New Relic Application Deployment Marker

A GitHub Action to add New Relic deployment markers during your release pipeline.

Inputs

Key	Required	Default	Description
guid	yes	-	The entity GUID to apply the deployment marker.
apiKey	yes	-	Your New Relic personal API key.
changelog	no	-	A summary of what changed in this deployment, visible in the Deployments page.
commit	no	-	The Commit SHA for this deployment, visible in the Deployments page.
description	no	-	A high-level description of this deployment, visible in the Overview page and on the Deployments page when you select an individual deployment.
deeplink	no	-	A deep link to the source which triggered the deployment.
deploymenttype	no	BASIC	The type of deployment. Choose from BASIC, BLUE_GREEN, CANARY, OTHER, ROLLING, or SHADOW.
groupid	no	-	A group ID for the deployment to link to other deployments.
region	no	US	The region of your New Relic account. Default: US
version	yes	-	Metadata to apply to the deployment marker - e.g. the latest release tag
user	yes	github.actor	A username to associate with the deployment, visible in the Overview page and on the Deployments page.

Example usage

GitHub secrets

Github secrets assumed to be set:

• NEW_RELIC_API_KEY - Personal API key
• NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID - New Relic Entity GUID to create the marker on

There are a number of default GitHub environment variables that are used in these examples as well.

Minimum required fields

name: Change Tracking Marker
on:
  - release
      types: [published]

jobs:
  newrelic:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: New Relic
    steps:
      # This step builds a var with the release tag value to use later
      - name: Set Release Version from Tag
        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      # This step creates a new Change Tracking Marker
      - name: New Relic Application Deployment Marker
        uses: newrelic/[email protected]
        with:
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          region: "US"
          guid: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID }}
          version: "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
          user: "${{ github.actor }}"

All input fields

In addition to NEW_RELIC_API_KEY, this example shows how to target multiple items by storing multiple secrets like "NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_<ID>", where <ID> is the unique identifier for the target item.

NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App123
NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App456
NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App789

name: Change Tracking Marker
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  newrelic:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: New Relic
    steps:
      # This step builds a var with the release tag value to use later
      - name: Set Release Version from Tag
        run: echo "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      # This step creates a new Change Tracking Marker for App123
      - name: App123 Marker
        uses: newrelic/[email protected]
        with:
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          region: "US"
          guid: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App123 }}
          version: "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
          changelog: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
          commit: "${{ github.sha }}"
          description: "Automated Release via Github Actions"
          deploymenttype: "ROLLING"
          groupId: "Workshop App Release: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
          user: "${{ github.actor }}"
      # This step creates a new Change Tracking Marker for App
      - name: App456 Marker
        uses: newrelic/[email protected]
        with:
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          region: "US"
          guid: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App456 }}
          version: "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
          changelog: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
          commit: "${{ github.sha }}"
          description: "Automated Release via Github Actions"
          deploymenttype: "ROLLING"
          groupId: "Workshop App Release: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
          user: "${{ github.actor }}"
      # This step creates a new Change Tracking Marker for App789
      - name: App789 Marker
        uses: newrelic/[email protected]
        with:
          apiKey: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_API_KEY }}
          region: "US"
          guid: ${{ secrets.NEW_RELIC_DEPLOYMENT_ENTITY_GUID_App789 }}
          version: "${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
          changelog: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
          commit: "${{ github.sha }}"
          description: "Automated Release via Github Actions"
          deploymenttype: "ROLLING"
          groupId: "Workshop App Release: ${{ github.ref_name }}"
          user: "${{ github.actor }}"
      # When chaining steps together, the deployment id is placeed into the github environment 
      - name: View output
        run: echo "${{ env.deploymentId }}"