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This repository contains example GitHub Actions workflows that build, publish and deploy Node.js services. Each workflow is designed to be re-used via workflow_call in other projects.

Workflows

CI-BASE (.github/workflows/base_node_build.yml)

This workflow prepares the Node.js project, runs tests and builds a Docker image.

• Sets up the Node environment and caches dependencies
• Runs lint and tests (optionally publishing coverage)
• Publishes a release using semantic-release
• Builds a Docker image and uploads it as an artifact
• Outputs the service name so other workflows can use it

CI-ECR-BASE (.github/workflows/base_build_push_ecr.yml)

Loads the Docker image artifact produced by CI-BASE and pushes it to Amazon ECR.

• Configures AWS credentials and logs in to ECR
• Tags the image with the commit SHA and environment
• Optionally tags the pull request number
• Outputs the service name and image digest

CI-K8-BASE (.github/workflows/ci_k8_base.yml)

Deploys the previously built image to Kubernetes.

• Checks out the kube manifests repository
• Loads environment variables from AWS SSM
• Renders manifests with envsubst and applies them with kubectl
• Manages deployment metadata in .deploys/service.json
• Optionally comments on the pull request with the deployed image

CI-K8-BASE-UNDEPLOY (.github/workflows/ci_k8_undeploy_base.yml)

Removes preview environments created for pull requests by deleting the Kubernetes namespace.

promote.yml

Promotes an image from one environment to another.

• Reads deployment metadata from .deploys/service.json or a dev artifact
• Updates the target environment entry and retags the image in ECR
• Pushes the updated metadata back to the deploy-state branch

CI-LOCAL (.github/workflows/ci_local.yml)

Runs semantic-release on the main branch. It is mainly used locally to generate releases.

Sequence overview

sequenceDiagram
participant Dev as Developer
participant CI_BASE as CI-BASE
participant CI_ECR as CI-ECR-BASE
participant Deploy as CI-K8-BASE
Dev->>CI_BASE: workflow_call
CI_BASE->>CI_ECR: upload image artifact
CI_ECR->>Deploy: push image & output digest
Deploy->>Kubernetes: apply manifests

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Promote flow

flowchart TD
A[Deploy metadata] --> B[promote.yml]
B --> C{FROM_ENV}
C -->|dev| D[Download artifact]
C -->|stg/prod| E[Read .deploys/service.json]
D --> F[Update metadata for TO_ENV]
E --> F
F --> G[Retag image in ECR]
G --> H[Push deploy-state]

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The ci_local.yml workflow is used only for running semantic-release locally