Load secrets from AWS SSM Parameter Store via chamber at container boot

Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ARG RUBY_VERSION
 ARG NODE_VERSION
+ARG CHAMBER_VERSION=2.13.4
 
 ### dev
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ FROM ${TARGETARCH}_jemalloc as production
 ARG NODE_VERSION
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG REVISION
+ARG CHAMBER_VERSION
 
 ENV RAILS_ENV production
 ENV NODE_ENV production
@@ -82,8 +84,14 @@ RUN curl -L https://fly.io/install.sh | sh
 ENV FLYCTL_INSTALL="/root/.fly"
 ENV PATH="$FLYCTL_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"
 
+# Set up chamber for SSM-based secrets management
+RUN curl -fL "https://github.com/segmentio/chamber/releases/download/v${CHAMBER_VERSION}/chamber-v${CHAMBER_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH}" \
+  -o /usr/local/bin/chamber \
+  && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/chamber
+
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/bundle /usr/local/bundle
 COPY --from=build --chown=www /usr/src/intercode /usr/src/intercode
+RUN chmod +x /usr/src/intercode/bin/entrypoint.sh
 
 # The following two lines are to enable heroku exec support: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/exec#using-with-docker
 ADD ./.profile.d /app/.profile.d
@@ -93,4 +101,5 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/intercode
 
 USER www
 ENV PATH=/opt/node/bin:$PATH
-CMD bundle exec bin/rails server -p $PORT -b 0.0.0.0
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/src/intercode/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD ["bundle", "exec", "bin/rails", "server", "-p", "3000", "-b", "0.0.0.0"]

bin/entrypoint.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [ -n "$CHAMBER_SERVICE" ]; then
+  exec chamber exec "$CHAMBER_SERVICE" -- "$@"
+else
+  exec "$@"
+fi

fly.toml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ release_command = "bundle exec rails release:perform --trace"
 strategy = "bluegreen"
 
 [env]
+CHAMBER_SERVICE = "intercode_production"
 ASSETS_HOST = "assets.neilhosting.net"
 AUTOSCALE_MIN_INSTANCES = "2"
 AUTOSCALE_MAX_INSTANCES = "10"

terraform/modules/intercode_aws_resources/iam.tf

@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ resource "aws_iam_group_policy" "this" {
         Action   = ["events:PutRule", "events:PutTargets"]
         Resource = "*"
       },
+      {
+        Sid    = "SsmParameterAccess"
+        Effect = "Allow"
+        Action = [
+          "ssm:GetParametersByPath",
+          "ssm:GetParameter",
+          "ssm:GetParameters",
+        ]
+        Resource = "arn:aws:ssm:${local.region}:${local.account_id}:parameter/${var.name}/*"
+      },
     ]
   })
 }

terraform/modules/intercode_aws_resources/outputs.tf

@@ -48,3 +48,13 @@ output "iam_access_key_secret" {
   value       = aws_iam_access_key.this.secret
   sensitive   = true
 }
+
+output "chamber_service" {
+  description = "Value to set as CHAMBER_SERVICE in the app's environment. Chamber will load all SSM parameters under this path prefix at boot."
+  value       = var.name
+}
+
+output "ssm_path_prefix" {
+  description = "SSM Parameter Store path prefix where app secrets are stored (e.g. for use with aws ssm put-parameter for manually-managed secrets)."
+  value       = "/${var.name}"
+}

terraform/modules/intercode_aws_resources/ssm.tf

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+locals {
+  ssm_path_prefix = "/${var.name}"
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "aws_access_key_id" {
+  name  = "${local.ssm_path_prefix}/AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+  type  = "SecureString"
+  value = aws_iam_access_key.this.id
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "aws_secret_access_key" {
+  name  = "${local.ssm_path_prefix}/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+  type  = "SecureString"
+  value = aws_iam_access_key.this.secret
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "aws_s3_bucket" {
+  name  = "${local.ssm_path_prefix}/AWS_S3_BUCKET"
+  type  = "String"
+  value = aws_s3_bucket.uploads.bucket
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "aws_region" {
+  name  = "${local.ssm_path_prefix}/AWS_REGION"
+  type  = "String"
+  value = local.region
+}
+
+resource "aws_ssm_parameter" "secrets" {
+  for_each = var.secrets
+
+  name  = "${local.ssm_path_prefix}/${each.key}"
+  type  = "SecureString"
+  value = each.value
+}

terraform/modules/intercode_aws_resources/variables.tf

@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ variable "alarm_email_destinations" {
   type        = set(string)
   default     = []
 }
+
+variable "secrets" {
+  description = "Map of secret name to value for manually-managed secrets (e.g. DATABASE_URL, SECRET_KEY_BASE). Written to SSM Parameter Store as SecureString and loaded by chamber at app boot."
+  type        = map(string)
+  sensitive   = true
+  default     = {}
+}