🚀 SCP for GitHub Actions

GitHub Action for copying files and artifacts via SSH.

Usage

copy files and artifacts via SSH as blow.

name: scp files
on: [push]
jobs:

  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: copy file via ssh password
      uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
      with:
        host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
        username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
        password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
        port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
        source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
        target: "test"

Input variables

see the action.yml file for more detail imformation.

• host - scp remote host
• port - scp remote port, default is 22
• username - scp username
• password - scp password
• timeout - timeout for ssh to remote host, default is 30s
• command_timeout - timeout for scp command, default is 10m
• key - content of ssh private key. ex raw content of ~/.ssh/id_rsa
• key_path - path of ssh private key
• target - target path on the server
• source - scp file list
• rm - remove target folder before upload data
• strip_components - remove the specified number of leading path elements.
• overwrite - use --overwrite flag with tar
• tar_tmp_path - temporary path for tar file on the dest host

Example

Copy file via ssh password

- name: copy file via ssh password
  uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
  with:
    host: example.com
    username: foo
    password: bar
    port: 22
    source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
    target: "test"

Copy file via ssh key

- name: copy file via ssh key
  uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
  env:
    HOST: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    USERNAME: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    PORT: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    KEY: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
  with:
    source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
    target: "test"

Example configuration for ignore list:

- name: copy file via ssh key
  uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
  env:
    HOST: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    USERNAME: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    PORT: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    KEY: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
  with:
    source: "tests/*.txt,!tests/a.txt"
    target: "test"

Example configuration for multiple server

  uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
  with:
-   host: "example.com"
+   host: "foo.com,bar.com"
    username: foo
    password: bar
    port: 22
    source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
    target: "test"

remove the specified number of leading path elements

- name: remove the specified number of leading path elements
  uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
    username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
    key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
    port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
    source: "tests/a.txt,tests/b.txt"
    target: "foobar"
    strip_components: 1

old target structure:

foobar
  └── tests
    ├── a.txt
    └── b.txt

new target structure:

foobar
  ├── a.txt
  └── b.txt