to identify Atlantis when updating a pull request status. Defaults to atlantis.

This is useful when running multiple Atlantis servers against a single repository so you can give each Atlantis server its own unique name to prevent the statuses clashing.

`--web-basic-auth`

bash

atlantis server --web-basic-auth
# or
ATLANTIS_WEB_BASIC_AUTH=true

Enable Basic Authentication on the Atlantis web service.

`--web-password`

bash

atlantis server --web-password="atlantis"
# or
ATLANTIS_WEB_PASSWORD="atlantis"

Password used for Basic Authentication on the Atlantis web service. Defaults to atlantis.

`--web-username`

bash

atlantis server --web-username="atlantis"
# or
ATLANTIS_WEB_USERNAME="atlantis"

Username used for Basic Authentication on the Atlantis web service. Defaults to atlantis.

`--websocket-check-origin`

bash

atlantis server --websocket-check-origin
# or
ATLANTIS_WEBSOCKET_CHECK_ORIGIN=true

Only allow websockets connection when they originate from the running Atlantis web server

`--write-git-creds`

bash

atlantis server --write-git-creds
# or
ATLANTIS_WRITE_GIT_CREDS=true

Write out a .git-credentials file with the provider user and token to allow cloning private modules over HTTPS or SSH. See here for more information.

Follow the git::ssh syntax to avoid using a custom .gitconfig with an insteadOf.

hcl

module "private_submodule" {
  source = "git::ssh://git@github.com/<org>/<repo>//modules/<some-module-name>?ref=v1.2.3"

  # ...
}

SECURITY WARNING

This does write secrets to disk and should only be enabled in a secure environment.

Server Configuration ​

Environment Variables ​

Config File ​

Precedence ​

Flags ​

--allow-commands ​

--allow-draft-prs ​

--allow-fork-prs ​

--api-secret ​

--atlantis-url ​

--autodiscover-mode ​

--automerge ​

--autoplan-file-list ​

--autoplan-modules ​

--autoplan-modules-from-projects ​

--azuredevops-hostname ​

--azuredevops-token ​

--azuredevops-user ​

--azuredevops-webhook-password ​

--azuredevops-webhook-user ​

--bitbucket-base-url ​

--bitbucket-token ​

--bitbucket-user ​

--bitbucket-webhook-secret ​

--checkout-depth ​

--checkout-strategy ​

--config ​

--data-dir ​

--default-tf-version ​

--disable-apply-all ​

--disable-autoplan ​

--disable-autoplan-label ​

--disable-markdown-folding ​

--disable-repo-locking ​

--disable-unlock-label ​

--emoji-reaction ​

--enable-diff-markdown-format ​

--enable-policy-checks ​

--enable-regexp-cmd ​

--executable-name ​

--fail-on-pre-workflow-hook-error ​

--gitea-base-url ​

--gitea-token ​

--gitea-user ​

--gitea-webhook-secret ​

--gitea-page-size ​

--gh-allow-mergeable-bypass-apply ​

--gh-app-id ​

--gh-app-key ​

--gh-app-key-file ​

--gh-app-slug ​

--gh-hostname ​

--gh-app-installation-id ​

--gh-org ​

--gh-team-allowlist ​

--gh-token ​

--gh-token-file ​

--gh-user ​

--gh-webhook-secret ​

--gitlab-hostname ​

--gitlab-token ​

--gitlab-user ​

--gitlab-webhook-secret ​

--help ​

--hide-prev-plan-comments ​

--hide-unchanged-plan-comments ​

--include-git-untracked-files ​

--ignore-vcs-status-names ​

--locking-db-type ​

--log-level ​

--markdown-template-overrides-dir ​

--max-comments-per-command ​

--parallel-apply ​

--parallel-plan ​

--parallel-pool-size ​

--port ​

--quiet-policy-checks ​

--redis-db ​

--redis-host ​

--redis-insecure-skip-verify ​

Server Configuration

Environment Variables

Config File

Precedence

Flags

`--allow-commands`

`--allow-draft-prs`

`--allow-fork-prs`

`--api-secret`

`--atlantis-url`

`--autodiscover-mode`

`--automerge`

`--autoplan-file-list`

`--autoplan-modules`

`--autoplan-modules-from-projects`

`--azuredevops-hostname`

`--azuredevops-token`

`--azuredevops-user`

`--azuredevops-webhook-password`

`--azuredevops-webhook-user`

`--bitbucket-base-url`

`--bitbucket-token`

`--bitbucket-user`

`--bitbucket-webhook-secret`

`--checkout-depth`

`--checkout-strategy`

`--config`

`--data-dir`

`--default-tf-version`

`--disable-apply-all`

`--disable-autoplan`

`--disable-autoplan-label`

`--disable-markdown-folding`

`--disable-repo-locking`

`--disable-unlock-label`

`--emoji-reaction`

`--enable-diff-markdown-format`

`--enable-policy-checks`

`--enable-regexp-cmd`

`--executable-name`

`--fail-on-pre-workflow-hook-error`

`--gitea-base-url`

`--gitea-token`

`--gitea-user`

`--gitea-webhook-secret`

`--gitea-page-size`

`--gh-allow-mergeable-bypass-apply`

`--gh-app-id`

`--gh-app-key`

`--gh-app-key-file`

`--gh-app-slug`

`--gh-hostname`

`--gh-app-installation-id`

`--gh-org`

`--gh-team-allowlist`

`--gh-token`

`--gh-token-file`

`--gh-user`

`--gh-webhook-secret`

`--gitlab-hostname`

`--gitlab-token`

`--gitlab-user`

`--gitlab-webhook-secret`

`--help`

`--hide-prev-plan-comments`

`--hide-unchanged-plan-comments`

`--include-git-untracked-files`

`--ignore-vcs-status-names`

`--locking-db-type`

`--log-level`

`--markdown-template-overrides-dir`

`--max-comments-per-command`

`--parallel-apply`

`--parallel-plan`

`--parallel-pool-size`

`--port`

`--quiet-policy-checks`

`--redis-db`

`--redis-host`

`--redis-insecure-skip-verify`