Learn how to use Atlantis with GitHub Actions for Terraform: webhooks, .atlantis.yaml, and required checks.

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A step-by-step guide to integrating Atlantis with GitHub Actions for PR-driven Terraform workflows. Covers deploying Atlantis on a local Kubernetes cluster using kind and Helm, authenticating to GitHub via PAT or GitHub App, configuring webhooks, writing .atlantis.yaml to define projects and apply requirements, and adding GitHub Actions quality gates (terraform fmt, tfsec). Also covers security hardening (repo allowlisting, least-privilege IAM via IRSA/Workload Identity, disabling fork PRs) and scaling with StatefulSets and PersistentVolumeClaims. Ends with a comparison to Spacelift as a managed alternative.

How to Use Atlantis with GitHub Actions for Terraform

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