Automatic Deploy With YAML (.yml) - Configuration for Strapi or Node.js in Ubuntu VPS.

name: Node.js CI
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main # main or master
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main # main or master
 
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build
        run: echo Building the app
 
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      TARGET_REPO: ~./strapi-backend # Change target, in my case worked as a shorthand for /home/deploy./strapi-backend
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
 
      - name: Deploy to VPS
        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.10
        with:
          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }} # Use a static IP or hostname (e.g., deploy@srv562740 according to VPS login) or define variable in Github ${{ secrets.VAR_NAME }}
          username: deploy # Set username as static or define variable in Github ${{secrets.VAR_NAME}}
          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }} # SSH_KEY defining variable in Github ${{secrets.VAR_NAME}}
          script: | # remove export and source if not using NVM 
            export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
            source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
            cd ${{ env.TARGET_REPO }}
            git pull origin main
            npm ci
            npm run build --if-present
          # pm2 restart strapi-backend