Configure AccessBot Form

This is a solution for requesting access to resources via a form page built using Workflow Builder.

In case you already have an Access Form built from Workflow Builder, you can jump to the Set Environment Variable. If you don’t have one yet, please follow the next steps.

Set Up Workflow Builder Access Form

In order to configure the access request form, you just need to add a new “Workflow shortcut” following the next images:

Then, you should be able to open the access form:

Set Environment Variable

Now that you have an access form, let’s configure the environment. You only need to add the environment variable SDM_ACCESS_FORM_BOT_NICKNAME in your env-file with the Workflow bot nickname.

To find out the Workflow bot’s nickname run the following command in a terminal (in the project root):

$ python3 tools/get-slack-handle.py -d "AccessBot Form" 

After running this command, you should see something like this in the terminal:

The nick for that user is: @wb_bot_xxxxxxxxxxx

Finally, put that nickname as the value of the environment variable mentioned above.

SDM_ACCESS_FORM_BOT_NICKNAME=@wb_bot_xxxxxxxxxxx

Usage Example

The following gif shows an example of how to use the AccessBot form to request a resource from StrongDM.