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SSH into macOS Big Sur running in GitHub Actions using ngrok or tmate

macOS-SSH

SSH into macOS Big Sur running in GitHub Actions

Preparation

1. Fork This Repo
2. Add your ngrok authtoken as NGROK_TOKEN in the Repository Secrets

   You can find this token here: https://dashboard.ngrok.com/auth/your-authtoken

3. Add a shell login password as SSH_PASSWORD in the Repository Secrets
4. To get Session Link in Telegram [Optional, but Recommended]
   • Add your bot token as TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN and group chat id as TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID in the Repository Secrets
5. Go to Actions tab, select the workflow name, and run it through workflow_dispatch method

That's it!

Default username of macOS VM in ngrok mode is root. If you want to change to normal user, after login, run su - runner and continue work

Where To Go Next

Experiment anything in your own remote macOS Big Sur machine.

What's inside the beast?! Run system_profiler SPHardwareDataType inside the session or use pip3 install bpytop && bpytop

Good Luck.

Credits

• rokibhasansagar - Author
• Team Area69Lab for inspiring me into using macOS
• P3TERX's ssh2actions for SSH-ing into Actions

Disclaimer

Please do not use this repository for 24x7x365 operations on GitHub.
Your account might get flagged or banned if GitHub Authorities want to do so.
Use this for education purposes only.