This action packs contents of the action workspace into archive. Logs into remote host via ssh. Unpacks the workspace there and runs docker compose up -d command.

• ssh_user - Remote user which should have access to docker.
• ssh_host - Remote host name.
• ssh_private_key - Private SSH key used for logging into remote system. Please, keep your key securely in GitHub secrets.
• ssh_host_public_key - Remote host SSH public key (The content of ~/.ssh/known_hosts needs to be given here).

• ssh_port - Remote port for SSH connection. Default is 22.
• ssh_jump_host - Jump host name. If set, ssh_jump_public_key is required.
• ssh_jump_public_key - Jump host SSH public key (The content of ~/.ssh/known_hosts needs to be given here).
• docker_compose_prefix - Project name passed to compose. Each docker container will have this prefix in name. Required if docker_use_stack is true.
• docker_compose_filename - Path to the docker-compose file in the repository. Default is docker-compose.yml.
• docker_args - Docker compose arguments. Default is -d --remove-orphans --build.
• docker_use_stack - Use docker stack instead of docker-compose. Default is false.
• docker_env - Docker Environment variables.
• workspace - A project directory to use. Default is ~/workspace.
• workspace_keep - Whether to keep the workspace directory after the action has finished. Default is false.
• container_registry - Container registry server to use.
• container_registry_username - Container registry username.
• container_registry_password - Container registry password.

Let's say we have a repo with single docker-compose file in it and remote ubuntu based server with docker and docker-compose installed.

Setup a github-actions workflow (e.g. .github/workflows/main.yml):

name: Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - uses: astappiev/docker-compose-remote-action@master
      name: Docker-Compose Remote Deployment
      with:
        ssh_host: example.com
        ssh_user: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
        ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PRIVATE_KEY }}
        ssh_host_public_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_PUBLIC_KEY }}
        docker_compose_prefix: myapp