Setup the connection to remote Docker daemon via SSH. Adds private key, known hosts and ssh configuration file. Optionally setups the DOCKER_HOST environment variable.

See action.yml for more detailed information.

• host - Docker daemon host
• user - SSH user
• key - Content of SSH private key

Optional:

• port - SSH port, default to 22
• key_path - Path to the SSH private key, default to /home/runner/.ssh/id_rsa
• set_docker_host_env - Whether the DOCKER_HOST env var should be updated, default to true

• docker-host - The value of DOCKER_HOST in the format of ssh://<user>@<host>:<port>

Default - Configure env var DOCKER_HOST in every subsequent steps to point to the Docker daemon host.

- uses: pcjun97/action-setup-docker-host-ssh@v1
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
    port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
    user: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
    key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}

- run: |
  docker ps

Alternatively, set up the environment variable with per step basis.

- uses: pcjun97/action-setup-docker-host-ssh@v1
  id: docker-ssh
  with:
    host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
    port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
    user: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
    key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
    set_docker_host_env: 'false'

- run: |
    docker ps
  env:
    DOCKER_HOST: ${{ steps.docker-ssh.outputs.docker-host }}