EKS deployments with Helm

GitHub action for deploying to AWS EKS clusters using helm.

Note: If your EKS cluster administrative access is in a private network, you will need to use a self hosted runner in that network to use this action.

Customizing

Inputs

Following inputs can be used as step.with keys

Name	Type	Description
aws-secret-access-key	String	AWS secret access key part of the aws credentials. This is used to login to EKS.
aws-access-key-id	String	AWS access key id part of the aws credentials. This is used to login to EKS.
aws-region	String	AWS region to use. This must match the region your desired cluster lies in.
cluster-name	String	The name of the desired cluster.
cluster-role-arn	String	If you wish to assume an admin role, provide the role arn here to login as.
config-files	String	Comma separated list of helm values files.
namespace	String	Kubernetes namespace to use. Will create if it does not exist
values	String	Comma separated list of value set for helms. e.x:key1=value1,key2=value2
name	String	The name of the helm release
chart-path	String	The path to the chart. (defaults to helm/)
chart-repository	String	The URL of the chart-repository (Optional)
plugins	String	Comma separated list of plugins to install. e.x: https://github.com/hypnoglow/helm-s3.git, https://github.com/someuser/helm-plugin.git (defaults to none)
timeout	String	The value of the timeout for the helm release
update-deps	String	Update chart dependencies
helm-wait	String	Add the helm --wait flag to the helm Release (Optional)
atomic	String	Add the helm --atomic flag if set (Optional)

Example usage

uses: bitovi/github-actions-deploy-eks-helm@v1.0.3
with:
  aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
  aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
  aws-region: us-west-2
  cluster-name: mycluster
  config-files: .github/values/dev.yaml
  chart-path: chart/
  namespace: dev
  values: key1=value1,key2=value2
  name: release_name

Example 2

    - name: Deploy Helm
      uses: bitovi/github-actions-deploy-eks-helm@v1.0.3
      with:
        aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
        aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        aws-region: us-west-2
        cluster-name: mycluster
        cluster-role-arn: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
        config-files: fluent-bit/prod/values.yaml
        chart-path: fluent/fluent-bit
        namespace: logging
        name: fluent-bit
        chart-repository: https://fluent.github.io/helm-charts
        atomic: true

Contributing

We would love for you to contribute to bitovi/github-actions-deploy-eks-helm. Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.

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