Debrepo Github action

This action creates a private Debian Repository using Github pages.

Evironment Variables

GITHUB_TOKEN

Required GitHub OAUTH2 TOKEN, should be set to ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

REPOSITORY

Required path in the master branch where to store the GitHub pages. It is recommended to use the following path './docs/debian'

NAME

Required name of the debian package, for example 'debcvescan'

ARCH

Required CPU architecture to use, for example 'amd64'

OS

Required Operating system to use, for example 'linux'

CODENAME

Required Debian release code name for example 'buster'

PRIVATE_KEY

Required Private GPG key used to sign the Debian packages exported with empty password

PUBLIC_KEY

Required Public GPG key used to sign the Debian packages

Create and distribute GPG keys

1. Create private key without password gpg --gen-key
2. Export key without password gpg –output PUBLIC.KEY –armor –export <email_of_key>
3. Export private key: gpg –output PRIVATE.KEY –armor –export-secret-key <email_of_key>
4. Create GitHub secrets PUBLIC_KEY and paste content of PUBLIC.KEY file. See details in https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets
5. Create GitHub secrets PRIVATE_KEY and paste content of PRIVATE.KEY file. See details in https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets

Example usage

name: DebianRepository
on: [push]

jobs:
  release:
    name: Release on GitHub
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Create Debian repository test
        uses: ./
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
          PRIVATE_KEY: ${{secrets.PRIVATE_KEY}}
          PUBLIC_KEY: ${{secrets.PUBLIC_KEY}}
          REPOSITORY: './docs/debian'
          NAME: 'debcvescan'
          ARCH: 'amd64'
          OS: 'linux'
          CODENAME: 'buster'

Credits

• Creating GutHub Actions with Docker https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-a-docker-container-action
• article https://pmateusz.github.io/linux/2017/06/30/linux-secure-apt-repository.html
• Wiki https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/SetupWithReprepro