github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile

Release workflow for Dockerized application using ECR and deploying on EKS with Helmfile.

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It's 100% Open Source and licensed under the APACHE2.

Introduction

Use provided GitHub Actions reusable workflows to implement consistent release workflow for any kind of application that use

Docker for developing, shipping, and running,
ECR to store the Docker images
EKS for running application in scale
Helmfile as declarative deploy manifest

Preconditions

Application repository reference this reusable workflows should follows this structure

  .
  ├── Dockerfile
  ├── deploy/
  │   └── helmfile.yaml
  └── test/
      ├── docker-compose.yml
      └── test.sh

Workflows

Name	Description
Features branch (Pull request) workflow	Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS `preview` environment depends of PR labels
Hotfix branch (Pull request into release/* branches) workflow	Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS `hotfix` environment depends of PR labels
Hotfix workflow enable	For each new release create `release/{version}` branch that is key puzzle for `hotfix` workflow.
Hotfix release workflow	Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS production environment and reintegrate `hotfix` into the main branch
Main branch workflow	Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS `dev` environment and draft new release
Release workflow	Promote existing Docker image to release version, deploy it to EKS `staging` and then `production` environments.

Features branch (Pull request) workflow

Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS preview environment depends of PR labels

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/feature.yaml

  name: Feature Branch
  on:
    pull_request:
      branches: [ 'master' ]
      types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed, labeled, unlabeled]
  
  permissions:
    pull-requests: write
    deployments: write
    id-token: write
    contents: read
  
  jobs:
    do:
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/feature-branch.yml@main
      with:
        organization: "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}"
        repository: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
        open: ${{ github.event.pull_request.state == 'open' }}
        labels: ${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) }}
        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref  }}
      secrets:
        github-private-actions-pat: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
        registry: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}"
        secret-outputs-passphrase: "${{ secrets.GHA_SECRET_OUTPUT_PASSPHRASE }}"
        ecr-region: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGION }}"
        ecr-iam-role: "${{ secrets.ECR_IAM_ROLE }}"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
labels	Pull Request labels	string	${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) }}	false
open	Pull Request open/close state. Set true if opened	boolean	${{ github.event.pull_request.state == 'open' }}	false
organization	Repository owner organization (ex. acme for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}	false
ref	The fully-formed ref of the branch or tag that triggered the workflow run	string	${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}	false
repository	Repository name (ex. example for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false

Secrets

Name	Description	Required
ecr-iam-role	IAM Role ARN provide ECR write/read access	true
ecr-region	ECR AWS region	true
github-private-actions-pat	Github PAT allow to pull private repos	true
registry	ECR ARN	true
secret-outputs-passphrase	Passphrase to encrypt/decrypt secret outputs with gpg. For more information read	true

Hotfix branch (Pull request into release/* branches) workflow

Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS hotfix environment depends of PR labels

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/hotfix-branch.yaml

  name: Hotfix Branch
  on:
    pull_request:
      branches: [ 'release/**' ]
      types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed, labeled, unlabeled]
  
  permissions:
    pull-requests: write
    deployments: write
    id-token: write
    contents: read
  
  jobs:
    do:
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/hotfix-branch.yml@main
      with:
        organization: "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}"
        repository: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
        open: ${{ github.event.pull_request.state == 'open' }}
        labels: ${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) }}
        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref  }}
      secrets:
        github-private-actions-pat: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
        registry: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}"
        secret-outputs-passphrase: "${{ secrets.GHA_SECRET_OUTPUT_PASSPHRASE }}"
        ecr-region: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGION }}"
        ecr-iam-role: "${{ secrets.ECR_IAM_ROLE }}"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
labels	Pull Request labels	string	${{ toJSON(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name) }}	false
open	Pull Request open/close state. Set true if opened	boolean	${{ github.event.pull_request.state == 'open' }}	false
organization	Repository owner organization (ex. acme for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}	false
ref	The fully-formed ref of the branch or tag that triggered the workflow run	string	${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}	false
repository	Repository name (ex. example for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false

Secrets

Name	Description	Required
ecr-iam-role	IAM Role ARN provide ECR write/read access	true
ecr-region	ECR AWS region	true
github-private-actions-pat	Github PAT allow to pull private repos	true
registry	ECR ARN	true
secret-outputs-passphrase	Passphrase to encrypt/decrypt secret outputs with gpg. For more information read	true

Hotfix workflow enable

For each new release create release/{version} branch that is key puzzle for hotfix workflow.

