README.md

ssm-put-parameter

Composite GitHub action to put parameters to AWS Parameter Store

1. Validates input parameters (if each parameter in list of possible values)
2. Runs aws ssm put-parameter command with the parameters

Parameters

name	required	possible values	default value
name	true	any	none
value	true	any	none
description	false	any	""
type	false	["String", "SecureString", "StringList"]	"String"
overwrite	false	["overwrite", "no-overwrite"]	"overwrite"
tier	false	["Standard" "Advanced", "Intelligent-Tiering"]	"Standard"

How to use

Before running aws cli should be set up. Can be used many times in the same job on 'step' level.

e.g.:

jobs:
  staging_parameters:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # set up aws cli before running the action
      - name: setup awscli
        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
        with:
          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          aws-region: eu-west-1

      # run the action first time
      - name: add_test_string_parameter
        uses: landtechnologies/ssm-put-parameter@v1
        with:
          # input parameters for the first run
          name: /test/parameter/string
          value: test_string_parameter_value
          description: Test string parameter
          type: String
          overwrite: overwrite
          tier: Standard

      # run the action second time
      - name: add_test_secret_parameter
        uses: landtechnologies/ssm-put-parameter@v1
        with:
          # input parameters for the second run
          name: /test/parameter/encoded
          value: ${{ secrets.TEST_SECRET_PARAMETER_VALUE }}
          description: Test encoded parameter
          type: SecureString
          overwrite: overwrite
          tier: Standard