feat: Added tmp directory location to save all files to

Author: clivewalkden

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
                   config_file: ${{ secrets.VPN_CONFIG }}
                   certificate: ${{ secrets.VPN_CERTIFICATE }}
                   certificate_name: ${{ secrets.VPN_CERTIFICATE_NAME }}
+                  tmp_dir: "/tmp"
 
             - name: Wait for VPN to connect
               if: success()

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Optional npm cache directory
 .npm
 
+# dev files
+dev/
+
 # Optional eslint cache
 .eslintcache
 

action.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "The OpenVPN certificate name as declared in the configuration file"
     required: true
     default: "certificate.p12"
+  tmp_dir:
+    description: "The temporary directory to store the OpenVPN configuration and certificate"
+    required: true
+    default: "/tmp"
 runs:
   using: "node20"
   main: "dist_main/index.js"

dist_main/index.js

@@ -25405,24 +25405,27 @@ const Tail = (__nccwpck_require__(5824)/* .Tail */ .x);
 /*eslint no-undef: "error"*/
 
 const run = (callback) => {
+  const tmpDir = core.getInput("tmp_dir", { required: true });
   const configFile = core.getInput("config_file", { required: true });
   const configFileName = "config.ovpn";
   const certificate = core.getInput("certificate", { required: true });
   const certificateName = core.getInput("certificate_name", { required: true });
+  const configFilePath = `${tmpDir}/${configFileName}`;
+  const certificatePath = `${tmpDir}/${certificateName}`;
   const openVpnLog = "openvpn.log";
 
   // If the certificate is base64 encoded, decode it and write it to a temporary file
-  exec(`echo "${configFile}" > ${configFileName}`);
+  exec(`echo "${configFile}" > ${configFilePath}`);
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(configFileName)) {
-    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${configFileName}`);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${configFilePath}`);
   }
 
   // If the certificate is base64 encoded, decode it and write it to a temporary file
-  exec(`echo "${certificate}" | base64 -d > ${certificateName}`);
+  exec(`echo "${certificate}" | base64 -d > ${certificatePath}`);
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(`${certificateName}`)) {
-    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${certificateName}`);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(`${certificatePath}`)) {
+    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${certificatePath}`);
   }
 
   fs.appendFileSync(configFile, "\n# -- GHA Modified --\n");
@@ -25432,7 +25435,7 @@ const run = (callback) => {
 
   try {
     exec(
-      `sudo openvpn --config ${configFileName} --pkcs12 ${certificateName} --daemon --log ${openVpnLog} --writepid openvpn.pid`,
+      `sudo openvpn --config ${configFilePath} --pkcs12 ${certificatePath} --daemon --log ${openVpnLog} --writepid openvpn.pid`,
     );
   } catch (error) {
     core.error(`Error starting OpenVPN: ${error.message}`);

src/main.js

@@ -7,24 +7,27 @@ const Tail = require("tail").Tail;
 /*eslint no-undef: "error"*/
 
 const run = (callback) => {
+  const tmpDir = core.getInput("tmp_dir", { required: true });
   const configFile = core.getInput("config_file", { required: true });
   const configFileName = "config.ovpn";
   const certificate = core.getInput("certificate", { required: true });
   const certificateName = core.getInput("certificate_name", { required: true });
+  const configFilePath = `${tmpDir}/${configFileName}`;
+  const certificatePath = `${tmpDir}/${certificateName}`;
   const openVpnLog = "openvpn.log";
 
   // If the certificate is base64 encoded, decode it and write it to a temporary file
-  exec(`echo "${configFile}" > ${configFileName}`);
+  exec(`echo "${configFile}" > ${configFilePath}`);
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(configFileName)) {
-    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${configFileName}`);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configFilePath)) {
+    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${configFilePath}`);
   }
 
   // If the certificate is base64 encoded, decode it and write it to a temporary file
-  exec(`echo "${certificate}" | base64 -d > ${certificateName}`);
+  exec(`echo "${certificate}" | base64 -d > ${certificatePath}`);
 
-  if (!fs.existsSync(`${certificateName}`)) {
-    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${certificateName}`);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(`${certificatePath}`)) {
+    throw new Error(`Config file not found: ${certificatePath}`);
   }
 
   fs.appendFileSync(configFile, "\n# -- GHA Modified --\n");
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ const run = (callback) => {
 
   try {
     exec(
-      `sudo openvpn --config ${configFileName} --pkcs12 ${certificateName} --daemon --log ${openVpnLog} --writepid openvpn.pid`,
+      `sudo openvpn --config ${configFilePath} --pkcs12 ${certificatePath} --daemon --log ${openVpnLog} --writepid openvpn.pid`,
     );
   } catch (error) {
     core.error(`Error starting OpenVPN: ${error.message}`);