deploy.yml

name: Send Code to VM

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  send-code:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

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

      - name: Setup SSH
        uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.5.3
        with:
          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Sets up the SSH private key

      - name: Create SSH Private Key File
        run: |
          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > private_key.pem # Creates a new file named private_key.pem and writes the private key to it
          chmod 600 private_key.pem # Changes the permission of the private key file to read and write only by the owner
          
      - name: Check if App folder exists and delete if it does
        run: |
          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key.pem ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.VM_IP }} '[ -d ~/App ] && rm -rf ~/App || true' # Deletes the App directory if it exists
          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key.pem ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.VM_IP }} 'mkdir App' # Creates a new directory named App in the home directory of the user on VM
  
      - name: Copy code to VM
        run: |
          ls -a # Lists all files and directories in the current directory
          scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key.pem -r ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.VM_IP }}:~/App # Copies all files and directories to the home directory of the user on VM

      - name: Clean Up
        run: |
          rm private_key.pem # Deletes the private key file