How can I deploy from GitHub Actions

Automatically deploy your projects to UmbHost.net with Web Deploy using this GitHub action.

This action utilizes Microsoft’s own Web Deploy 3.0+ executable, which you can read everything about here. Further documentation of the rules and parameters can also be seen here.

Example

Place the following in your action /.github/workflows/main.yml

      - name: Deploy to UmbHost
        uses: UmbHost/umbhost-web-deploy-composite-action@1.0.0
          with:
            website-name: ${{ secrets.WEBSITE_NAME }}
            server-computer-name: ${{ secrets.SERVER_COMPUTER_NAME }}
            server-username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
            server-password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
            source-path: '_build'
            source-paramFile: 'Umbraco.Web.SetParameters.xml'

Requirements

• Access to the SolidCP account for the hosting package, to download the WebDeploy publishing profile.

Setup

1. Locate the repository you want to automate UmbHost web deployment in.
2. Select the Actions tab.
3. Select Set up a workflow yourself.
4. Copy paste one of the examples into your .yml workflow file and commit the file.
5. All the examples takes advantage of Secrets, so make sure you have added the required secrets to your repository. Instructions on this can be found in the settings section.
6. Once you have added your secrets, your new workflow should be running on every push to the branch.

Settings

These settings can be either be added directly to your .yml config file or referenced from your GitHub repository Secrets. I strongly recommend storing any private values like server-username and server-password in Secrets, regardless of if the repository is private or not.

To add a secret to your repository go to the Settings tab, followed by Secrets. Here you can add your secrets and reference to them in your .yml file.

You can find the access credentials for WebDeploy by accessing your SolidCP account -> Web Sites -> WEBSITENAME -> Web Publishing -> if you have previously set a password click Download Publishing Profile for this web site and open the downloaded file with Notepad, if you have not previously set a password or you cannot see the Download Publishing Profile for this web site button, enter a Password and Confirmation password and then click Enable, and then you will be able to click the Download Publishing Profile for this web site button

Setting	Required	Example	Default Value	Description
website-name	Yes	example.com		Website name as found in SolidCP
server-computer-name	Yes	https://webdeploy.umbhost.net:8172 or https://webdeploy.us.umbhost.net:8172		Computer name, including the port
server-username	Yes	username		Your UmbHost Web Publishing username
server-password	Yes	password		Your UmbHost Web Publishing password
source-fileName	Yes	Umbraco.Web.zip	Umbraco.Web.zip	The location of the SetParameters.xml file
source-path	No	_build	_build	The source directory for payload
source-paramFile	No	_build		The location of the SetParameters.xml file

Build and publish Umbraco V8

name: Build, publish and deploy project to UmbHost

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
env:
    SolutionName: ${{ secrets.SOLUTION_NAME }}
    BuildPlatform: Any CPU
    BuildConfiguration: Release

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: self-hosted

    steps:
        - name: Checkout
          uses: actions/checkout@v3.0.0

        - name: Setup MSBuild
          uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1

        - name: Setup NuGet
          uses: NuGet/setup-nuget@v1.0.5
          with:
            nuget-version: 5.5.0

        - name: Create Build Directory
          run: mkdir _build

        - name: Restore Packages
          run: nuget restore ${{env.SolutionName}}

        - name: Build Solution
          run: |
            msbuild.exe ${{env.SolutionName}} /nologo /nr:false /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish /p:WebPublishMethod=Package /p:PackageAsSingleFile=true /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:IncludeSetAclProviderOnDestination=False /p:AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=False /p:platform="${{env.BuildPlatform}}" /p:configuration="${{env.BuildConfiguration}}" /p:PackageLocation="../_build"

        - name: Deploy to UmbHost
          uses: UmbHost/umbhost-web-deploy-composite-action@1.0.0
          with:
            website-name: ${{ secrets.WEBSITE_NAME }}
            server-computer-name: ${{ secrets.SERVER_COMPUTER_NAME }}
            server-username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
            server-password: ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}
            source-path: '_build'
            source-paramFile: 'Umbraco.Web.SetParameters.xml'