Running jest in action#

Basic to test out the nodejs function with Jest

Inside .github/workflows/ci.yml

name: test-packages

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'

jobs:
  testing:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run Jest tests
      run: |
        yarn
        yarn test

Running ec2 / ubuntu server in action#

Basic to control the server with github action.

Main Action

• appleboy/ssh-action@master

Inside .github/workflows/ci.yml

name: ci-flow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere

jobs:
  ssh-vm:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Executing remote ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNSME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
        script: |
          git pull
          echo 'hello'
          yarn install

NOTE

Remember to setup your own secrets in github repo first.

Build in action, upload artifact to ubuntu server#

The action will build a react project to a folder named build, then upload to actions/upload-artifact@v3. By using appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4, upload the folder to server.

Main Action

• actions/upload-artifact@v3
• appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4

Inside .github/workflows/ci.yml

name: ci-flow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere

jobs:
  build-web:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: node:lts-alpine
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install npm deps
        run: |
          yarn 
          yarn build
      - name: Archive built files
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: build

  upload-to-server:
    needs: build-web
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: restore built files server
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: build
      - name: copy file via ssh password
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
          source: build/*
          target: ${{ env.SERVER_DIR }}

Running Full build deployment#

Assume the following steps

1. Build the react vite with action runtime.
2. Upload the build to your server with scp.
3. Run backend logics.

📂 .
├── 📂 .github/workflows/ci.yml
├─┬ 📂 backend (Express Vite)
│ ├── 📂 dist
│ ├── ...
│ └── yarn.lock
├─┬ 📂 frontend-client (React Vite)
│ ├── 📂 dist
│ ├── ...
│ └── yarn.lock
└── README.md

Inside .github/workflows/ci.yml

name: ci-flow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'deploy'
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  SERVER_DIR: /home/someWhere

jobs:
  build-web:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: node:lts-alpine
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install npm deps
        working-directory: ./frontend-client
        run: |
          yarn 
          yarn build
      - name: Archive built files
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: frontend-client/dist
  
  upload-to-server:
    needs: build-web
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: restore built files server
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: build_web
          path: distfiles
      - name: copy file via ssh password
        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.4
        with:
          rm: true
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
          strip_components: 1
          source: distfiles/*
          target: /home/someWhere/backend/public_web

  ssh-vm:
    needs: upload-to-server
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Executing remote ssh
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USERNAME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.SSH_PASSWORD }}
        script: |
          cd ${{ env.SERVER_DIR }}
          git pull
          cd backend
          echo 'hello'