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
              '

@raviagheda I want to access the env inside my ssh. how to do this ?
I am hosting my react app, and it requires REACT_APP_BACKEND as env
But, it's now working.

name: Deploy Frontend to EC2

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "deployment" ]

jobs:
  deploy:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Deploy to EC2
      env:
        EC2_HOST: ${{ secrets.EC2_HOST }}
        EC2_USER: ${{ secrets.EC2_USER }}
        EC2_KEY: ${{ secrets.EC2_KEY }}
        REACT_APP_BACKEND: ${{ secrets.BACKEND_URL }}
      run: |
        echo "${EC2_KEY}" > ec2-key.pem
        chmod 600 ec2-key.pem

        ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ec2-key.pem $EC2_USER@$EC2_HOST << 'EOF'

          export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
          [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
          
          # Ensure the correct Node version is used
          nvm use 20.17.0

          cd /home/ubuntu/Portfolio/Portfolio-Frontend
  
          git pull origin deployment
          npm install

          npm run build
  
          sudo cp -r build/* /var/www/frontend

        EOF
        
        rm ec2-key.pem