ryanzidago
How to fetch a private dependency on GitHub Actions?
I use GitHub Actions to run tests every time I commit.
I have an application that uses a private repo on GitHub as a dependency.
My mix.exs file looks like this:
{:private_dependency, git: "git@github.com:ORGANIZATION/private_dependency.git"}, ref: "sha_of_working_commit_on_my_private_dependency_repo"}
However, GitHub Actions fails to fetch this particular dependency:
git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
** (Mix) Command "git --git-dir=.git fetch --force --quiet --progress" failed
##[error]Process completed with exit code 1.
How to fetch a private dependency on GitHub Actions?
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mpraski
In Github Actions you may want to set the GITHUB_TOKEN variable in the step where you pull the repos:
- name: SomeStep
run: git config --global url."https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/" && YOUR_COMMAND
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
You will need to generate a token with valid claims for this private repo and include it in your repo’s secrets. Notice how git is being configured to always include your token in the URL (https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic@github.com) instead of just calling https://github.com/. Hopefully this configuration will suffice, but you’ll have to test it out.
Read more on the token here: https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token.
NobbZ
Add a private SSH key to the action that has read only access to the private repository.
ryanzidago
I finally got it working.
In my mix.exs file, I fetched the private dependency with SSH. Then I updated my workflow definition file with the webfactory/ssh-agent action; followed the steps in the README and added a deploy_key to the private dependency that GHA was trying to fetch.
More here: https://github.com/webfactory/ssh-agent/issues/31#issuecomment-647991948
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