Github Actions

deploy.yml

# See https://zellwk.com/blog/github-actions-deploy/ an explanation of this code
name: deploy
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - master
jobs:
  build-and-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1

      - run: npm install
      - run: npm run build

      - name: Install SSH Key
        uses: shimataro/ssh-key-action@v2
        with:
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          known_hosts: unnecessary

      - name: Adding Known Hosts
        run: ssh-keyscan -p ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }} -H ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

      - name: Deploy with rsync
        run: rsync -avz -e "ssh -p ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}" ./dist/ ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}@${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}:/var/www/students.asyncjs.today/dist/

      - name: Restart Server
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
          script: |
            cd /PATH_TO_FOLDER
            git fetch origin master
            git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD
            git clean -d -f --exclude secrets
            npm install --production
            npm run restart

I don’t understand you, what do you mean?

Hi @zellwk Thanks for sharing this. Your blog post https://zellwk.com/blog/github-actions-deploy/ was very helpful and it helped me setup the workflow the way I wanted it. I had to tweak my configuration a little bit to get it working but it was worth it.