.NET User Secrets in GitHub Actions variables-CodePudding

I have this issue with .NET build pipeline on GitHub actions that fail in the test phase. The problem is that locally I use User Secrets configured using the structured JSON. Therefore I need to provide the replacement in GitHub Actions using the secrets that live in the scope of the Action lifetime.

In Bitbucket, I could simulate the structure of the JSON nesting using the __ resolving into correct namespaces; however, this option does not seem to work on GitHub actions.

Example JSON:


{
  "IntegrationTest": {
    "B2CPolicy": "https://example.com",
    "ClientId": "some_client_id"
  }
}

Where I would assume the variable INTEGRATIONTEST__B2CPOLICY should be placed into the GitHub actions secrets.

The dotnet.yaml:

# This workflow will build a .NET project
# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-net

name: .NET

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "develop" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "develop" ]

jobs:
  build:
  
    env:
      SLN_FILE: "./src/be/proj.sln" 
      REPORTS_PATH: "./test-reports/build_$GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Setup .NET
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
      with:
        dotnet-version: 6.0.x
    - name: Restore dependencies
      run: dotnet restore $SLN_FILE
    - name: Generate client for test project
      run: pwsh -File "./src/be/scripts/nswag/generate_data_for_test_project.ps1"
    - name: Build
      run: dotnet build --no-restore --configuration Release $SLN_FILE
    - name: Test
      run: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal --configuration Release --test-adapter-path:. --logger:"junit;LogFilePath=$REPORTS_PATH/junit.xml;MethodFormat=Class;FailureBodyFormat=Verbose" $SLN_FILE

Any clue where is the possible problem?

Could it be caused by using encrypted secrets?

Thanks for any ideas.

CodePudding user response：

Secrets are not automatically available as environment variables in all your actions, you need to add them. Something like this should do it.

    - name: Test
      env:
        INTEGRATIONTEST__B2CPOLICY: ${{ secrets.INTEGRATIONTEST__B2CPOLICY }}
      run: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal --configuration Release --test-adapter-path:. --logger:"junit;LogFilePath=$REPORTS_PATH/junit.xml;MethodFormat=Class;FailureBodyFormat=Verbose" $SLN_FILE

For more info: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/encrypted-secrets#using-encrypted-secrets-in-a-workflow