eksctl-helm-action

Github Action to authenticate with eksctl and use helm/kubectl.

Huge credits to helm-eks-action (this is basically a fork with a few additional lines) but authenticating using eksctl instead of passing through KUBE_CONFIG_DATA.

Example

Secrets required: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (aws-configure-credentials)

Inputs:

eks_cluster: name of the EKS cluster (NAME in eksctl get cluster)
plugins: comma-separated list of helm plugins (their URLs)
command: the command(s) you want to run (which can be kubectl/helm)

name: deploy

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: AWS Credentials
        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
        with:
          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          aws-region: us-east-1

      - name: helm deploy
        uses: tensor-hq/eksctl-helm-action@main
        with:
          eks_cluster: my-prod-cluster
          plugins: "https://github.com/jkroepke/helm-secrets" # optional
          command: |-
            helm upgrade <release name> --install --wait <chart> -f <path to values.yaml>
            kubectl get pods