Deployment plan types¶

The deployment plan is built on AWS StepFunction and follows the format of AWS State Language. That means that any State Types supported by StepFunction are also supported in the deployment plan. However, Attini also supports some additional types in order to better support a deployment workflow.

AttiniCfn¶

Type: AttiniCfn
Properties:
    Template: String
    StackName: String
    ConfigFile: String
    Parameters: Map<String,String>
    Tags: Map<String,String>
    StackRoleArn: String
    ExecutionRoleArn: String
    Region: String
    OutputPath: String
    Variables: Map<String,String>
    Action: String
    EnableTerminationProtection: Boolean

AttiniCfn will create, update or delete a CloudFormation stack.

See more information about the configuration options here.

Note

If the stack is in the state “ROLLBACK_COMPLETE” and you run the deployment plan, the stack will be deleted and recreated. The “ROLLBACK_COMPLETE” state only occurs after a failed creation, and the rollback has deleted all the resources in the stack.

Template

Type: String

The path to the CloudFormation template. Can either be:

A path to a file in the distribution. The path should be from the root of the project and start with a “/”.
A URL to a public S3 file, starting with “https://”.
An S3 path, starting with “s3://”.

Required: Conditional | Required unless it’s configured in the ConfigFile.

Default: None

StackName

Type: String

AWS API compatibility: This property is passed directly to the StackName property of the CreateStack or UpdateStack API call.

Required: Conditional | Required unless it’s configured in the ConfigFile.

Default: None

ConfigFile

Type: String

This is a reference to a JSON or a YAML file in the distribution. The reference has to start with a “/”, ex “/path/to/my/parameters.json”

Note

Public HTTPS endpoints, ex https://path/to/my/parameters.json does not work for configuration files.

Find more info in the CloudFormation configuration documentation

Required: No

Default: None

Parameters

Type: Map<String, String>

The CloudFormation parameters, find more info in the CloudFormation configuration documentation.

Required: No

Default: None

Tags

Type: Map<String, String>

The CloudFormation stack tags.

Required: No

Default: None

StackRoleArn

Type: String

Arn of the StackRole, find more info here: AWS CloudFormation service role

Note

This IAM Role has to be in the same AWS Account that the CloudFormation stack is deployed in, so if “ExecutionRoleArn” is in a different AWS Account this “StackRoleArn” has to be in the same account as the “ExecutionRoleArn”. If the “StackRoleArn” is in a different AWS Account then the “ExecutionRoleArn” you will receive a “Cross-account pass role is not allowed.” error.

Find more information about the security aspects of StackRoles here.

Required: Conditional

If the parameter “UseAdministratorAccessForDeployingCloudformation” in attini-setup CloudFormation stack is false, this parameter or ExecutionRoleArn is required.

Default: None

ExecutionRoleArn

Type: String

The role that you want to be assumed when the Attini Framework deploys the CloudFormation stack. This can be useful if you are:

Applying least privilege policies without using Stack roles
Doing cross-account deployments

The ExecutionRole has to trust the default role arn:aws:iam::{AccountId}:role/attini/attini-action-role-{Region} so that it can be assumed.

Example trust relationship policy:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": [
          "arn:aws:iam::111111111111:role/attini/attini-action-role-eu-west-1"
        ]
      },
      "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
    }
  ]
}

Note

If you configure an execution role in another account or region the Attini Framework will use a polling pattern to verify the state of the stack, this makes the deployment plan execution slower and it can lead to throttling issues if it’s used a lot.

Find more information about the security aspects of ExecutionRoles here.

Required: No

Default: arn:aws:iam::{AccountId}:role/attini/attini-action-role-{Region}

Region

Type: String

Configure the region you want the CloudFormation stack in.

Note

If you configure a Region other than the current region the Attini Framework will use a polling pattern to verify the state of the stack. This makes the deployment plan execution slower, and it can lead to throttling issues if it’s used a lot.

Required: No

Default: Current region

OutputPath

Type: String

If you need an extra level of separation for your output, you can use OutputPath. This is useful if you need to have multiple output sections from one step, example when you use AttiniMap type.

If you for example have a State name buzz and an OutputPath: foo the output payload will look like this:

{
  "output": {
    "buzz": {
      "foo": {
        "OutputKey": "OutputValue"
      }
    }
  }
}

Required: No

Default: None

Variables

Type: Map<String,String>

If your step has a ConfigFile configured, you can use Variables to pass values from your deployment plan payload into the file.

