B0go / deployment-marker-action

Github Action for recording a Deployment Marker in New Relic

New Relic Application Deployment Marker

A GitHub Action to add New Relic deployment markers during your release pipeline.

Inputs

Key	Required	Default	Description
accountId	yes	-	The account number the application falls under. This could also be a subaccount.
apiKey	yes	-	Your New Relic personal API key.
applicationId	yes	-	The New Relic application ID to apply the deployment marker.
changelog	no	-	A summary of what changed in this deployment, visible in the Deployments page.
description	no	-	A high-level description of this deployment, visible in the Overview page and on the Deployments page when you select an individual deployment.
region	no	US	The region of your New Relic account. Default: US
revision	yes	-	Metadata to apply to the deployment marker - e.g. the latest release tag
user	no	github.actor	A username to associate with the deployment, visible in the Overview page and on the Deployments page.

Example usage

Use Release Tag for Revision

The following example could be added as a job to your existing workflow that creates a New Relic deployment marker with the revision being the release Tag.

Github secrets assumed to be set:

• NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID - New Relic Account ID the application is reporting to
• NEW_RELIC_API_KEY - Personal API key
• NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_ID - New Relic Application ID to create the marker on

name: Release

on:
  - release

jobs:
  newrelic:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: New Relic
    steps:
      - name: Set Release Version from Tag
        run: echo ::set-env name=RELEASE_VERSION::${GITHUB_REF:10}

      - name: Create New Relic deployment marker
        uses: newrelic/deployment-marker-action@v1
        with:
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          applicationId: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_ID }}
          revision: "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"

All input options

Add a New Relic application deployment marker on release, with all of the options set.

Github secrets assumed to be set:

• NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID - New Relic Account ID the application is reporting to
• NEW_RELIC_API_KEY - Personal API key
• NEW_RELIC_APPLICATION_ID - New Relic Application ID to create the marker on

name: Release
on:
  - release

jobs:
  newrelic:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create New Relic deployment marker
        uses: newrelic/deployment-marker-action@v1
        with:
          accountId: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          applicationId: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_APPLIATION_ID }}
          revision: "${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.sha }}"

          # Optional
          changelog: "See https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md for details"
          description: "Automated Deployment via Github Actions"
          region: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_REGION }}
          user: "${{ github.actor }}"