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Github Action for managing Azure VM

#github-action #azure

Background

In one of the projects I'm involved in, there was the need to let a GitHub Action automatically turn on or off an Azure VM in the pipeline. The VM is required for running the full end-to-end test suite, but we don't want to have it running the whole time since it incurs a considerate costs if it is just idling away.

Solution

To enable this functionality, I created a reusable GitHub Action that can be integrated in any other pipeline: Power ON/OFF or DEALLOCATE a specific Azure VM

It is very easy to use, just add step to any job in your Action:

steps:
    - name: Power Azure VM
    uses: roel4ez/action-power-on-off-azure-vm@v1.0.1
    with:
        AZURE_VM_NAME: <VM_NAME>
        AZURE_RG_NAME: <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME>
        POWER_SWITCH: <ON/OFFDEALLOCATE>
        AZURE_SP_CLIENTID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SP_CLIENTID }}
        AZURE_SP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SP_SECRET }}
        AZURE_TENANTID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANTID }}

For more info, refer to the README or have a look at the code yourself. Let me know what you think!

Last update: 2021-12-24
Created: 2021-12-23