KeepActionsAlive

Automatically prevent your scheduled GitHub Actions from becoming disabled after 60 days.

Overview

This package is meant to be deployed in an AWS environment. It contains a Lambda function which will run every 20 days. The Lambda function gets GitHub repositories belonging to an organization and hits the enable workflow REST endpoint to re-enable the GitHub Actions workflow of each repository. Additionally, you can re-enable workflows for a repository outside of your organization by modifying the src/repos.config file with a list of GitHub_Organization/Repository_Name entries.

Installation

Pre-Requisites

• SAM CLI - Install the SAM CLI
• Python 3 installed
• Docker - Install Docker community edition

Generate GitHub Personal Access Token

You will need a personal access token with a workflow scope. You will then need to store your PAT in AWS SecretsManager. To do so, replace <foobar> in the following command with the PAT you created above:

aws secretsmanager create-secret --name KeepActionsAlivePAT --secret-string '{"PAT": "<foobar>"}'

Copy the ARN of the created secret as you will need it when deploying the template next.

Launch the Project

There are three parameters used when deploying the template:

• PATSecretARN: Enter the ARN from the secret for your PAT from the previous step
• Organization: Name of the GitHub organization which you want to re-enable workflows
• UseExternalRepos: If you have repositories outside of your organization which you wish to re-enable, this will look in the src/repos.config file for repos to enable (only true/false values allowed)

sam build --use-container
sam deploy --guided

Cleanup

If you decide you no longer want to use the application, simply run:

aws cloudformation delete-stack --stack-name KeepActionsAlive  # Note: This needs to match what you entered in the `sam deploy` command
aws secretsmanager delete-secret --secret-id KeepActionsAlivePAT