Sample Workflow

sample_workflow.yml

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  deploy-to-digital-ocean-droplet:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Deploy Website
    steps:
      - name: Checkout master
        uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Pull from GitHub
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST_IP }}
          username: ${{ secrets.HOST_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.HOST_PASSWORD }}
          script: cd ~/path/to/project && git pull git@github.com:project/home.git        
      - name: Docker Build
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST_IP }}
          username: ${{ secrets.HOST_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.HOST_PASSWORD }}
          script: cd ~/path/to/project && docker built -t <container> .
    ...

I am using Droplet IP address as host, root as username, my digitalocean password as password. But still it is not working. Any hint?

root as username, my digitalocean password as password

This combination doesn't look right. You want to use user/password you usually use to login the droplet, not the password you login to digitalocean.com

Also it's dangerous to expose root user in first place. You want to create a different unix user (hint: useradd) rather than root to do the work on your Droplet.

You want to use user/password you usually use to login the droplet.

My droplet don't have password. I am using ssh to login my droplet from my local machine. What to use in this case?

@chaudharykiran in this case you either useradd or figure out how to configure your GitHub repo to SSH into your Droplet, like you did on your local machine. appleboy/ssh-action may or may not have option.

What if I don't use Docker? Can I still use this ssh-action tool?

@ahmedsadman yes you can.