Deploy to GitHub pages

You can use GitHub Pages like hosting for your project. To do this, you need to create a repository and activate GitHub Pages for the master branch and bind your domain. Then use this action to help you set up automatic deployment from your app to your repository for GitHub Pages.

Getting started

Create a deploy.yml file in the workflows directory. You can use the example below:

name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [14.2.0]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: install, build, and test
        run: |
          yarn install
          yarn lint
          yarn build
          yarn test
        env:
          CI: true
      - name: Deploy to production
        uses: awibox/deploy-to-github-pages-action@master
        env:
          AUTHOR: awibox
          BUILD_PATH: public
          GITHUB_PAGE_NAME: awibox.github.io
          PA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PA_TOKEN }}
          USERNAME: awibox
          EMAIL: 1931010+awibox@users.noreply.github.com

Example repositories using this action

• https://github.com/awibox/awibox
• https://github.com/Paulracisz/react-portfolio
• https://github.com/ntloi95/chess-4-players-timer

Environment variables

Environment variable	Required	Description	Example
AUTHOR	Required	Name of the repository owner	awibox
BUILD_PATH	Required	The directory where the static is built	public
GITHUB_PAGE_NAME	Required	Name of the repository for GitHub Pages where the application will be collected	awibox.github.io
PA_TOKEN	Required	GitHub Private Access Token with editing rights for repo. You can create it using GitHub Documentation	${{secrets.PA_TOKEN}}
USERNAME	Optional	The GitHub username for commits.	awibox
EMAIL	Optional	The email that is used for commits.	1931010+awibox@users.noreply.github.com