Support GitHub Enterprise Server with Custom GH API Base URLs

[wadimdz]

Hi,
I tried and failed ;) to use the terraform-module-releaser on an enterprise GitHub instance.
The demo action keeps failing with Error: Unable to read and write pull requests due to insufficient permissions. Ensure the workflow permissions.pull-requests is set to "write". error but my manual api call to proper API URL in the same action is successful.
My suspection is that the octokit is always instantiated with default api.github.com

Is there any possibility to set custom API URL in current action version or this is a new feature?

thanks and regards,
Wadim

[ressom]

I too had a similar question and started doing code research to see what the chances are this project could work with GitHub Enterprise.

Long story short, there does not appear to be current support for it and any support for it might take a substantial bit of work.

Current project does not use Oktokit plugin plugin-enterprise-server.js which would be needed for GH Enterprise. Beyond that, I think there would be need for other config and then of course testing.

I'm guessing this isn't a feature of the project right now due to the commercial potential of such an integration. It would likely be a substantially sellable product.

I'd love to hear what @techpivot and/or @virgofx have to say about possible support for GitHub Enterprise.

[virgofx]

Hi all - to clarify this is for GitHub Enterprise server (self hosted on prem)? Enterprise Cloud should work fine / no issues as that still uses the github.com API endpoints, correct?

Update: @ressom @wadimdz I was just able to get a trial for GitHub Enterprise Server on prem that I'm configuring. I will keep you posted on updates.

[ressom]

@virgofx For the use case I have it is a self hosted GitHub Enterprise. We also have a constraint of not being able to us GitHub Actions with this installation. 😬 As a result of that, I was co-investigating the chances of using terraform-module-releaser with nektos/act from within the required pipeline system (a container runner) when I realized GitHub Enterprise was such a different beast.

I'm not even sure about the feasibility of what I would need to accomplish, but yeah, those are the cards dealt.

I have not reviewed the implementation deeply enough to understand if it would be possible to use the features of this project as a library and/or CLI-like tool. For my use case that might be the ultimate win.

[virgofx]

Thanks for the update. It sounds like you have a tight ship on your side. :> I'll start with just supporting it in an action format for GHES - If you're able to manage and test quickly, that would be amazing once I get the next version published.

Separately, once finished, I'll take a look at nektos/act to see what's involved there.

[wadimdz]

Hi @virgofx,
thanks for super-quick reaction!
I can do some tests if You need... :)

[KasiaG1]

Hi @virgofx ,
Do we have any update on this case? :) Do you have any timeline when we can expect the solution?

[virgofx]

hi @KasiaG1 - I've had some trouble getting GitHub Enterprise working fully so that's taken longer than expected; however, I believe I now have it mostly working. Hopeful to have something soon!