GitHub Actions Automate Node.js Deployment to AWS

Welcome to our GitHub Actions tutorial where we will show you how to automate the deployment of a Node.js application to AWS using GitHub Actions.

What are GitHub Actions?

GitHub Actions is a feature of GitHub that allows you to automate your software development workflows. It enables you to build, test, and deploy your code directly from your GitHub repository.

Setting up GitHub Actions for Node.js Deployment

To get started, follow these steps:

1. Create a GitHub repository for your Node.js application if you haven’t already.
2. Add a workflow file to your repository under the .github/workflows directory. You can name this file deploy.yml.
3. Open the deploy.yml file and add the necessary job steps to build and deploy your Node.js application to AWS.

Example deploy.yml file

        
name: Deploy to AWS

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Setup Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
      with:
        node-version: '14'

    - name: Install dependencies
      run: npm install

    - name: Build and deploy to AWS
      run: |
        # Replace this with your actual deployment script
        npm run build
        aws s3 sync build/ s3://your-bucket-name
      env:
        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        
    

Configuring AWS Credentials

In the example deploy.yml file above, we make use of AWS credentials to deploy the Node.js application to an S3 bucket. These credentials should be stored as secrets in your GitHub repository for security purposes.

Conclusion

By following these steps, you will have successfully set up GitHub Actions to automate the deployment of your Node.js application to AWS. This will save you time and effort by eliminating the need for manual deployment processes.