Update Coder Template

Update coder templates automatically

Usage

1. Create a GitHub secret named CODER_SESSION_TOKEN with your coder session token You can generate a long lived session token by running the following command in your browser console while logged into Coder with a Template Admin or Owner role.

     coder token create --lifetime 8760h --name "GitHub Actions"

2. Create a .github/workflows/push-coder-template.yaml file and use one of the examples below.

Inputs

Name	Description	Default
url	Required The url of coder deployment (e.g. https://dev.coder.com).	-
coder_session_token	Required The session token of coder.	-
id	Required The name of the template. Visible under Template Settings > General info in the coder deployment.	-
dir	Required The directory of the template that contains main.tf file	-
name	New version name for the template.	Autogenerated name by Coder
activate	Activate the new template version.	true
message	Update message (similar to commit messages)	-
dry_run	Dry run mode.	false

Examples

1. Update a Coder template with the latest commit hash as the version name, commit message as the update message and mark this as active.

   name: Update Coder Template
   
   on:
     push:
       branches:
         - main
   
   jobs:
     update:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
   
         - name: Get latest commit hash
           id: latest_commit
           run: echo "hash=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   
         - name: Get commit title
           id: commit_title
           run: echo "title=$(git log -1 --pretty=%s)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   
         - name: Update Coder Template
           uses: matifali/update-coder-template@v3
           with:
             id: my-template
             dir: my-template
             url: https://coder.example.com
             name: ${{ steps.latest_commit.outputs.hash }}
             message: ${{ steps.commit_title.outputs.title }}
             coder_session_token: ${{ secrets.CODER_SESSION_TOKEN }}

2. Update a Coder template with a random version name without activating.

   name: Update Coder Template
   
   on:
     push:
       branches:
         - main
   
   jobs:
     update:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       steps:
         - name: Checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
   
         - name: Update Coder Template
           uses: matifali/update-coder-template@v3
           with:
             id: my-template
             dir: my-template
             url: https://coder.example.com
             activate: false
             coder_session_token: ${{ secrets.CODER_SESSION_TOKEN }}