README.md

January 1, 2026 · View on GitHub

This component provisions strongDM gateway, relay and roles

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Requirements

Name	Version
terraform	>= 0.13.0
aws	>= 3.0, < 6.0.0
helm	>= 2.2.0
sdm	>= 1.0.19

Providers

Name	Version
aws	>= 3.0, < 6.0.0
aws.api_keys	>= 3.0, < 6.0.0
helm	>= 2.2.0
sdm	>= 1.0.19

Modules

Name	Source	Version
iam_roles	../account-map/modules/iam-roles	n/a
iam_roles_network	../account-map/modules/iam-roles	n/a
this	cloudposse/label/null	0.25.0

Resources

Name	Type
aws_ssm_parameter.gateway_tokens	resource
aws_ssm_parameter.relay_tokens	resource
aws_ssm_parameter.ssh_admin_token	resource
helm_release.cleanup	resource
helm_release.gateway	resource
helm_release.node	resource
helm_release.relay	resource
sdm_node.gateway	resource
sdm_node.relay	resource
aws_ssm_parameter.api_access_key	data source
aws_ssm_parameter.api_secret_key	data source
aws_ssm_parameter.ssh_admin_token	data source

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
additional_tag_map	Additional tags for appending to tags_as_list_of_maps. Not added to `tags`.	`map(string)`	`{}`	no
attributes	Additional attributes (e.g. `1`)	`list(string)`	`[]`	no
context	Single object for setting entire context at once. See description of individual variables for details. Leave string and numeric variables as `null` to use default value. Individual variable settings (non-null) override settings in context object, except for attributes, tags, and additional_tag_map, which are merged.	`any`	{ "additional_tag_map": {}, "attributes": [], "delimiter": null, "enabled": true, "environment": null, "id_length_limit": null, "label_key_case": null, "label_order": [], "label_value_case": null, "name": null, "namespace": null, "regex_replace_chars": null, "stage": null, "tags": {} }	no
create_roles	Set `true` to create roles (should only be set in one account)	`bool`	`false`	no
delimiter	Delimiter to be used between `namespace`, `environment`, `stage`, `name` and `attributes`. Defaults to `-` (hyphen). Set to `""` to use no delimiter at all.	`string`	`null`	no
dns_zone	DNS zone (e.g. example.com) into which to install the web host.	`string`	`null`	no
enabled	Set to false to prevent the module from creating any resources	`bool`	`null`	no
environment	Environment, e.g. 'uw2', 'us-west-2', OR 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', 'UAT'	`string`	`null`	no
gateway_count	Number of gateways to provision	`number`	`2`	no
id_length_limit	Limit `id` to this many characters (minimum 6). Set to `0` for unlimited length. Set to `null` for default, which is `0`. Does not affect `id_full`.	`number`	`null`	no
install_gateway	Set `true` to install a pair of gateways	`bool`	`false`	no
install_relay	Set `true` to install a pair of relays	`bool`	`true`	no
kms_alias_name	AWS KMS alias used for encryption/decryption default is alias used in SSM	`string`	`"alias/aws/ssm"`	no
kubernetes_namespace	The Kubernetes namespace to install the release into. Defaults to `default`.	`string`	`null`	no
label_key_case	The letter case of label keys (`tag` names) (i.e. `name`, `namespace`, `environment`, `stage`, `attributes`) to use in `tags`. Possible values: `lower`, `title`, `upper`. Default value: `title`.	`string`	`null`	no
label_order	The naming order of the id output and Name tag. Defaults to ["namespace", "environment", "stage", "name", "attributes"]. You can omit any of the 5 elements, but at least one must be present.	`list(string)`	`null`	no
label_value_case	The letter case of output label values (also used in `tags` and `id`). Possible values: `lower`, `title`, `upper` and `none` (no transformation). Default value: `lower`.	`string`	`null`	no
name	Solution name, e.g. 'app' or 'jenkins'	`string`	`null`	no
namespace	Namespace, which could be your organization name or abbreviation, e.g. 'eg' or 'cp'	`string`	`null`	no
regex_replace_chars	Regex to replace chars with empty string in `namespace`, `environment`, `stage` and `name`. If not set, `"/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/"` is used to remove all characters other than hyphens, letters and digits.	`string`	`null`	no
region	AWS Region	`string`	n/a	yes
register_nodes	Set `true` to register nodes as SSH targets	`bool`	`true`	no
relay_count	Number of relays to provision	`number`	`2`	no
ssm_account	Account (stage) housing SSM parameters	`string`	n/a	yes
ssm_region	AWS Region housing SSM parameters	`string`	n/a	yes
stage	Stage, e.g. 'prod', 'staging', 'dev', OR 'source', 'build', 'test', 'deploy', 'release'	`string`	`null`	no
tags	Additional tags (e.g. `map('BusinessUnit','XYZ')`	`map(string)`	`{}`	no

Outputs

No outputs.

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