Setup the hcp CLI for use in GitHub Actions

Configures the hcp CLI for use in GitHub Actions. The Action installs the specified version of hcp and configures the hcp CLI for use in GitHub Actions. The downloaded hcp CLI is cached in the GitHub Actions workspace for subsequent use. For a full list of available hcp CLI commands, see the hcp CLI documentation.

Usage

jobs:
  job_id:
    permissions:
      contents: 'read'
      id-token: 'write'

    steps:
      - id: 'Authenticate to HCP'
      - uses: 'hashicorp/hcp-auth-action@v0'
        with:
          workload_identity_provider: 'iam/project/123456789/service-principal/my-sp/workload-identity-provider/github'

      - name: 'Download hcp CLI'
        uses: 'hashicorp/hcp-setup-action@v0'
        with:
          version: 'latest'

      - name: 'Use hcp CLI to read a secret'
        run: |
          MY_SECRET=$(hcp vault-secrets secrets open \
            --app=cli --format=json foo | jq -r '.static_version.value')
          echo "::add-mask::$MY_SECRET"
          echo "MY_SECRET=$MY_SECRET" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Inputs

• version - (Optional) A string specifying which version of the hcp CLI to use. The following are valid version strings:

  • ``: Use the currently installed version of the hcpCLI. If the`hcp` CLI is
    not installed, the latest version will be installed.
  • latest: Use the latest version of the hcp CLI.
  • Specific version (e.g. 0.4.0): Specifies the exact version of the hcp
    CLI to use.
  • Version constraint (e.g. >= 0.3.0): Specifies a version constraint for the
    hcp CLI. The latest version that satisfies the constraint will be used.
    See SemVer for details on
    constructing a version constraint string.

• project_id - (Optional) Configure the default HCP Project ID for the hcp CLI. This is equivalent to running hcp profile set project_id <project_id>. Individual commands can override this value by setting the --project flag.

Authentication

To use the hcp CLI, it must first be authenticated using the hcp-auth-action Action The hcp-auth-action Action supports authenticating the hcp CLI using Service Principal credentials or using Workload Identity Federation.

See the hcp-auth-action Action documentation for more information on authenticating the hcp CLI.