Cannot find terraform.exe when running locally on Windows 10/11

[usoliveira]

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Overview of the Issue

When trying to run Atlantis (v0.19.8 or earlier) using Windows binaries and running it locally, even checking terraform binary is at Windows path, it gives an error saying it cannot find terraform.exe

Reproduction Steps

1. Download Ngrok and Atlantis;
2. Run Ngrok;
3. Run Atlantis passing Ngrok URL and Github credentials;
4. Configured repo webhook;
5. Create a pull request (running atlantis plan)

Logs

Atlantis log

{
    "level": "error",
    "ts": "2022-09-05T10:42:35.501-0300",
    "caller": "events/instrumented_project_command_runner.go:43",
    "msg": "Error running plan operation: running \"C:\\\\tools\\\\terraform.exe init -input=false -upgrade\" in \"C:\\\\Users\\\\xxxx\\\\.atlantis\\\\repos\\\\xxxxx\\\\atlantis\\\\1\\\\default\": exit status 127\n/usr/bin/bash: C:toolsterraform.exe: command not found\n",
    "json": {
        "repo": "xxxx/atlantis",
        "pull": "1"
    },
    "stacktrace": "github.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.RunAndEmitStats\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/instrumented_project_command_runner.go:43\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*InstrumentedProjectCommandRunner).Plan\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/instrumented_project_command_runner.go:13\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.runProjectCmds\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/project_command_pool_executor.go:47\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*PlanCommandRunner).runAutoplan\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/plan_command_runner.go:115\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*PlanCommandRunner).Run\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/plan_command_runner.go:222\ngithub.com/runatlantis/atlantis/server/events.(*DefaultCommandRunner).RunAutoplanCommand\n\t/home/runner/work/atlantis/atlantis/server/events/command_runner.go:174"
}

Plan Error

running "C:\\tools\\terraform.exe init -input=false -upgrade" in "C:\\Users\\xxx\\.atlantis\\repos\\xxxxx\\atlantis\\1\\default": exit status 127
/usr/bin/bash: C:toolsterraform.exe: command not found

Environment details

Using no Atlantis config file (default options)

Additional Context

[jamengual]

what are the Atlantis startup options?

[usoliveira]

what are the Atlantis startup options?

atlantis server
	--atlantis-url=https://xxxxxxx.ngrok.io
	--gh-user=xxxxxx
	--gh-token=xxxxxxxx
	--gh-webhook-secret=xxxxxxxx
	--repo-allowlist=github.com/xxxxxxx/atlantis

[jamengual]

I never used atlantis in windows and I do not think any of the maintainers use windows, if you can run it in a virtual machine in linux for sure it will work.

we definitely do not recommend to run atlantis in production on windows.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 6:16 AM Ulisses Oliveira @.***> wrote:

what are the Atlantis startup options?

atlantis server --atlantis-url=https://xxxxxxx.ngrok.io --gh-user=xxxxxx --gh-token=xxxxxxxx --gh-webhook-secret=xxxxxxxx --repo-allowlist=github.com/xxxxxxx/atlantis

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[usoliveira]

Sure. I also agree with you. But my question is, since there is a specific version for Windows, and the possibility to run it locally, is this a bug? Thanks.

I almost forgot to say, that I'm just running it locally on Windows for testing purpouse, like the documentation says about "running it locally" (not in production).

[nitrocode]

If there is a Windows golang binary, it should work for Windows in my opinion, even if it's not recommended.

If you can take a look at it @usoliveira , please feel free to submit a PR.