Create a AWS S3 bucket with Github Actions

Below we are going to run a Github Action that creates a S3 bucket in AWS Cloud

Github workflows have AWS CLI commands built in so all you need to do it run the command See this link for more information

Create a GiHub account

Create a new repository

Setup file for workflow

Folder named .github
Folder in .github called workflows
Create a file called addS3BucketAWS.yml
See Link for more info

Add Below code to workflow file

This code is setup only to run when you click action in repository

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: addS3BucketAWS

# Controls when the action will run. 
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
  # push:
  #  branches: [ main ]

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:

  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:

   # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@master

      - name: Upload to S3
        run: |
          aws s3 mb s3://<ADD BUCKET NAME MAKE SURE IT'S UNIQUE>
        env:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: 'eu-west-1'

Change this in your action
```
<ADD BUCKET NAME MAKE SURE IT'S UNIQUE>
```
- Change it to a unique name. Remember S3 names are publicly chosen. Add a random string to end of your bucket name to make sure its unique eg. I used az-test-bucket-8923yhr98uh
Create AWS Keys
Log into your AWS portal
Click your cloud name
Click 'My Security Credentials'
Click create
Here you will have 2 keys which you will need to add to your repository

Add keys to your GitHub Repository

Click settings in your repository
Then secrets
Add repository secrets named AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and add relevant keys from your keys created in your AWS Account

Commit and push code if you havent already

Run your action

In your repo
Click Actions
Select Action to run
Click run workflow

If successful you should have a complete success workflow like below

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Credits

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59166099/github-action-aws-cli
AWS CLI commands https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-services-s3-commands.html#using-s3-commands-managing-buckets-creating
Image https://chillplanet.org/tag/aws/
Image https://www.coletiv.com/blog/android-github-actions-setup/

Create a AWS S3 bucket with Github Actions

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