If you for example have an AttiniCfn State with the following config:

StateName:
  Type: AttiniCfn
  Properties:
    Template: /ecs-service.yaml
    ConfigFile: /ecs-config.yaml
    Variables:
      Environment: !Ref AttiniEnvironmentName
      DatabasePort.$: $.output.Database.Port
      StackRoleArn.$: $.output.StackRoles.EcsStackRole
    StackName: ecs-service

Your ConfigFile can look like this:

stackRoleArn: ${StackRoleArn}
parameters:
  ServiceName: ${Environment}-my-ecs-service
  DatabasePort: ${DatabasePort}

Note

By using Variables you can replace or manipulate any AttiniCfn configuration except for the ConfigFile path.

Required: No

Default: None

Action

Type: String

Specify if the stack should be created/updated or deleted.

Allowed values: Deploy | Delete

Required: No

Default: Deploy

EnableTerminationProtection

Type: Boolean

Specify if termination protection should be enabled for the stack.

Note

When first creating a stack this is an atomic operation. However when updating an existing stack the termination protection will be updated before the rest of the stack. This means that if the stack update fails and a rollback is performed the termination protection will not be rolled back with the rest of the updates.

Required: No

Default: false

AttiniSam¶

To simplify the use of the AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) Attini will automatically build and package your SAM Applications if they are defined in the deployment plan using this (AttiniSam) type.

Attini will package the SAM App and use AttiniCfn to deploy it, meaning that most configurations will work the same way.

For more information on how Attini manages SAM Apps, see Attini and AWS SAM.

Type: AttiniSam
Properties:
    Project:
        Path: String
        Template: String
        BuildDir: String
    StackName: String
    ConfigFile: String
    Parameters: Map<String,String>
    Tags: Map<String,String>
    StackRoleArn: String
    ExecutionRoleArn: String
    Variables: Map<String,String>
    Action: String
    EnableTerminationProtection: Boolean

Note

Region from AttiniCfn is not supported because CloudFormation requires Lambda code to be stored in the same region as its being deployed to. The Attini Framework will package the SAM Application into an S3 Bucket in your current region only.

Attini does not support packaging AWS Lambda function with container images.

Project

Type: SamProject

Required: Yes

Path

Type: String

The path in your Attini project in which you keep the SAM App.

the reference has to start with a /, ex /sam-apps/my-public-api

Required: Yes

Default: None

BuildDir

Type: String

The path to a directory where the built artifacts are stored. This directory and all of its content are removed with this option.

See -b and ``–build-dir``options in AWS SAM CLI build documentation.

Required: No

Default: .aws-sam/build

Template

Type: String

The path and file name of AWS SAM template file.

See -t, --template and --template-file option in AWS SAM CLI build documentation.

Required: No

Default: template.yaml

Example¶

Project:
  Path: /sam-app

StackName

See StackName in AttiniCfn.

ConfigFile

See ConfigFile in AttiniCfn.

Parameters

See Parameters in AttiniCfn.

Tags

See Parameters in AttiniCfn.

StackRoleArn

See StackRoleArn in AttiniCfn.

ExecutionRoleArn

See ExecutionRoleArn in AttiniCfn.

Variables

See Variables in AttiniCfn.

Action

See Action in AttiniCfn.

EnableTerminationProtection

See EnableTerminationProtection in AttiniCfn.

AttiniCdk¶

To simplify deployments of AWS CDK Projects Attini provides the AttiniCdk type.

AttiniCdk uses the CDK CLI on an Attini runner to perform the deployment so you can optionally configure your own AWS IAM Role and Container Image. This way your deployment can follow the principle of least privilege and use any software versions you need.

AttiniCdk will register all the CDK stacks with Attini, so that your CDK stacks will be taken into consideration by the attini ops rogue-stacks report.

Because the AttiniCdk uses the CDK CLI to do the deployment, most configuration options will map to a CDK CLI option. If the configuration is omitted, the CDK CLI default behavior will apply, unless otherwise specified in the docs.

Note

Non-default behavior:

--require-approval never will be used because the standard approval makes makes no sense when the deployment isn’t executed from your local workstation. If you want manual approval for changes, please follow this guide.

--progress events will be used.

Type: AttiniCdk
Properties:
    Runner: String
    Path: String
    App: String
    Environment: Map<String,String>
    Stacks: List<String>
    Context: Map<String,String>
    Plugins: List<String>
    StackConfiguration: List<CdkParameters>
    Build: String
    BuildExclude: List<String>
    Exclusively: Boolean
    NotificationArns: List<String>
    Force: Boolean
    RoleArn: String

Runner

Type: String

Reference a Attini::Deploy::Runner recourse, find more information here.

Required: No

Path

Type: String

Location of your CDK project directory inside of your Attini distribution.

Required: Yes

App

Type: String

This property is passed to the --app option in the CDK CLI.

If your project has a cdk.json file with the “app” property configured, this is not needed.

Required: No

Environment

Type: Map<String,String>

This property lets you set environment variables on the container that will deploy the CDK project. This way, the CDK project can get data from the deployment plan payload.

