Getting a timeout using the private ssh key on github and keeping public key on remote

[shikhindahikar]

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      # IP address of the venue machine
      host:
        description: 'SSH host for the remote machine'
        required: true
      # username of the remote machine
      user:
        description: 'SSH user for authentication'
        required: true

jobs:
  git-pull:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    # checkout the code
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    # install ssh-agent
    - name: Install ssh-agent
      uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.8.0
      with:
        ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
    # ssh and run the command on the remote server
    - name: Git Pull on Remote Machine
      uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
      with:
        debug: true
        host: ${{ github.event.inputs.host }}
        username: ${{ github.event.inputs.user }}
        key: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
        port: 22
        script: |
          cd test-ci-cd
          git pull
          echo "Git Pull on Remote Machine"
        timeout: 15s

This is my script and the error is

Run appleboy/ssh-action@v1.0.0
  with:
    debug: true
    host: 192.168.0.109
    username: oz_sports
    key: ***
    port: 22
    script: cd test-ci-cd
  git pull
  echo "Git Pull on Remote Machine"

    timeout: 15s
    command_timeout: 10m
    proxy_port: 22
    proxy_timeout: 30s
  env:
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /tmp/ssh-XXXXXXxJ479z/agent.1799
    SSH_AGENT_PID: 1800
/usr/bin/docker run --name cbaa8d1b205d0cd4f32a7dc4db38b538675_e6b119 --label 432cba --workdir /github/workspace --rm -e "SSH_AUTH_SOCK" -e "SSH_AGENT_PID" -e "INPUT_DEBUG" -e "INPUT_HOST" -e "INPUT_USERNAME" -e "INPUT_KEY" -e "INPUT_PORT" -e "INPUT_SCRIPT" -e "INPUT_TIMEOUT" -e "INPUT_PASSPHRASE" -e "INPUT_PASSWORD" -e "INPUT_SYNC" -e "INPUT_USE_INSECURE_CIPHER" -e "INPUT_CIPHER" -e "INPUT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT" -e "INPUT_KEY_PATH" -e "INPUT_FINGERPRINT" -e "INPUT_PROXY_HOST" -e "INPUT_PROXY_PORT" -e "INPUT_PROXY_USERNAME" -e "INPUT_PROXY_PASSWORD" -e "INPUT_PROXY_PASSPHRASE" -e "INPUT_PROXY_TIMEOUT" -e "INPUT_PROXY_KEY" -e "INPUT_PROXY_KEY_PATH" -e "INPUT_PROXY_FINGERPRINT" -e "INPUT_PROXY_CIPHER" -e "INPUT_PROXY_USE_INSECURE_CIPHER" -e "INPUT_SCRIPT_STOP" -e "INPUT_ENVS" -e "INPUT_ENVS_FORMAT" -e "INPUT_ALLENVS" -e "HOME" -e "GITHUB_JOB" -e "GITHUB_REF" -e "GITHUB_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" -e "GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_ID" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR_ID" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" -e "GITHUB_HEAD_REF" -e "GITHUB_BASE_REF" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -e "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" -e "GITHUB_API_URL" -e "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL" -e "GITHUB_REF_NAME" -e "GITHUB_REF_PROTECTED" -e "GITHUB_REF_TYPE" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA" -e "GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -e "GITHUB_ACTION" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REF" -e "GITHUB_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ENV" -e "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" -e "GITHUB_STATE" -e "GITHUB_OUTPUT" -e "RUNNER_OS" -e "RUNNER_ARCH" -e "RUNNER_NAME" -e "RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT" -e "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE" -e "RUNNER_TEMP" -e "RUNNER_WORKSPACE" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN" -e "ACTIONS_CACHE_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands" -v "/home/runner/work/test-ci-cd/test-ci-cd":"/github/workspace" 432cba:a8d1b205d0cd4f32a7dc4db38b538675
======CMD======
cd test-ci-cd
git pull
echo "Git Pull on Remote Machine"

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2023/12/22 05:44:19 dial tcp 192.168.0.109:22: i/o timeout

I am able to SSH using my local terminal but on github actions it is giving me a timeout. I have checked multiple times by putting the private key as a secret just in case if I made a mistake but idk what is happening.

Can anyone please help me get this running?

btw I am trying to ssh to a remote machine, not a docker container.

[shikhindahikar]

Could it be that the name of the input parameter is not key but is ssh-key instead? As per the drone-ssh code here it could be a wrong input parameter. Please do let me know if I am wrong, thanks.

[CoreyJ87]

I'm having this same issue. It appears that key is the correct parameter. I get Warning: Unexpected input(s) 'ssh-key' with it.