Setup SSH Github Action

This action adds a SSH key and adds a given hostname or IP address to the known hosts file for external server access. It was heavily inspired by atymic/deployer-php-action.

You can run this action before copying files to an external server using scp or rsync for example.

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Inputs

Input	Required	Description
ssh-private-key	Yes	Private key required to access the host.
ssh-host	Yes	Hostname or IP address of the server you want to access.
ssh-port	Optional	Port for used for SSH on the host server (port 22 by default).
ssh-socket	Optional	The unix file socket that the agent uses for communication with other processes.

Example usage

Just the required inputs:

uses: kielabokkie/ssh-key-and-known-hosts-action@v1
with:
  ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
  ssh-host: your-server.com

If your SSH port is different from the default you can change it:

uses: kielabokkie/ssh-key-and-known-hosts-action@v1
with:
  ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
  ssh-host: your-server.com
  ssh-port: 2222

If you are using this action on concurrent builds the ssh-socket should be unique to prevent address in use issues:

uses: kielabokkie/ssh-key-and-known-hosts-action@v1
with:
  ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
  ssh-host: your-server.com
  ssh-socket: /tmp/ssh_agent_${{ github.sha }}.sock