This action provides kubectl for GitHub Actions.

If you upgrade from v1 to v2, note that you need to specify new variables via with, namely version, config, and command. See below for an example.

.github/workflows/push.yml

on: push
name: deploy
jobs:
  deploy:
    name: deploy to cluster
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: deploy to cluster
      uses: steebchen/[email protected]
      with: # defaults to latest kubectl binary version
        config: ${{ secrets.KUBE_CONFIG_DATA }}
        command: set image --record deployment/my-app container=${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
    - name: verify deployment
      uses: steebchen/[email protected]
      with:
        config: ${{ secrets.KUBE_CONFIG_DATA }}
        version: v1.21.0 # specify kubectl binary version explicitly
        command: rollout status deployment/my-app

command – required: The command you want to run, without kubectl, e.g. get pods

config – required: A base64-encoded kubeconfig file with credentials for Kubernetes to access the cluster. You can get it by running the following command:

cat $HOME/.kube/config | base64

version: The kubectl version with a 'v' prefix, e.g. v1.21.0. It defaults to the latest kubectl binary version available.

Note: Do not use kubectl config view as this will hide the certificate-authority-data.