Deploy Via Github Actions

Published: Mar 16, 2024 by

Prerequisites

Review the following before deploying to RHEL 8:
How to use GitHub Action to Run SSH Commands

$ ./copy-keys.sh lab-user@hypervisor.example.com  username@example.com

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY AWS_REGION SSH_PASSWORD DEPLOYMENT_TYPE OPENSHIFT_URL OPENSHIFT_TOKEN

To create GitHub Action secrets, you need to go to your GitHub repository, navigate to the “Settings” tab, and then select “Secrets” from the sidebar. Here are step-by-step instructions on how to create each of the GitHub Action secrets you mentioned:

1. AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_REGION:

   a. Navigate to your GitHub repository.

   b. Click on the “Settings” tab.

   c. In the left sidebar, click on “Secrets.”

   d. Click the “New repository secret” button.

   e. Enter AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID in the “Name” field and your AWS access key in the “Value” field.

   f. Click the “Add secret” button.

   g. Repeat the same process for AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_REGION.

2. SSH_PASSWORD:

   a. Navigate to your GitHub repository.

   b. Click on the “Settings” tab.

   c. In the left sidebar, click on “Secrets.”

   d. Click the “New repository secret” button.

   e. Enter SSH_PASSWORD in the “Name” field and your SSH password in the “Value” field.

   f. Click the “Add secret” button.

3. OPENSHIFT_URL and OPENSHIFT_TOKEN:

   a. Navigate to your GitHub repository.

   b. Click on the “Settings” tab.

   c. In the left sidebar, click on “Secrets.”

   d. Click the “New repository secret” button.

   e. Enter OPENSHIFT_URL in the “Name” field and your OpenShift URL in the “Value” field. Example: https://api.ocp4.example.com:6443

   f. Click the “Add secret” button.

   g. Repeat the same process for OPENSHIFT_TOKEN.

Deploying to OpenShift cluster

• Change hostname to the name of target server
• Optional: change inventory for ansible deployment bastion is the default
• Optional: change deployment type TRAIN is the default