Quickstart GitHub Action

PSCO2Signal Github Action Quickstart

This PowerShell module also comes with a GitHub Action you can use in your GitHub workflows. Again you will need a pre-existing account for CO2signal and an Azure CLI/PowerShell secret configured in your repo.

Inputs

• azure_credential - Required - Azure credential secret for azure/login action
• signal_token - Required - CO2Signal API token
• regions - Required - Comma separated list of Azure regions to check

Outputs

• region - The Azure region with the lowest emissions
• fosilFuelPercentage - The percentage of energy in the region that is fossil fuel based

Example

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - 'main'
      - 'releases/**'

name: Deploy to region with lowest emissions

jobs:
  deploy-to-test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get CO2Signal for Azure Region
        id: co2signal
        uses: cloudyspells/PSCO2Signal@v1
        with:
          auth-token: ${{ secrets.CO2SIGNAL_TOKEN }}
          regions: 'westeurope,uksouth,northeurope,francecentral'

      - name: echo region
        run: echo ${{ steps.co2signal.outputs.region }}

      - name: Deploy to best region
        uses: azure/arm-deploy@v1
        with:
          resourceGroupName: 'my-rg'
          location: ${{ steps.co2signal.outputs.region }}
          template: 'azuredeploy.json'
          parameters: 'azuredeploy.parameters.json'
          deploymentName: 'my-deployment'
          subscriptionId: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
          credentials: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}