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GitHub Action

SSH Remote Commands

v0.0.6

SSH Remote Commands

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SSH Remote Commands

Executing remote ssh commands

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              
- name: SSH Remote Commands

              
  uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.0.6
Learn more about this action in appleboy/ssh-action

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🚀 SSH for GitHub Actions

GitHub Action for executing remote ssh commands.

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Usage

Executing remote ssh commands.

name: remote ssh command
on: [push]
jobs:

  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: executing remote ssh commands using password
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        script: whoami

output:

======CMD======
whoami
======END======
out: ***
==============================================
✅ Successfully executed commands to all host.
==============================================

Input variables

See action.yml for more detailed information.

  • host - remote host
  • port - remote port, default is 22
  • username - ssh username
  • password - ssh password
  • timeout - timeout for ssh to remote host, default is 30s
  • command_timeout - timeout for ssh command, default is 10m
  • key - content of ssh private key. ex raw content of ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  • key_path - path of ssh private key
  • script - execute commands
  • script_stop - stop script after first failure
  • envs - pass environment variable to shell script
  • debug - enable debug mode

Example

Executing remote ssh commands using password.

- name: executing remote ssh commands using password
  uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
    port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    script: whoami

Using private key

- name: executing remote ssh commands using ssh key
  uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
    port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    script: whoami

Multiple Commands

- name: multiple command
  uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
    port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    script: |
      whoami
      ls -al

result

Multiple Hosts

  - name: multiple host
    uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
    with:
-     host: "foo.com"
+     host: "foo.com,bar.com"
      username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
      key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
      port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
      script: |
        whoami
        ls -al

Pass environment variable to shell script

  - name: pass environment
    uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
+   env:
+     FOO: "BAR"
    with:
      host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
      username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
      key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
      port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
+     envs: FOO
      script: |
        echo "I am $FOO"
        echo "I am $BAR"

Stop script after first failure. ex: missing abc folder

  - name: stop script if command error
    uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
    with:
      host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
      username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
      key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
      port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
+     script_stop: true
      script: |
        mkdir abc/def
        ls -al

output:

======CMD======
mkdir abc/def
ls -al

======END======
2019/11/21 01:16:21 Process exited with status 1
err: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘abc/def’: No such file or directory
##[error]Docker run failed with exit code 1