feat(DEV-345): Atmos Component Update Docs

website/docs/integrations/github-actions/component-updater.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sidebar_label: Component Updater
 
 **Efficient Automation for Component Updates**
 
-Use Cloud Posse's GitHub Action for updating [Atmos components](/core-concepts/components/) (e.g. [like the one's provided by Cloud Posse](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-components/)) to streamline your infrastructure management.
+Use Cloud Posse's GitHub Action for updating [Atmos components](/core-concepts/components/) (e.g. [like the ones provided by Cloud Posse](https://github.com/cloudposse/terraform-aws-components/)) to streamline your infrastructure management.
 
 Keep your infrastructure repositories current with the latest versions of components using the [Cloud Posse GitHub Actions for Updating Atmos Components](https://github.com/cloudposse/github-action-atmos-component-updater). This powerful action simplifies and accelerates the management of component updates using pull requests, ensuring that updates are processed quickly, accurately, and without hassle.
 
@@ -27,34 +27,105 @@ Discover more details and a comprehensive list of `inputs` and `outputs` in the
 ### Workflow example
 
 ```yaml
-  name: "atmos-components"
-
-  on:
-    workflow_dispatch: {}
-
-    schedule:
-      - cron:  '0 8 * * 1'         # Execute every week on Monday at 08:00
-
-  permissions:
-    contents: write
-    pull-requests: write
-
-  jobs:
-    update:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      steps:
-        - name: Update Atmos Components
-          uses: cloudposse/github-action-atmos-component-updater@v1
-          with:
-            github-access-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-            max-number-of-prs: 5
-            include: |
-              aws-*
-              eks/*
-              bastion
-            exclude: aws-sso,aws-saml
+name: "Atmos Component Updater"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 8 * * *'  # Every day at 8am UTC
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    environment: atmos
+    runs-on:
+      - "self-hosted"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Generate a token
+        id: github-app
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.ATMOS_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.ATMOS_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Update Atmos Components
+        uses: cloudposse/github-action-atmos-component-updater@v2
+        env:
+          # https://atmos.tools/cli/configuration/#environment-variables
+          ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/rootfs/usr/local/etc/atmos/
+        with:
+          github-access-token: ${{ steps.github-app.outputs.token }}
+          log-level: INFO
+          vendoring-enabled: true
+          max-number-of-prs: 10
+
+      - name: Delete abandoned update branches
+        uses: phpdocker-io/github-actions-delete-abandoned-branches@v2
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ steps.github-app.outputs.token }}
+          last_commit_age_days: 0
+          allowed_prefixes: "component-update/"
+          dry_run: no
 ```
 
+### Requirements
+
+This action will automatically open pull requests for updated components in your repository.
+To use it, we recommend installing a GitHub App to allow GitHub Actions to create pull requests within your GitHub Organization.
+
+- [ ] Create and install a GitHub App, following [Using a GitHub App](#using-a-github-app)
+- [ ] Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests
+
+1. Go to `https://github.com/organizations/YOUR_ORG/settings/actions`
+2. Check "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests"
+
+### Using a GitHub App
+
+You may notice that we pass a generated token from a GitHub App to `github-access-token` instead of using the native `GITHUB_TOKEN`. We do this because Pull Requests will only trigger other GitHub Action Workflows if the Pull Request is created by a GitHub App or PAT. For reference, see [Triggering a workflow from a workflow](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#triggering-a-workflow-from-a-workflow).
+
+1. Create a new GitHub App
+2. Name this new app whatever you prefer. For example, `Atmos Component Updater`.
+3. List a Homepage URL of your choosing. This is required by GitHub, but you can use any URL. For example use our documentation page: `https://atmos.tools/integrations/github-actions/component-updater/`
+4. (Optional) Add an icon for your new app (See below)
+
+<details>
+<summary>Feel free to download and use our Atmos icon with your GitHub App!</summary>
+
+![App Icon](/img/github-actions/github-app.png)
+
+</details>
+
+5. Assign only the following Repository permissions:
+
+```diff
++ Contents: Read and write
++ Pull Requests: Read and write
++ Metadata: Read-only
+```
+
+6. Generate a new private key [following the GitHub documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/apps/creating-github-apps/authenticating-with-a-github-app/managing-private-keys-for-github-apps#generating-private-keys).
+7. Finally, save both the App ID and the new private key as secrets for GitHub Actions with `ATMOS_APP_ID` and `ATMOS_PRIVATE_KEY` respectively.
+
+### Using GitHub Environments
+
+We recommend creating a new GitHub environment for Atmos (requires GitHub Enterprise). With environments, the Atmos Component Updater workflow will be required to follow any branch protection rules before running or accessing the environment's secrets. Plus, GitHub natively organizes these Deployments separately in the GitHub UI.
+To configure your environment, perform the following:
+1. Open "Settings" for your repository
+1. Navigate to "Environments"
+1. Select "New environment"
+1. Name the new environment, "`atmos`"
+1. In the drop-down next to "Deployment branches and tags", select "Protected branches only"
+1. In "Environment secrets", create the two required secrets for App ID and App Private Key from [Using a GitHub App](#using-a-github-app)
+
+Now the Atmos Component Updater workflow will create a new Deployment in the `atmos` environment for each workflow run, easily accessible from the GitHub UI.
+
+![Example Environment](/img/github-actions/github-deployment-environment.png)
+
 ### Using a Custom Atmos CLI Config Path (`atmos.yaml`)
 
 If your [`atmos.yaml` file](https://atmos.tools/cli/configuration) is not located in the root of the infrastructure repository, you can specify the path to it using [`ATMOS_CLI_CONFIG_PATH` env variable](https://atmos.tools/cli/configuration/#environment-variables).