These environment variables can be accessed directly by your code, via the Context configuration, or the StackConfiguration (parameters).

Example¶

  Type: AttiniCdk
  Properties:
      Path: my-app
      Environment:
        ENV.$: $.environment
        VPC_ID.$: $.output.vpc.id

Required: No

Stacks

Type: List<String>

The Stacks in your CDK project to deploy. If omitted, the --all option in the CDK CLI will be used.

Required: no

Default: All

Context

Type: Map<String,String>

This property is passed to the --context option in the CDK CLI.

Example¶

  Type: AttiniCdk
  Properties:
      Path: my-app
      Context:
        vpd_id: $.output.vpc.id

Required: No

Plugins

Type: List<String>

This property is passed to the --plugin option in the CDK CLI.

Required: No

StackConfiguration

Type: List<CdkParameters>

This property is passed to the --parameters option in the CDK CLI.

Example¶

  Type: AttiniCdk
  Properties:
      Path: my-app
      StackConfiguration:
        - StackName: MyStackName
          Parameters:
            VpcId: $.output.vpc.id

Required: No

StackName:

Type: String

Stack name that you want to configure.

Required: No

Parameters:

Type: Map<String,String>

Parameter configuration for the CloudFormation stacks.

Required: Yes

Build

Type: String

This property is passed to the --build option in the CDK CLI.

Example¶

  Type: AttiniCdk
  Properties:
      Path: my-app
      Build: |
        echo "My build commands"
        npm install

Required: No

BuildExclude

Type: List<String>

This property is passed to the --build-exclude option in the CDK CLI.

Required: no

NotificationArns

Type: List<String>

This property is passed to the --notification-arns option in the CDK CLI.

Required: no

Force

Type: Boolean

This property is passed to the --force option in the CDK CLI.

Required: no

RoleArn

Type: Boolean

This property is passed to the --role-arn option in the CDK CLI.

Required: no

AttiniLambdaInvoke¶

Type: AttiniLambdaInvoke
Parameters:
  FunctionName: String

AttiniLambdaInvoke will call a Lambda function while preserving the payload for subsequent steps. This is an abstraction of the Amazon state language Lambda integration and all parameters are supported.

The difference between using StepFunction native Lambda invoke functionality and the AttiniLambdaInvoke is that AttiniLambdaInvoke will automatically configure the Lambda output to comply with the deployment plan payload structure.

By default, the entire deployment plan payload will be passed as input to the Lambda function. This can be overridden by setting the Payload parameter.

Example¶

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Transform:
  - AttiniDeploymentPlan
  - AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31

Resources:
  ExampleDeployment:
    Type: Attini::Deploy::DeploymentPlan
    Properties:
      DeploymentPlan:
        - Name: InvokeMyLambda
          Type: AttiniLambdaInvoke
          Parameters:
            FunctionName: some-lambda-function

AttiniMap¶

Note

Experimental feature!

Type: AttiniMap
ItemsPath: String
MaxConcurrency: Number
Iterator:
  StartAt: StateName
  States:
    StateName:
      Type: AttiniCfn

This is an abstraction of the Amazon state language Map that help you use AttiniCfn within a Map.

In an AttiniMap, your AttiniCfn will need to have OutputPath configured.

For an example, see example-ecs-platform.

ATM: It requires a list of S3 Objects keys that are served as input for each iteration. We are working on improving AttiniMap to make it more user-friendly.

Note

Experimental feature!

AttiniImport¶

Type: AttiniImport
Properties:
  SourceType: String
  Source: S3Source | DistributionSource
  Mapping: Map<String,String>
  ExecutionRoleArn: String

The Attini import step can be used for importing data from different sources. A common use case for this type is reading data from the output of another distribution. For example you could have a distribution responsible for setting up a network that exposes a VPC-id. Then the VPC-id can be imported by other deployment plans.

SourceType

Type: String

Specifies what kind of source should be used.

Allowed values: Distribution | S3

Required: Yes

Source

Type: S3Source | DistributionSource

Different sources require different information in order to import them. For example, S3 needs a bucket and key while a distribution needs the name of the distribution.

Required: Yes

S3Source

Used when the source of the import should be a file on S3. The file must be either a JSON or a YAML document.

Key: String
Bucket: String

Key

Type: String

The S3 Key of the document to import.

Required: Yes

Bucket

Type: String

The S3 Bucket where the document is located.

Required: Yes

Example¶

SourceType: S3
Source:
    Key: /my/s3/key.json
    Bucket: my-bucket

DistributionSource

Used when the source of the import should be another distribution deployed in the environment. Before a distribution can import the output of another distribution, it first needs to be declared as a dependency in the attini-configuration file.

Name: String

Name

Type: String

The name of the distribution.

