Create Database Password Action

This GitHub Action can be used within your workflows to create new passwords for your PlanetScale database.

Prerequisites

Before you can use this Action, you'll need to configure a service token that has permission to create branches on your database. Refer to our docs on how to create a service token for more details. Once the service token has been created, the following repository secrets must also be set:

• PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN_ID
• PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN

These values will be used to authenticate to the PlanetScale service.

Example

The following example will create a new password for the recipes_db database when a pull request is opened. It will also print the credentials that were created during the process.

name: Create a branch
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened]

jobs:
  create_a_branch:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Create a password
        uses: planetscale/create-branch-password-action@v3
        id: create_password
        with:
          org_name: bmorrison-ps
          database_name: recipes_db
          branch_name: main
          name: mynewpassword
        env:
          PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN_ID: ${{ secrets.PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN_ID }}
          PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PLANETSCALE_SERVICE_TOKEN }}
      - name: Get the new credentials
        run: |
          echo "Hostname: ${{ steps.create_password.outputs.hostname }}" \
          echo "Username: ${{ steps.create_password.outputs.username }}" \
          echo "Password: ${{ steps.create_password.outputs.password }}"

Input variables

Required

• org_name - The name of the PlanetScale organization.
• database_name - The name of the database to create the branch on.
• branch_name - The name of the new branch.
• name - The name of the password.

Optional

• role - The role of the password. Allowed values are reader, writer, readerwriter, or admin. Defaults to admin.

Outputs

• username - The username to use for connecting to the branch.
• password - The password to use for connecting to the branch.
• hostname - The hostname for the branch.