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General Github Actions

Basic Github Actions usage for any repo

Running jest in action

Basic to test out the nodejs function with Jest

ci.yml
name: test-packages
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
 
jobs:
  testing:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run Jest tests
      run: |
        yarn
        yarn test

Running ec2 / ubuntu server in action

Basic to control the server with github action.

Main Action

  • appleboy/ssh-action@master
ci.yml
name: ci-flow
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  workflow_dispatch:
 
env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere
 
jobs:
  ssh-vm:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Executing remote ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNSME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
        script: |
          git pull
          echo 'hello'
          yarn install

Build in action, upload artifact to ubuntu server

The action will build a react project to a folder named build, then upload to actions/upload-artifact@v3. By using appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4, upload the folder to server.

Main Action

  • actions/upload-artifact@v3
  • appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
ci.yml
name: ci-flow
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  workflow_dispatch:
 
env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere
 
jobs:
  build-web:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: node:lts-alpine
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install npm deps
        run: |
          yarn 
          yarn build
      - name: Archive built files
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: build
 
  upload-to-server:
    needs: build-web
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: restore built files server
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: build
      - name: copy file via ssh password
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
          source: build/*
          target: ${{ env.SERVER_DIR }}

Running Full build deployment

Assume the following steps

  1. Build the react vite with action runtime.
  2. Upload the build to your server with scp.
  3. Run backend logics.
Folder structure
πŸ“‚ .
β”œβ”€β”€ πŸ“‚ .github/workflows/ci.yml
β”œβ”€β”¬ πŸ“‚ backend (Express Vite)
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ πŸ“‚ dist
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ ...
β”‚ └── yarn.lock
β”œβ”€β”¬ πŸ“‚ frontend-client (React Vite)
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ πŸ“‚ dist
β”‚ β”œβ”€β”€ ...
β”‚ └── yarn.lock
└── README.md
ci.yml
name: ci-flow
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'deploy'
  workflow_dispatch:
 
env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere
 
jobs:
  build-web:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: node:lts-alpine
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install npm deps
        working-directory: ./frontend-client
        run: |
          yarn 
          yarn build
      - name: Archive built files
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: frontend-client/dist
  
  upload-to-server:
    needs: build-web
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: restore built files server
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: distfiles
      - name: copy file via ssh password
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
        with:
          rm: true
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
          strip_components: 1
          source: distfiles/*
          target: /home/someWhere/backend/public_web
 
  ssh-vm:
    needs: upload-to-server
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Executing remote ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
        script: |
          cd ${{ env.SERVER_DIR }}
          git pull
          cd backend
          echo 'hello'

Active Gitea Action Discord Notes

  • ${{ secrets.DC_WEBHOOK_URL }} is refer to your discord server webhook bot.
ci.yml
name: ci-flow
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'dev_vm'
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  notices-done:
    # needs: depends-on-your-previous-task
    if: success() || failure()
    name: Discord Notices Done
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
    - name: Discord Webhook Action
      uses: tsickert/discord-webhook@v6.0.0
      with:
        webhook-url: ${{ secrets.DC_WEBHOOK_URL }}
        embed-title: "Gitea Action Notices (${{ job.status }})"
        embed-url: "${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ gitea.run_id }}"
        embed-color: 3447003
        embed-description: "Project ${{ gitea.repository }} CI/CD is done (${{ job.status }})"
        embed-footer-text: "Your Git"
        content: "${{ gitea.repository }} (${{ job.status }}) ${{ gitea.server_url }}/${{ gitea.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ gitea.run_id }}"
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