GitHub Action
Rsync Deployments Action
This GitHub Action (amd64) deploys files in GITHUB_WORKSPACE to a remote folder via rsync over ssh.
Use this action in a CD workflow which leaves deployable code in GITHUB_WORKSPACE.
The base-image drinternet/rsync of this action is very small and is based on Alpine 3.19.1 (no cache) which results in fast deployments.
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switches* - The first is for any initial/required rsync flags, eg:-avzr --delete -
rsh- Remote shell commands -
legacy_allow_rsa_hostkeys- Enables support for legacy RSA host keys on OpenSSH 8.8+. ("true" / "false") -
path- The source path. Defaults to GITHUB_WORKSPACE and is relative to it -
remote_path* - The deployment target path -
remote_host* - The remote host -
remote_port- The remote port. Defaults to 22 -
remote_user* - The remote user -
remote_key* - The remote ssh key -
remote_key_pass- The remote ssh key passphrase (if any)
* = Required
This action needs secret variables for the ssh private key of your key pair. The public key part should be added to the authorized_keys file on the server that receives the deployment. The secret variable should be set in the Github secrets section of your org/repo and then referenced as the remote_key input.
Always use secrets when dealing with sensitive inputs!
For simplicity, we are using DEPLOY_* as the secret variables throughout the examples.
Simple:
name: DEPLOY
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: rsync deployments
uses: burnett01/[email protected]
with:
switches: -avzr --delete
path: src/
remote_path: /var/www/html/
remote_host: example.com
remote_user: debian
remote_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
Advanced:
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: rsync deployments
uses: burnett01/[email protected]
with:
switches: -avzr --delete --exclude="" --include="" --filter=""
path: src/
remote_path: /var/www/html/
remote_host: example.com
remote_port: 5555
remote_user: debian
remote_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
For better security, I suggest you create additional secrets for remote_host, remote_port, remote_user and remote_path inputs.
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: rsync deployments
uses: burnett01/[email protected]
with:
switches: -avzr --delete
path: src/
remote_path: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PATH }}
remote_host: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }}
remote_port: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PORT }}
remote_user: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_USER }}
remote_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
If your private key is passphrase protected you should use:
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: rsync deployments
uses: burnett01/[email protected]
with:
switches: -avzr --delete
path: src/
remote_path: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PATH }}
remote_host: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }}
remote_port: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PORT }}
remote_user: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_USER }}
remote_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
remote_key_pass: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY_PASS }}
If your remote OpenSSH Server still uses RSA hostkeys, then you have to
manually enable legacy support for this by using legacy_allow_rsa_hostkeys: "true".
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: rsync deployments
uses: burnett01/[email protected]
with:
switches: -avzr --delete
legacy_allow_rsa_hostkeys: "true"
path: src/
remote_path: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PATH }}
remote_host: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_HOST }}
remote_port: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PORT }}
remote_user: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_USER }}
remote_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
See #49 and #24 for more information.
Check here:
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/6.0 (alpine 3.17.2)
Check here:
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/5.0 (alpine 3.11.x)
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/5.1 (alpine 3.14.1)
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/5.2 (alpine 3.15.0)
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/5.2.1 (alpine 3.16.1)
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/5.2.2 (alpine 3.17.2)
Check here:
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/4.0
- https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/4.1
Version 4.0 & 4.1 use the drinternet/rsync:1.0.1 base-image.
Check here: https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/3.0
Version 3.0 uses the alpine:latest base-image directly.
Consider upgrading to 4.0 that uses a docker-image drinternet/rsync:1.0.1 that is
based on alpine:latestand heavily optimized for rsync.
Check here: https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/2.0
Version 2.0 uses a larger base-image (ubuntu:latest).
Consider upgrading to 3.0 for even faster deployments.
Check here: https://github.com/Burnett01/rsync-deployments/tree/1.0
Please note that version 1.0 has reached end of life state.
- This project is a fork of Contention/rsync-deployments
- Base image JoshPiper/rsync-docker
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