GitHub Actions for creating devices within projects on Packet.com

Automate your infrastructure

This GitHub Action will create a new device in an existing project on packet.com. Devices are compute resources available within your organization projects.

Creating devices

With this action you can automate your workflow to by provisioning devices inside of projects using the packet.com api.

To use this action you will first need an authentication token which can be generated through the Packet Portal.

You will also need a public/private key pair. Learn how to generate keys for either a user or a project.

NEVER share your private key with anyone!

Packet.com is NOT a free service, so you will be asked to provide billing information. This action will NOT have access to that information.

Sample workflow that uses the packet-create-project action

# File: .github/workflows/workflow.yml

on: [push]

name: Packet Project Sample

jobs:
  create-new-device:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Creating new device in existing packet project
    steps:
      - uses: mattdavis0351/packet-create-device@v1
        with:
          API_key: ${{ secrets.PACKET_API_KEY }}
          project_name: My Project
          host_name: actions-host
          plan: "t3.small.x86"
          facility: "sjc1"
          operating_system: "flatcar_stable"
          user_ssh_keys: ${{ secrets.PACKET_PUBLIC_KEY }}

Available Inputs

Input	Description	Default Value	Required
API_key	Packet.com API authorization token	No key supplied	✅
project_name	Desired name for new project	GitHub Actions	✅
host_name	Desired host name for new device	default	✅
plan	Desired server type for device	default	✅
facility	Geographical location for device	default	✅
operating_system	Desired operating system for device	default	✅
user_ssh_keys	SSH keys for any user account you wish to add to device		❌
project_ssh_keys	Project level SSH keys for device		❌

Outputs from action

This action supplies the following outputs which can be consumed by subsequent actions in the current job.

Output	Description
ip_addresses	IP addresses of newly created device
device_id	ID of the newly created device