Github Action with EC2 using SSH

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Github Action with EC2 using SSH

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Configure SSH into aws ec2

• How to handle SSH keys with ec2-github actions https://zellwk.com/blog/github-actions-deploy/

Declare these git secrets

• SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
• HOST_NAME / IP_ADDRESS
• USER_NAME

name: Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [ dev ]

jobs:
  Deploy:
    name: Deploy to EC2
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 
      - name: Build & Deploy
        env:
            PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
            HOSTNAME: ${{secrets.SSH_HOST}}
            USER_NAME: ${{secrets.USER_NAME}}
      
        run: |
          echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > private_key && chmod 600 private_key
          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key ${USER_NAME}@${HOSTNAME} '

              # Now we have got the access of EC2 and we will start the deploy .
              cd /home/ubuntu/<PROJECT_DIRECTORY> &&
              git checkout dev &&
              git fetch --all &&
              git reset --hard origin/dev &&
              git pull origin dev &&
              sudo npm i &&
              sudo npm run build &&
              sudo pm2 stop ./dist/index.js &&
              sudo pm2 start ./dist/index.js
              '

jobs:

build_and_test:
name: Build and Test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v4
with:
python-version: '3.10'
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r blog/requirements.txt
- name: Run tests
run: python blog/manage.py test
deploy:
name: Deploy to EC2 on main branch push
# needs: build_and_test
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Deploy to Server 1
run: |
ssh -i ${{ secrets.EC2_SSH_KEY }} ubuntu@${{secrets.HOST_DNS}}
echo "Hello krishna"
env:
ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG: false

   --------------------- error ---------------------------
  i have already pass secrets.EC2_SSH_KEY in github action variable. why same issue again again.
   
   
   Run ssh -i ***

Warning: Identity file -----BEGIN not accessible: No such file or directory.
ssh: Could not resolve hostname rsa: Temporary failure in name resolution
Error: Process completed with exit code 255.

LAST EDIT: FORGET IT, SECRET KEY TYPO

THANKS

---

Warning: Permanently added '***' (ED25519) to the list of known hosts.
Load key "private_key": error in libcrypto
@: Permission denied (publickey).

any sugestions??

jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: create key
env:
PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
run: |
echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > private_key && chmod 600 private_key
- name: SSH and deploy
env:
HOSTNAME: ${{secrets.HOST}}
USER_NAME: ${{secrets.USER}}
run: |
ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key ${USER_NAME}@${HOSTNAME} '

        # Now we have got the access of EC2 and we will start the deploy .
        cd /home/ubuntu/inads-backend &&
        git checkout main &&
        git fetch --all &&
        git pull origin main &&
        docker-compose build &&
        docker-compose up -d
        '