CI/CD with GitHub Actions (AWS Elastic Beanstalk)

Set up continuous deployment of Silobase to AWS Elastic Beanstalk using GitHub Actions. This ensures that every push to your main branch will automatically trigger a build and deployment.

Prerequisites

• You have an existing Elastic Beanstalk environment running for Silobase (Node.js platform)
• You have the AWS CLI installed and configured locally
• Your Silobase project includes a package.json and server.js file

1. Create an IAM User for GitHub Actions

Create a user in AWS IAM with programmatic access and assign it the following permissions:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "elasticbeanstalk:*",
        "ec2:*",
        "elasticloadbalancing:*",
        "autoscaling:*",
        "cloudwatch:*",
        "s3:*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Save the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.

2. Add GitHub Repository Secrets

In your GitHub repo, go to:

Settings → Secrets → Actions

Add the following secrets:

Secret Name	Value
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	From the IAM user above
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	From the IAM user above
AWS_REGION	e.g., us-east-1
EB_APP_NAME	Your Elastic Beanstalk app name
EB_ENV_NAME	Your Beanstalk environment name

Optionally add secrets for your .env if you inject them via GitHub Actions (e.g., DB_HOST, API_KEY_READ, etc.).

3. Create .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml

If not already present, run:

eb init

This creates a .elasticbeanstalk/config.yml with your Beanstalk configuration. Example:

global:
  application_name: silobase
  default_region: us-east-1
  environment_name: silobase-env
  platform: Node.js 20
  branch: main

4. Add GitHub Actions Workflow

Create a file at .github/workflows/deploy-eb.yml:

name: Deploy to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm install

      - name: Build project
        run: npm run build

      - name: Zip source code
        run: zip -r deploy.zip . -x '*.git*'

      - name: Deploy to Elastic Beanstalk
        uses: einaregilsson/beanstalk-deploy@v21
        with:
          aws_access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          aws_secret_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          application_name: ${{ secrets.EB_APP_NAME }}
          environment_name: ${{ secrets.EB_ENV_NAME }}
          region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
          version_label: ${{ github.sha }}
          deployment_package: deploy.zip

Done!

Your main branch is now wired to automatically deploy Silobase to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Push to main and GitHub Actions will:

1. Build your app
2. Package it
3. Deploy it to your Beanstalk environment