connect-to-aks

A composite action to connect to a specific aks context and cluster, with kubectl and helm installed. The composite action streamlines the workflow provided within the following guide GitHub Actions for deploying to Kubernetes service.

Usage

Simply call upon the action as so:

- name: Connect to AKS
  id: connect-to-aks
  uses: andersbea/connect-to-aks@v0.0.2
  with: 
    CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
    RESOURCE_GROUP: ${{ vars.AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP }}
    CLUSTER: ${{ vars.AZURE_CLUSTER }}

Parameters

Name	Description
CREDENTIALS	The credentials retrieved from Azure (see below)
RESOURCE_GROUP	The resource group to which the kubernetes cluster belongs
CLUSTER	The name of the kubernetes cluster

Credentials

In order to retrieve the necessary credentials, simply run the following command in a terminal that is logged in to azure cli with an account that has the permissions to manage RBAC:

az ad sp create-for-rbac \
    --name "ghActionAzureVote" \
    --scope /subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>/resourceGroups/<RESOURCE_GROUP> \
    --role Contributor \
    --sdk-auth

The SUBSCRIPTION_ID and RESOURCE_GROUP can be retrieved through the Azure portal.

The entire JSON result represents the CREDENTIALS and should be set as a GitHub secrets value.