Github Actions Ngrok Tunnel

This action is based on this repository.

This is a Github Action that can be used in your Github Workflow to tunnel incoming/outgoing TCP or HTTP traffic in your workflow environment, achieving temporary deployment for testing or other purposes.

How to use

This action accepts the following parameters:

Name	Description	Required	Default
timeout	After this timeout the deployment will automatically shutdown the tunelling and therefore stop the action. (max is 6 hours)	No	1h
port	The port in localhost to forward traffic from/to	Yes	-
ngrok_authtoken	Your ngrok authtoken	Yes	-
tunnel_type	Whether the tunnel type will be TCP or HTTP	Yes	tcp
save_url_to_filename	If provided, save the deployed tunnel's URL to a file with the provided name, otherwise just print URL on console	No	-

Here is an example of using this action:

name: CI
on: push

jobs:

  deploy:
    name: Docker container with Ngrok tunnel
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: cancel

    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    
    - name: Run container
      run: docker-compose up -d 
    
    - uses: Nasfame/github-actions-ngrok@<VERSION>
      with:
        timeout: 1h
        port: 8080
        ngrok_authtoken: ${{ secrets.NGROK_AUTHTOKEN }}
        tunnel_type: http
        save_url_to_filename: tunnelURL.md