concourse-github-lambda

README

concourse-github-lambda

Lambda function to rotate Github deploy keys used by Concourse teams. See the terraform subdirectory for an example that should work (with minimal effort).

Why?

Our CI/CD (in our case Concourse) needs deploy keys to fetch code from Github. Instead of having teams do this manually, we can use this Lambda and simply pass a list of repositories that the team requires access to, and deploy keys will be generated and written to SSM (where it is available to their pipelines).

How?

1. This Lambda function is deployed to the same account as our Concourse.
2. It is given a personal access key tied to a machine user.
3. A team adds a CloudWatch event rule with the configuration for which repositories they need access to.
4. Lambda creates a deploy key and rotates it every 7 days.

Usage

Be in the root directory:

make release

You should now have a zipped Lambda function. Next, edit terraform/main.tf to your liking. When done, be in the terraform directory:

terraform init
terraform apply

Team configuration

Example configuration for a Team (which is then passed as input in the CloudWatch event rule):

{
  "name": "example-team",
  "keyId": "arn:aws:kms:eu-west-1:123456789999:key/fa8eb753-4feb-2c59-b142-03822ca35dbb",
  "repositories": [{
    "concourse-github-lambda"
  }]
}

When the function is triggered with the above input, it will create a deploy key for TeliaSoneraNorge/concourse-github-lambda and write the private key to /concourse/example-team/concourse-github-lambda-deploy-key.