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ILshat Khamitov
ILshat Khamitov

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Adding the CI/CD config for deployment NestJS and Angular applications to a dedicated server using GitHub Actions

#docker #github #nestjsmod #fullstack

We register secret environment variables in github.

Install the "GitHub Actions" runner on a dedicated server.

Setting up workflow for "GitHub Actions".

1. Adding a new environment

Go to the address https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack/settings/environments/new and add the docker-compose-full environment.

2. Adding new environment variables

Go to the parameters of the previously created environment and alternately add all the variables to the Environment secrets section, at this stage you can already generate protected values for some variables.

SERVER_ROOT_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:DN7DHoMWd2D13YNH116cFWeJgfVAFO9e@nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql:5432/postgres?schema=public
SERVER_APP_DATABASE_URL=postgres://app:9UwcpRh12srXoPlTSN53ZOUc9ev9qNYg@nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql:5432/app?schema=public
SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME=postgres
SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD=DN7DHoMWd2D13YNH116cFWeJgfVAFO9e
SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE=postgres
SERVER_DOMAIN=fullstack.nestjs-mod.com
HTTPS_PORTAL_STAGE=production
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3. Installing the "GitHub Actions" runner on a dedicated server

Go to the address https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack/settings/actions/runners/new?arch=x64&os=linux and there we will see commands for use on a dedicated server.

We connect to a dedicated server and run all the commands in turn.

ssh root@194.226.49.162
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.319.1/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz
echo "3f6efb7488a183e291fc2c62876e14c9ee732864173734facc85a1bfb1744464  actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz
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Console output 
$ ssh root@194.226.49.162
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-119-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

  System information as of Sat Aug 24 13:26:35 MSK 2024

  System load:                      0.46630859375
  Usage of /:                       73.6% of 24.05GB
  Memory usage:                     52%
  Swap usage:                       0%
  Processes:                        171
  Users logged in:                  0
  IPv4 address for br-8ea5713b0ec7: 172.18.0.1
  IPv4 address for docker0:         172.17.0.1
  IPv4 address for eth0:            194.226.49.162

 * Strictly confined Kubernetes makes edge and IoT secure. Learn how MicroK8s
   just raised the bar for easy, resilient and secure K8s cluster deployment.

   https://ubuntu.com/engage/secure-kubernetes-at-the-edge

Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled.

50 updates can be applied immediately.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable

11 additional security updates can be applied with ESM Apps.
Learn more about enabling ESM Apps service at https://ubuntu.com/esm


Last login: Wed Aug 21 22:43:04 2024 from 94.41.238.146

root@vps1724252356:~# mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner#

root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.319.1/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100  208M  100  208M    0     0  11.5M      0  0:00:18  0:00:18 --:--:-- 12.3M

root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# echo "3f6efb7488a183e291fc2c62876e14c9ee732864173734facc85a1bfb1744464  actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz: OK

root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.1.tar.gz
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4. Launching the "GitHub Actions" runner on a dedicated server

Commands

export RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT="0" && ./config.sh --url https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack --token SOME_RANDOM_CHARS
sudo ./svc.sh install
sudo ./svc.sh start
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Console output 
root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# export RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT="0" && ./config.sh --url https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack --token SOME_RANDOM_CHARS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|        ____ _ _   _   _       _          _        _   _                      |
|       / ___(_) |_| | | |_   _| |__      / \   ___| |_(_) ___  _ __  ___      |
|      | |  _| | __| |_| | | | | '_ \    / _ \ / __| __| |/ _ \| '_ \/ __|     |
|      | |_| | | |_|  _  | |_| | |_) |  / ___ \ (__| |_| | (_) | | | \__ \     |
|       \____|_|\__|_| |_|\__,_|_.__/  /_/   \_\___|\__|_|\___/|_| |_|___/     |
|                                                                              |
|                       Self-hosted runner registration                        |
|                                                                              |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Authentication


√ Connected to GitHub

# Runner Registration

Enter the name of the runner group to add this runner to: [press Enter for Default]

Enter the name of runner: [press Enter for vps1724252356]

This runner will have the following labels: 'self-hosted', 'Linux', 'X64'
Enter any additional labels (ex. label-1,label-2): [press Enter to skip]

