Deploy on Kubernetes with HelmFile

Introduction

Deploy on Kubernetes with HelmFile.

Usage

Deploy environment

  name: Pull Request
  on:
    pull_request:
      branches: [ 'main' ]
      types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]

  jobs:
    deploy:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      environment:
        name: preview
        url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.webapp-url }}  
      steps:
        
        - name: Configure AWS Credentials
          uses: aws-actions/[email protected]
          with:
            aws-region: us-west-2
            role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::111111111111:role/preview
            role-session-name: deploy
      
        - name: Deploy
          uses: cloudposse/github-action-deploy-helmfile@main
          id: deploy
          with:
            aws-region: us-west-2
            cluster: preview-eks
            environment: preview
            namespace: preview
            image: nginx
            image-tag: latest
            operation: deploy
            debug: false

Destroy environment

  name: Pull Request
  on:
    pull_request:
      branches: [ 'main' ]
      types: [closed]

  jobs:
    destroy:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      steps:
        - name: Configure AWS Credentials
          uses: aws-actions/[email protected]
          with:
            aws-region: us-west-2
            role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::111111111111:role/preview
            role-session-name: destroy          
      
        - name: Destroy
          uses: cloudposse/github-action-deploy-helmfile@main
          id: destroy
          with:
            aws-region: us-west-2
            cluster: preview-eks
            environment: preview
            namespace: preview
            image: "<none>"
            image-tag: "<none>"
            operation: destroy
            debug: false

Related Projects

Check out these related projects.

References

For additional context, refer to some of these links.

• github-actions-workflows - Reusable workflows for different types of projects
• example-github-action-release-workflow - Example application with complicated release workflow

✨ Contributing

This project is under active development, and we encourage contributions from our community.

Many thanks to our outstanding contributors:

For 🐛 bug reports & feature requests, please use the issue tracker.

In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

1. Review our Code of Conduct and Contributor Guidelines.
2. Fork the repo on GitHub
3. Clone the project to your own machine
4. Commit changes to your own branch
5. Push your work back up to your fork
6. Submit a Pull Request so that we can review your changes

NOTE: Be sure to merge the latest changes from "upstream" before making a pull request!## Running Terraform Tests

We use Atmos to streamline how Terraform tests are run. It centralizes configuration and wraps common test workflows with easy-to-use commands.

All tests are located in the test/ folder.

Under the hood, tests are powered by Terratest together with our internal Test Helpers library, providing robust infrastructure validation.

Setup dependencies:

• Install Atmos (installation guide)
• Install Go 1.24+ or newer
• Install Terraform or OpenTofu

To run tests:

• Run all tests:

  atmos test run

• Clean up test artifacts:

  atmos test clean

• Explore additional test options:

  atmos test --help

The configuration for test commands is centrally managed. To review what's being imported, see the atmos.yaml file.

Learn more about our automated testing in our documentation or implementing custom commands with atmos.

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