[Golang][Render] Deploying a Golang App to Render.com with GitHub Actions

title: [Golang][Render] How to Deploy a Golang App to Render.com via Github Action
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date: 2024-05-05 00:00:00 UTC
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![image-20240505232556431](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240505232556431.png)

## Background:

Although I have recently migrated all services from Heroku.com to GCP, Render.com was originally a solution I used for teaching. After all, it doesn't require a credit card and has a free tier that allows students to get started quickly. Here's a quick record of how to deploy a Golang service to [Render.com](https://Render.com) via Github Action.

If deployment is initiated, the process will be:

- After PR Merged is completed
- Draft a Release on Github
- Then it will automatically deploy to [Render.com](https://Render.com)

## Example Code:

You can refer to this REPO [https://github.com/kkdai/linebot-food-enthusiast](https://github.com/kkdai/linebot-food-enthusiast)

## How to Set Up Github Continuous Deployment

### 1. Get Render.com API Key

- First go to the following location [https://dashboard.render.com/u/settings#api-keys](https://dashboard.render.com/u/settings#api-keys) ![image-20240505233220435](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240505233220435.png)

- Next, you need to get the Render Services ID you want to deploy. After entering the project, you can see it directly from the URL. The `srv-xxxxx` below is your project ID.

### 2. Fill in Render.com API Key and Services ID in Github settings

Go to your project's settings Secrets and Variables -> Actions

![image-20240506121253792](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240506121253792.png)

![image-20240506121347433](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240506121347433.png)

### 3. render config file render.yaml

Put it in the github root directory

services:

• type: web name: linebot-food-enthusiast env: go buildCommand: go build -o app startCommand: ./app plan: free autoDeploy: false envVars:
  • key: ChannelAccessToken sync: false
  • key: ChannelSecret sync: false
  • key: GOOGLE_GEMINI_API_KEY sync: false

### 4. render.com Github Action

Put it in [https://github.com/kkdai/linebot-food-enthusiast/blob/main/.github/workflows/render\_deploy.yml](https://github.com/kkdai/linebot-food-enthusiast/blob/main/.github/workflows/render_deploy.yml)

name: Render Deploy

on:
release:
types: [created]

jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Deploy to production
uses: johnbeynon/render-deploy-action@v0.0.8
with:
service-id: $
api-key: $
wait-for-success: true

# Other Q&A

![image-20240506121619207](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240506121619207.png)

#### Q: Seeing some errors displayed, is there a problem?

A: Currently, it won't cause deployment errors, but error messages will occur.

![image-20240506122442086](https://www.evanlin.com/images/2022/image-20240506122442086.png)

- Refer
  - [https://github.com/johnbeynon/render-deploy-action/issues/6](https://github.com/johnbeynon/render-deploy-action/issues/6)
  - [https://github.com/johnbeynon/render-deploy-action/issues/7](https://github.com/johnbeynon/render-deploy-action/issues/7)

## References:

- [Render Deploy Action - GitHub Marketplace](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/render-deploy-action)
- [Render GitHub Action · Actions · GitHub Marketplace](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/render-github-action)
- [Maybe you should understand CI/CD? Deploy to Render.com with CD](https://israynotarray.com/other/20230520/2118016719/)