Github action "Copy site to sourceforge"

[romani]

https://github.com/checkstyle/contribution/blob/master/releasenotes-builder/diagrams-manual-trigger.md

we need to make action to do run Github action "Copy site to sourceforge '10.3.1'" (action takes human provided version as input)
see https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/.ci/copy-site-to-sourceforge.sh, reuse it.
see when I executed such script https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/wiki/How-to-make-a-release#perform-release-build

for testing, create your own projects on sourceforge and test script execution.

ATTENTION: lest postpone this task for later....
There might be BIG problem to authorize copy by SSH/SCP, I am still placing password manually(interactive mode), it will be blocker during execution in girhub (non-interactive mode)

✔ ~/java/github/checkstyle/checkstyle [master|✔] 
 $ ./.ci/copy-site-to-sourceforge.sh $PREV_RELEASE $NEW_RELEASE
PREVIOUS RELEASE version:10.3
RELEASE version:10.3.1
Please provide password for romanivanov,checkstyle@shell.sourceforge.net
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.

You already have a shell created.

Clone by ssh only to avoid passwords on push
Cloning into 'checkstyle.github.io'...

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strange it works fine now.

[Rahulkhinchi03]

I am not sure with Sourceforge but How do you resolve this when uploading to Sourceforge? Please provide feedback.

FROM: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/blob/master/.ci/copy-site-to-sourceforge.sh#L37-L39

Uploading to sourceforge ...
scp: /home/project-web/checkstyle/: Is a directory
rahul@rk7:~/Desktop/opensource/checkstyle$ 

-> I am using checkstyle.github.io as a special repo and uploading this project only.

[romani]

scp: /home/project-web/checkstyle/: Is a directory

is folder in sourceforge host. you need to modify my script to copy to your folder.

We need to find way to copy files to sourceforge without interactive request for password. Please contact sourceforge support to ask them to help how to do scp <file on laptop> <folder in sourceforge host> without password and do it from Github Action or any other CI.

[romani]

https://linuxhint.com/use-sshpass-for-non-interactive-login/
workaround for sourceforge interactive mode:

$ sudo apt install sshpass
$ export SSHPASS='your password'
$ export SF_USER=your_user
$ echo "exit" | sshpass -e ssh -t $SF_USER,checkstyle@shell.sourceforge.net create
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.

Requesting a new shell for "your_user" and exiting when it is ready.
queued... creating... starting...

So we need action that installs sshpass
repo will have two secrets: SF_USER, SF_PASS
action will init environment variables: SF_USER, SSHPASS

[Rahulkhinchi03]

sshpass action:

    - name: Run sshpass commands
      uses: matheusvanzan/sshpass-action@v2
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        user: ${{ secrets.SF_USER }}
        key: ${{ secrets.SF_PASS }}
        run: |

[romani]

No need, just install this tool and let's use it

[stoyanK7]

On it.

Edit: Was in the middle of making it work and I think my Sourceforge account got taken down. Waiting for a response from support. Will come back to it when resolved.

[romani]

Do you have any other remote host that allows ssh/scp copy of files ?

We can abstract Sourceforge as just shh host.

[stoyanK7]

Everything seems to be fine now. Got my access back. Will try to have MR by today/tomorrow.