GitHub Action for setting up everything needed for connecting to a remote SSH server from the runner.
Warning
This action overwrites any existing SSH keys already saved in the ~/.ssh/id_rsa file.
jobs:
do-the-thing:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup SSH client
uses: tichopad/setup-ssh-client@v1
with:
ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
- name: Connect to SSH server
run: ssh -T -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no [email protected] 'echo "Hello, world!"'If you want to avoid using the StrictHostKeyChecking=no option for better security, you can add the host key to the known hosts file by using the known-hosts input:
jobs:
do-the-thing:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup SSH client
uses: tichopad/setup-ssh-client@v1
with:
ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
known-hosts: ${{ secrets.KNOWN_HOSTS }}
- name: Connect to SSH server
run: ssh -T [email protected] 'echo "Hello, world!"'