Atlas-webapp module is the kick start of Apache Atlas server and application. When we run python code to start server it invokes the main class Atlas.java of this module. It sets required configuration for application, runs embedded jetty server and deploy application on that server. This module also loads sample data for Atlas; contains utility classes for notification, security, REST services etc. This module also contains code for different authentication mechanisms like LDAP, AD, Kerberos.
Webapp serves two types of clients web browser and command line. Atlas-dashboard views calls REST service and command line client directly executes main method of Java class. Below is the high level architecture diagram of atlas-webapp
