Main-Branch-CI.yml

name: Main-Branch-CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  Main-Branch-Pre-Integration-Tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [18.x]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Installing Node.js at the test instance
      - name: Setting up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
          cache: 'npm'

      # Printing the node version in the terminal
      - name: Checking Node Version
        run: node --version

      # Installation of Node packaging Manager (npm)
      - name: Installing Node packaging Manager (npm)
        run: npm ci

      # Setting up the environment variable from using credentials stored in GitHub actions secret
      - name: Setting up environment variables
        run: |
          echo "MY_ENV_VARIABLE=${{ secrets.ENV_FILE }}" >> .env

      # Installation of Node packaging Manager (npm)
      - name: Installing project dependencies
        run: npm install

      # Checking if node modules were installed (Done by simply checking if the node_modules directory exists or not)
      - name: Checking if node_modules directory was created after installing NPM
        run: |
          if [ ! -d "node_modules" ]; then
            echo "Error: node_modules directory does not exist."
            exit 1
          fi

      # Installation of Process Manager 2 (PM2)
      - name: Installing Process Manager 2 (PM2)
        run: npm i pm2 -g

      # Start the application with Process Manager 2 (PM2)
      - name: Initiating the application with Process Manager 2 (PM2)
        run: pm2 start ./bin/www --name "production-server"

      # Log the status of application with Process Manager 2 (PM2)
      - name: Logging the status of application with Process Manager 2 (PM2)
        run: pm2 status all