What is an ephemeral environment?

It is a temporary, isolated deployment of your application that exists only for the duration of a pull request, allowing developers to test changes in a live environment before merging.

How does the system handle networking and public access?

It utilizes Cloudflare Tunnels to securely expose the application running on port 80 inside the EC2 instance to a public URL posted as a comment on the PR.

What configuration is required in my repository?

You need a docker-compose.yml file in your root directory that exposes your main application service on port 80 and the GitHub App installed on your repo.

Does this skill require an AWS account?

Yes, the underlying system is designed to run Docker Compose services on AWS EC2 instances for each preview environment.

Will the environments be deleted automatically?

Yes, the system listens for GitHub webhooks and automatically terminates the EC2 instance and cleans up resources as soon as the pull request is closed or merged.

Ephemeral Preview Environments

Name: Ephemeral Preview Environments
Author: jack-michaud

byjack-michaud

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Despliegue y DevOps

Automates the setup and management of isolated preview environments for every pull request using Docker Compose and EC2.

This skill streamlines the process of integrating your repository with an ephemeral environment system, enabling automatic preview deployments for every GitHub pull request. It provides expert guidance on configuring docker-compose files for port 80 compatibility, installing the necessary GitHub App, and troubleshooting deployment issues. By spinning up dedicated EC2 instances via Cloudflare tunnels and posting live URLs directly to your PRs, this skill helps teams review changes in a production-like environment before merging, ensuring higher code quality and faster feedback loops.

Características Principales

01Resource cleanup upon pull request closure or merge

02Public preview URLs via Cloudflare Tunnels

031 GitHub stars

04Automated PR comments with live deployment links

05Automatic EC2 instance provisioning for pull requests

06Interactive configuration for Docker Compose and Dockerfiles

Casos de Uso

01Setting up full-stack PR previews for team code reviews

02Automating infrastructure cleanup for temporary staging sites

03Testing branch changes in an isolated production-like environment

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jack-michaud/ephemeral-environments ephemeral-integration

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