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Jonathan.Brink
Jonathan.Brink

Reputation: 25413

Serve node.js app via GitHub Actions runner

I have a repo which attempts to serve an index.html file using the NPM serve module in a GitHub action.

Here's what the action looks like (.github/workflows/deploy.yml):

name: test-serve-deploy
on: [push]
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - run: echo "Clone complete"
      - name: install
        run: |
          npm install
      - name: serve
        run: |
          npm run serve
      - run: echo "Status ${{ job.status }}"

I understand that the content in my repo is just an index.html file and could be served statically with GitHub Pages, but this is just a test repo I'm using to understand how GitHub actions work.

When the action runs, it predictably hangs on the npm run serve: github screenshot

However, this URL returns a 404: http://jonbri.github.io/test-serve:3000

I'm sure I'm missing something fundamental about how these actions/runners work. My goal is to have the GitHub repo not only deploy but also serve a Node.js app.

What steps would I need to take to get this working?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 278

Answers (1)

tg0h
tg0h

Reputation: 665

Github runners are ephemeral. They just run the commands you provide and exit.

They cannot serve pages. If you want to serve content, you might want to use your github runner to deploy your content to a provider such as netlify or aws s3, lambda etc.

Upvotes: 1

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