ssh-action/README.md

🚀 SSH for GitHub Actions

GitHub Action for executing remote ssh commands.

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 the action.yml file for more detail imformation.

• host - scp remote host
• port - scp remote port
• username - scp username
• password - scp password
• timeout - timeout for ssh to remote host, default is 30s
• command_timeout - timeout for scp command, default is 1m
• 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      

Multiple Hosts

  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

  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"