My gitlab CI for SSH Exes deploy

.gitlab-ci.yml

image: jimmyadaro/gitlab-ci-cd:latest

before_script:
  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
  - echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
  - chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
  - ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Deploy:
  stage: deploy
  only:
    - master
  script:
    - cat ./deploy.sh | ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -p $SERVER_PORT $SERVER_USER@$SERVER_HOST

Use

In GitLab.com

Goes to settings > CI / CD > Variables

Create variables:

PRIVATE_KEY - Private key without passphrase in "OpenSSH" format

SERVER_HOST - Host/ip remote server

SERVER_USER - User name of remote server

SERVER_PORT - Port of remote server

In remote server

Add public key without passphrase in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in "OpenSSH" format

echo 'ssh-rsa xxxxxxxx....' >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys