# Github Action with EC2 using SSH

 ## Configure SSH into aws ec2
 
- How to handle SSH keys with ec2-github actions https://zellwk.com/blog/github-actions-deploy/

### Declare these git secrets
- SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
- HOST_NAME / IP_ADDRESS
- USER_NAME


```yml
name: Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [ dev ]

jobs:
  Deploy:
    name: Deploy to EC2
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 
      - name: Build & Deploy
        env:
            PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
            HOSTNAME: ${{secrets.SSH_HOST}}
            USER_NAME: ${secrets.USER_NAME}
      
        run: |
          echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > private_key && chmod 600 private_key
          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key ${USER_NAME}@${HOSTNAME} '

              # Now we have got the access of EC2 and we will start the deploy .
              cd /home/ubuntu/<PROJECT_DIRECTORY> &&
              git checkout dev &&
              git fetch --all &&
              git reset --hard origin/dev &&
              git pull origin dev &&
              sudo npm i &&
              sudo npm run build &&
              sudo pm2 stop ./dist/index.js &&
              sudo pm2 start ./dist/index.js
              '
```