GitHub Actions for creating a batch of devices within projects on Packet.com

Automate your infrastructure

This GitHub Action will create a new device batch 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 multiple 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-batch@v1
        with:
          API_key: ${{ secrets.PACKET_API_KEY }}
          project_name: my-project
          host_names: "Host-1, Host-2, Host-3"
          plan: "t3.small.x86"
          facility: "sjc1"
          operating_system: "ubuntu_19_04"
          quantity: 3
          spot_instance: true
          spot_price_max: .50
          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	default	✅
host_names	Desired host names for new device. If specifying more than one device us a comma separated list.	GitHub Actions Host	✅
plan	Desired server type for device	default	✅
facility	Geographical location for device	default	✅
operating_system	Desired operating system for device	default	✅
quantity	Number of desired devices in the batch. if you specify more than one host name this number must match the amount of hostnames	1	❌
spot_instance	Create devices as spot instances	false	❌
spot_price_max	Maximum bid for spot instances	1	❌
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 does not supply any outputs