GitHub Action RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)

Remote operational GitHub Actions VM for debugging, etc..

Available VMs

• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2016

Usage

First use

1. Click Fork to create a new repository from GitHub-Action-VM.
2. Signup for an ngrok account.
3. Get the Authtoken at here.
4. Go to Settings > Secrets > New repository secret.
5. Make a secret called NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN, NGROK_REGION and set it to the Authtoken from ngrok, ngrok region.

ex. Name: NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN | value: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Name: NGROK_REGION     | value: xx (Check ngrok regions list.)

ngrok regions list

us United States
eu Europe
ap Asia/Pacific
au Australia
sa South America
jp Japan
in India

• You only need to set it once.

Start VM

1. Go to Actions > (The VM you want to use. ex. Windows Server 2019) > Run workflow > Run workflow.
2. Reload and click the latest Workflow runs.
3. Wait until VM Info done.

Don't forget to replace *** to your NGROK_REGION and remove tcp:// .
ex. 0.tcp.us.ngrok.io:00000

5. Done!

Credits

• Windows Server VMs file: https://github.com/avgchamara/WindowsRDP