GitHub Actions

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GitHub Actions setup

1. Create a new repository on GitHub.
2. Open your repository on GitHub, then click the tab labeled Settings.
3. Click the section labeled Secrets and variables on the left hand side to expand it.
4. Create separate staging and production GitHub environments in the Environments section.
   1. You can also choose to require approval before running jobs in your production environment. More information here.
   2. You may need to change the environment variable in the jobs section of the GitHub Actions below based on the name of your GitHub environments.
5. Click the link labeled Actions.
6. Click the button labeled New repository secret in the top right corner.
7. Follow the instructions below for your specific cloud provider:

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AWS

1. If you haven’t already, create a new AWS ECR repository.
2. You’ll need AWS credentials with the following policy permissions:
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   {
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
       {
         "Effect": "Allow",
         "Action": [
           "ecr:BatchCheckLayerAvailability",
           "ecr:CompleteLayerUpload",
           "ecr:GetAuthorizationToken",
           "ecr:InitiateLayerUpload",
           "ecr:PutImage",
           "ecr:UploadLayerPart",
           "ecs:DeregisterTaskDefinition",
           "ecs:DescribeClusters",
           "ecs:DescribeServices",
           "ecs:DescribeTaskDefinition",
           "ecs:RegisterTaskDefinition",
           "ecs:UpdateService",
           "iam:PassRole"
         ],
         "Resource": "*"
       }
     ]
   }
   

3. In the field labeled Name, enter the value AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID.
4. In the field labeled Secret, enter your AWS Access Key ID.
5. Click the button labeled Add secret to save.
6. Add a 2nd secret by clicking the button labeled New repository secret in the top right corner.
7. In the field labeled Name, enter the value AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.
8. In the field labeled Secret, enter your AWS Secret Access Key.
9. Click the button labeled Add secret to save.
10. Click on the tab labeled Actions.
11. On the left side, click the button labeled New workflow.
12. Find the link labeled set up a workflow yourself and click it.
13. Copy the contents from the GitHub Action YAML file for AWS at templates/github_actions/build_and_deploy_to_aws_ecs_staging_production.yml, and paste it into the textarea.
14. Change the following values under the key labeled env:

env:
  AWS_REGION: ...
  CONTAINER_NAME: ...
  ECR_REPOSITORY: ...
  ECS_CLUSTER: ...
  ECS_STAGING_SERVICE: ...
  ECS_PRODUCTION_SERVICE: ...
  ECS_STAGING_TASK_DEFINITION: ...
  ECS_PRODUCTION_TASK_DEFINITION: ...

1. Click the button labeled Start commit in the top right corner.
2. Click the button labeled Commit new file.
3. Every time you merge a pull request into the master branch, this GitHub Action will run, building a Docker image using your GitHub code, then updating AWS ECS to use the new image with the updated code.