Error: You must first run "eb init".

[jadbox]

I get this error when I try to deploy, and I do have my .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml committed into the repo.

[ilmoi]

I'm sure you checked this, but just in case make sure that your .gitignore is not preventting .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml from being uploaded. EB automatically adds stuff to your gitignore which prevents upload. That was the problem for me.

[pllearns]

Interesting that we would need to .gitignore the config, or worry about the config when this should include eb init. We are already bringing in the secrets into the action. Just curious as to why we couldn't include the eb init script in the action, maybe in commands with deploy?

[tamsanh]

Also make sure that you use actions/checkout@v2, so that the actual .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml file can be read from the commit.

Ex:

jobs:
  update_environment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: hmanzur/[email protected]
        with:
          command: 'setenv BUNDLE_URL=${{ secrets.BUNDLE_URL }}'
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "us-west-2"