√ Runner successfully added
√ Runner connection is good

# Runner settings

Enter name of work folder: [press Enter for _work]

√ Settings Saved.

root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# ./run.sh

√ Connected to GitHub

Current runner version: '2.319.1'
2024-08-24 10:34:46Z: Listening for Jobs
^CExiting...
Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed.
Exiting runner...
root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# sudo ./svc.sh install
Creating launch runner in /etc/systemd/system/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service
Run as user: root
Run as uid: 0
gid: 0
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service → /etc/systemd/system/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service.
root@vps1724252356:~/actions-runner# sudo ./svc.sh start

/etc/systemd/system/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service
● actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service - GitHub Actions Runner (nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356)
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2024-08-24 13:35:43 MSK; 33ms ago
   Main PID: 1476204 (runsvc.sh)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 2309)
     Memory: 1.7M
        CPU: 16ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/actions.runner.nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356.service
             ├─1476204 /bin/bash /root/actions-runner/runsvc.sh
             └─1476206 ./externals/node16/bin/node ./bin/RunnerService.js

Aug 24 13:35:43 vps1724252356 systemd[1]: Started GitHub Actions Runner (nestjs-mod-nestjs-mod-fullstack.vps1724252356).
Aug 24 13:35:43 vps1724252356 runsvc.sh[1476204]: .path=/root/.nvm/versions/node/v20.16.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:…mes:/snap/bin
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
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5. We connect to a dedicated server and set the "PM2" and "Docker Compose" modes and delete the Volume from the database

Commands

cd nestjs-mod-fullstack/
npm run docker-compose-full:prod:stop
npm run pm2-full:prod:stop
docker volume rm nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql-volume
docker volume rm server-postgre-sql-volume
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Console output 
root@vps1724252356:~# cd nestjs-mod-fullstack/
root@vps1724252356:~/nestjs-mod-fullstack# npm run docker-compose-full:prod:stop

> @nestjs-mod-fullstack/source@0.0.0 docker-compose-full:prod:stop
> export COMPOSE_INTERACTIVE_NO_CLI=1 && docker compose -f ./.docker/docker-compose-full.yml --env-file ./.docker/docker-compose-full.env --compatibility down

WARN[0000] /root/nestjs-mod-fullstack/.docker/docker-compose-full.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion
[+] Running 6/6
 ✔ Container nestjs-mod-fullstack-https-portal            Removed                                                                                                             10.8s
 ✔ Container nestjs-mod-fullstack-nginx                   Removed                                                                                                              0.4s
 ✔ Container nestjs-mod-fullstack-server                  Removed                                                                                                              0.4s
 ✔ Container nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql-migrations  Removed                                                                                                              0.1s
 ✔ Container nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql             Removed                                                                                                              0.4s
 ✔ Network docker_nestjs-mod-fullstack-network            Removed                                                                                                              0.2s
root@vps1724252356:~/nestjs-mod-fullstack# npm run pm2-full:prod:stop

> @nestjs-mod-fullstack/source@0.0.0 pm2-full:prod:stop
> npm run docker-compose:stop-prod:server && npm run pm2:stop


> @nestjs-mod-fullstack/source@0.0.0 docker-compose:stop-prod:server
> export COMPOSE_INTERACTIVE_NO_CLI=1 && docker compose -f ./apps/server/docker-compose-prod.yml --env-file ./apps/server/docker-compose-prod.env down

WARN[0000] /root/nestjs-mod-fullstack/apps/server/docker-compose-prod.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion

> @nestjs-mod-fullstack/source@0.0.0 pm2:stop
> ./node_modules/.bin/pm2 delete all

[PM2][WARN] No process found
root@vps1724252356:~/nestjs-mod-fullstack# docker volume rm nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql-volume
nestjs-mod-fullstack-postgre-sql-volume
root@vps1724252356:~/nestjs-mod-fullstack# docker volume rm server-postgre-sql-volume
server-postgre-sql-volume
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6. Since the launch of the runner consumes resources, we need to increase the server capacity

On the site where I bought a dedicated server, it is possible to change the tariff plan for extra money, I changed it to a slightly more expensive tariff.

Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04 x64
Access to the world: 100 MB/sec (shared)
RAM: 4GB
CPU: 2 vCPUs
Number of IPv4 address: 1

7. Creating a workflow configuration for deployment in the "Docker Compose" mode

The created file is .github/workflows/docker-compose.workflows.yml

name: 'Docker Compose'

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: Deploy
    environment: docker-compose-full
    runs-on: [self-hosted]

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
          # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
          fetch-depth: 2

      - name: Deploy
        env:
          SERVER_ROOT_DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.SERVER_ROOT_DATABASE_URL }}
          SERVER_APP_DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.SERVER_APP_DATABASE_URL }}
          SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME }}
          SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD }}
          SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE: ${{ secrets.SERVER_POSTGRE_SQL_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE }}
          SERVER_DOMAIN: ${{ secrets.SERVER_DOMAIN }}
          HTTPS_PORTAL_STAGE: ${{ secrets.HTTPS_PORTAL_STAGE }}
          COMPOSE_INTERACTIVE_NO_CLI: 1
          NX_DAEMON: false
          DISABLE_SERVE_STATIC: true
        run: |
          docker compose -f ./.docker/docker-compose-full.yml --compatibility down || echo 'docker-compose-full not started'
          npm i
          npx playwright install
          cp -r ./example.env ./.env
          npm run generate
          npm run build -- -c production
          npm run docker:build:server:latest
          docker compose -f ./.docker/docker-compose-full.yml --compatibility up -d

      - name: E2E-tests
        env:
          BASE_URL: https://${{ secrets.SERVER_DOMAIN }}
          NX_DAEMON: false
          NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED: 0
        run: |
          npm run wait-on -- --log https://${{ secrets.SERVER_DOMAIN }}/api/health --log https://${{ secrets.SERVER_DOMAIN }}
          npm run test:e2e
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8. Since the server has become a little slower, it is necessary to reconfigure the settings for running E2E tests for the frontend application and the tests themselves

Updated file apps/client-e2e/playwright.config.ts

import { nxE2EPreset } from '@nx/playwright/preset';
import { defineConfig, devices } from '@playwright/test';

// For CI, you may want to set BASE_URL to the deployed application.
const baseURL = process.env['BASE_URL'] || 'http://localhost:4200';

/**
 * Read environment variables from file.
 * https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
 */
// require('dotenv').config();

/**
 * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
 */
export default defineConfig({
  timeout: 60 * 1000,
  ...nxE2EPreset(__filename, { testDir: './src' }),
  /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
  use: {
    baseURL,
    /* Collect trace when retrying the failed test. See https://playwright.dev/docs/trace-viewer */
    trace: 'on-first-retry',
    ignoreHTTPSErrors: true,
  },
  projects: [
    {
      name: 'chromium',
      use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'] },
    },

    {
      name: 'firefox',
      use: { ...devices['Desktop Firefox'] },
    },

    {
      name: 'webkit',
      use: { ...devices['Desktop Safari'] },
    },
  ],
});
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Updated file apps/client-e2e/src/example.spec.ts

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';

test('has title', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/', {
    timeout: 5000, // <- updated
  });

  // Expect h1 to contain a substring.
  expect(await page.locator('h1').innerText()).toContain('Welcome');
});

test('has serverMessage', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/', {
    timeout: 5000, // <- updated
  });

  // Expect h1 to contain a substring.
  expect(await page.locator('#serverMessage').innerText()).toContain('Hello API');
});
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9. Commit the updates to the repository and see the result of the work in Github

For the current project, the workflow of the runners can be seen here: https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack/actions

The current runner workflow is: https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack/actions/runs/10563577662/job/29264098375
Current time of full deployment: 10m 8s
Current run of all E2E tests: 50s

In the next post, I will speed up the deployment by using public GitHub runners and creating intermediate images...

Links

https://nestjs.com - the official website of the framework
https://nestjs-mod.com - the official website of additional utilities
https://fullstack.nestjs-mod.com - website from the post
https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack - the project from the post
https://github.com/nestjs-mod/nestjs-mod-fullstack/compare/6dd40bb74621315c79e24f86b3856e58e159c73f..1b8f3f0a96e87f71408422518f63d424b3db7f28 - current changes

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