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/hotfix-enabled.yaml

  name: Release branch
  on:
    release:
      types: [published]

  permissions:
    id-token: write
    contents: write

  jobs:
    hotfix:
      name: release / branch
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/hotfix-mixin.yml@main
      with:
        version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}

or add hotfix job to existing .github/workflows/release.yaml

  jobs:
    hotfix:
      name: release / branch
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/hotfix-mixin.yml@main
      with:
        version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
version	Release version tag	string	N/A	true

Hotfix release workflow

Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS production environment and reintegrate hotfix into the main branch

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/hotfix-release.yaml

  name: Hotfix Release
  on:
    push:
      branches: [ 'release/**' ]
  
  permissions:
    contents: write
    id-token: write
  
  jobs:
    do:
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/hotfix-release.yml@main
      with:
        organization: "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}"
        repository: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
      secrets:
        github-private-actions-pat: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
        registry: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}"
        secret-outputs-passphrase: "${{ secrets.GHA_SECRET_OUTPUT_PASSPHRASE }}"
        ecr-region: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGION }}"
        ecr-iam-role: "${{ secrets.ECR_IAM_ROLE }}"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
default_branch	Default branch for this repo	string	main	true
organization	Repository owner organization (ex. acme for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}	false
repository	Repository name (ex. example for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false

Secrets

Name	Description	Required
ecr-iam-role	IAM Role ARN provide ECR write/read access	true
ecr-region	ECR AWS region	true
github-private-actions-pat	Github PAT allow to pull private repos	true
registry	ECR ARN	true
secret-outputs-passphrase	Passphrase to encrypt/decrypt secret outputs with gpg. For more information read	true

Main branch workflow

Build, test Docker image, deploy it to EKS dev environment and draft new release

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/main.yaml

  name: Main Branch
  on:
    push:
      branches: [ master ]
  
  permissions:
    contents: write
    id-token: write
  
  jobs:
    do:
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/main-branch.yml@main
      with:
        organization: "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}"
        repository: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
      secrets:
        github-private-actions-pat: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
        registry: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}"
        secret-outputs-passphrase: "${{ secrets.GHA_SECRET_OUTPUT_PASSPHRASE }}"
        ecr-region: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGION }}"
        ecr-iam-role: "${{ secrets.ECR_IAM_ROLE }}"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
organization	Repository owner organization (ex. acme for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}	false
repository	Repository name (ex. example for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false

Secrets

Name	Description	Required
ecr-iam-role	IAM Role ARN provide ECR write/read access	true
ecr-region	ECR AWS region	true
github-private-actions-pat	Github PAT allow to pull private repos	true
registry	ECR ARN	true
secret-outputs-passphrase	Passphrase to encrypt/decrypt secret outputs with gpg. For more information read	true

Release workflow

Promote existing Docker image to release version, deploy it to EKS staging and then production environments.

Usage

Create in your repo .github/workflows/release.yaml

  name: Release
  on:
    release:
      types: [published]
  
  permissions:
    id-token: write
    contents: write
  
  jobs:
    perform:
      uses: cloudposse/github-actions-workflows-docker-ecr-eks-helmfile/.github/workflows/release.yml@main
      with:
        organization: "${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}"
        repository: "${{ github.event.repository.name }}"
        version: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
      secrets:
        github-private-actions-pat: "${{ secrets.PUBLIC_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
        registry: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGISTRY }}"
        secret-outputs-passphrase: "${{ secrets.GHA_SECRET_OUTPUT_PASSPHRASE }}"
        ecr-region: "${{ secrets.ECR_REGION }}"
        ecr-iam-role: "${{ secrets.ECR_IAM_ROLE }}"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
organization	Repository owner organization (ex. acme for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.owner.login }}	false
repository	Repository name (ex. example for repo acme/example)	string	${{ github.event.repository.name }}	false
version	Release version tag	string	${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}	false

Secrets

Name	Description	Required
ecr-iam-role	IAM Role ARN provide ECR write/read access	true
ecr-region	ECR AWS region	true
github-private-actions-pat	Github PAT allow to pull private repos	true
registry	ECR ARN	true
secret-outputs-passphrase	Passphrase to encrypt/decrypt secret outputs with gpg. For more information read	true

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Introduction

Preconditions

Workflows

Features branch (Pull request) workflow

Usage

Inputs

Secrets

Hotfix branch (Pull request into release/* branches) workflow

Usage

Inputs

Secrets

Hotfix workflow enable

Usage

Inputs

Hotfix release workflow

Usage

Inputs

Secrets

Main branch workflow

Usage

Inputs

Secrets

Release workflow

Usage

Inputs

Secrets

Share the Love

Related Projects

References

Help

DevOps Accelerator for Startups

Slack Community

Discourse Forums

Newsletter

Office Hours

Contributing

Bug Reports & Feature Requests

Developing

Copyright

License

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