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Learn how to effectively manage secrets in Github Actions for reusable workflows, avoiding common pitfalls and ensuring secure CI/CD practices.
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Troubleshooting Github Actions Reusable Workflows Secrets

When integrating Github Actions in your CI/CD pipeline, you may encounter various challenges, one of which is the issue with secrets not being passed correctly in reusable workflows. In this post, we'll explore how to address the situation where you find your secrets empty, despite having set them correctly in your repositories.

The Scenario

The issue arises when using three different Github repositories:

Microservice Code: This repository contains your core application code and triggers the workflows from your Domain GH Workflows repository.

Domain GH Workflows Repository: This repository is responsible for setting the secrets necessary for various workflows within the domain.

Core GH Workflows Repository: This serves as a repository for shared workflows that can be used by the above two repositories.

Despite following the guidelines, you may find yourself in a situation where the secrets, such as AWS access keys, are coming through as empty strings.

Identifying the Problem

Several elements need to be considered when working with secrets:

Secrets Configuration: It's essential that secrets must be explicitly declared in the workflow_call trigger configuration if you want to use them without the inherit keyword.

Source of Secrets: Only the secrets from the calling repository (the repository that triggers the reusable workflow) will be accessible in the reusable workflow context.

Solution Breakdown

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Specify Secrets in the Workflow Call

When you set up your reusable workflow, you need to make sure each secret is detailed in the workflow_call trigger configuration. Here’s how you can do that:

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2. Passing Secrets from Main Workflow

Next, ensure that you share each secret from your main workflow (the one invoking the reusable). You will need to explicitly pass these secrets when calling the reusable workflow:

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3. Consider Organization Secrets

To reduce duplication and manage your secrets more effectively across repositories, consider utilizing Organization Secrets:

Centralized Management: Store your secrets centrally within your organization and make them accessible to various repositories. This way, you avoid redundancy and ensure that updates only need to be made in one location.

4. Other Customizations

You mentioned trying to utilize environment variables across your workflows. Ensure that your environment is set up correctly, and verify that you're accessing the environment variables accurately in both your reusable workflows and main workflows.

Conclusion

By following the steps outlined above, you should be able to troubleshoot and resolve the issue with empty secrets in your Github Actions reusable workflows. Properly specifying secrets in the workflow_call trigger and ensuring they are passed correctly will lead to a smoother CI/CD process.

Implementing organization-level secrets can further streamline management and enhance security for your workflows. With these strategies in place, you can maintain a confident approach to using Github Actions in your projects.

Remember, having well-configured secrets is fundamental to ensuring your application's security and functionality in the cloud environment!