{"id":35792,"date":"2023-06-01T07:18:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T07:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=35792"},"modified":"2025-07-12T05:54:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T05:54:52","slug":"github-actions-pipeline-for-openshift-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/github-actions-pipeline-for-openshift-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Github Actions Pipeline for openshift deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Use Case<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Write a github action job which would build an image and then publish to ghcr. Upon Successful publishing, trigger a openshift deployment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>name: OpenShift Deployment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on:<br>push:<br>branches:<br>&#8211; main<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>jobs:<br>deploy:<br>runs-on: ubuntu-latest<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">steps:\n- name: Checkout repository\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">uses<\/span>: actions\/checkout@v2\n\n- name: Build Docker image\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">run<\/span>: docker build -t my-image:latest .\n\n- name: Log <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">in<\/span> to Docker registry\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">run<\/span>: echo <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}\"<\/span> | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin\n\n- name: Push Docker image to GHCR\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">run<\/span>: docker push ghcr.io\/${{ github.repository_owner }}\/my-image:latest\n\n- name: <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">Set<\/span> up OpenShift CLI\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">uses<\/span>: redhat-actions\/oc-login@v1\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">with<\/span>:\n    openshift_server_url: ${{ secrets.OPENSHIFT_SERVER_URL }}\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">openshift_token<\/span>: ${{ secrets.OPENSHIFT_TOKEN }}\n\n- name: Trigger OpenShift deployment\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">run<\/span>: |\n    oc project my-project\n    oc rollout latest deployment\/my-deployment<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this workflow, you need to set up the following secrets in your GitHub repository:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>OPENSHIFT_SERVER_URL<\/code>: The URL of your OpenShift server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>OPENSHIFT_TOKEN<\/code>: An authentication token to access your OpenShift cluster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to replace <code>my-image<\/code>, <code>my-project<\/code>, and <code>my-deployment<\/code> with your own image, project, and deployment names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This workflow listens for pushes to the <code>main<\/code> branch. When a push event occurs, it checks out the repository, builds a Docker image, logs in to GHCR using the provided <code>GITHUB_TOKEN<\/code>, pushes the image to GHCR, sets up the OpenShift CLI using the provided secrets, and finally triggers an OpenShift deployment by rolling out the latest changes to the specified deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure that your GitHub Actions runner has the necessary access permissions to push the Docker image to GHCR and trigger the OpenShift deployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use Case Write a github action job which would build an image and then publish to ghcr. 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