Required: Yes

Example¶

SourceType: Distribution
Source:
    Name: network

Mapping

Type: Map<String,String>

A key/value map where the value is a path to a value in the imported document. The path follows the JSONPath syntax. The value on the path will be included in the output of the step under the same key name as the mapping.

For example the following JSON source:

{
  "my-service-endpoint": "https://some-endpoint.com"
}

With the following mapping:

endpoint: $.my-service-endpoint

Would produce the following output for the step in the deployment plan payload.

{
  "endpoint": "https://some-endpoint.com"
}

Required: Yes

ExecutionRoleArn

Type: String

The arn of the execution role that should be used for accessing the source. At the moment only needed for the S3 source type if Attini does not have access to the S3 Bucket.

Required: No

Default: None

AttiniMergeOutput¶

Type: AttiniMergeOutput

Some AWS StepFunction types return a list instead of an object, for example Parallel or Map.

To make the payload easier to work with, the merge step can merge all the data in the list into one object.

Note

This is added automatically after every merge step when using the simplified syntax.

Example¶

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Transform:
  - AttiniDeploymentPlan
  - AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31

Resources:

  ExampleDeploy:
    Type: Attini::Deploy::DeploymentPlan
    Properties:
      DeploymentPlan:
        StartAt: Step1
        States:
          Step1:
            Type: Parallel
            Next: MergeOutputsFromStep1
            Branches:
              -
                StartAt: Stack1
                States:
                  Stack1:
                    Type: AttiniCfn
                    Properties:
                      Template: /template-1.yaml
                      StackName: stack-1
                    End: true
              -
                StartAt: Stack2
                States:
                  Stack2:
                    Type: AttiniCfn
                    Properties:
                      Template: /template-2.yaml
                      StackName: stack-2
                    End: true

          MergeOutputsFromStep1:
            Type: AttiniMergeOutput
            Next: Step2

          Step2:
            Type: AttiniCfn
            Properties:
              Template: /template-3.yaml
              StackName: stack-3
            End: true

AttiniManualApproval¶

Type: AttiniManualApproval

The manual approval step will pause the deployment plan and wait for confirmation before continuing. The deployment can be resumed by running the attini deploy continue command with the Attini CLI.

Example¶

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Transform:
  - AttiniDeploymentPlan
  - AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31

Resources:

  ExampleDeployment:
    Type: Attini::Deploy::DeploymentPlan
    Properties:
      DeploymentPlan:
        - Name: WaitForApproval #The deployment plan will pause here until someone runs the continue command
          Type: AttiniManualApproval
        - Name: InvokeALambda
          Type: AttiniLambdaInvoke
          Parameters:
            FunctionName: some-lambda-function

AttiniRunnerJob¶

Type: AttiniRunnerJob
Properties:
  Runner: String
  Environment: Map<String,String>
  Commands: List<String>

The AttiniRunnerJob is a quick and cost-efficient way to run shell commands using a container.

Find detailed information about the Attini::Deploy::Runner type here.

Find detailed information about the Attini Runner architecture here.

Runner

Type: String

Reference a Attini::Deploy::Runner recourse, find more information here.

If this parameter is omitted, the Attini default runner will be used.

Required: No

Environment

Type: Map<String,String>

This property lets you set environment variables on the Runner.

Example¶

  Type: AttiniRunnerJob
  Properties:
    Environment:
      ENV.$: $.environment
      VPC_ID.$: $.output.vpc.id
    Commands:
      - echo ${VPC_ID}

Required: No

Commands

Type: List<String>

List of shell commands that runs the job.

These commands are run with set -eo pipefail configuration so that they fail quickly. To revert this configuration (and ignore errors in your scrips), begin your commands with the line: set +eo pipefail.

Note

These strings can NOT integrate with the payload through Amazon state language using the $. syntax or its intrinsic functions.

If you need these commands to integrate with the payload, see the “Environment” configuration or Attini runner input and output.

Required: Yes

Example¶

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Transform:
  - AttiniDeploymentPlan
  - AWS::Serverless-2016-10-31

Resources:
  HelloWorldRunner:
    Type: Attini::Deploy::Runner
    Properties:
      TaskDefinitionArn: !Ref RunnerTaskDefinition
      EcsCluster: test
      AwsVpcConfiguration:
        Subnets:
            - "subnet-aaaaaaaa"
            - "subnet-bbbbbbbb"
            - "subnet-cccccccc"
        SecurityGroups:
            - 'sg-11111111'
        assignPublicIp: ENABLED


  ExampleDeployment:
    Type: Attini::Deploy::DeploymentPlan
    Properties:
      DeploymentPlan:
        - Name: Step1
          Type: AttiniRunnerJob
          Properties:
            Runner: HelloWorldRunner
            Commands:
              - echo "my shell commands"