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Dev tools · September 21, 2022

Send a GitHub webhook to a private URL

I work on the OpenZiti project and I have a CI server that accepts GitHub webhooks, but I don't want to expose my server to the internet with open ports. I used the Python SDK for OpenZiti (overlay networking platform) to create a GitHub Action that sends the webhook to my private server via overlay instead of via the open internet. This GitHub repo is a template that I made to show you how it all works. You can use it right away to run the sample server (httpbin-go) and see the GitHub Action in...action. Relevant threads include https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32596212 .

Send a GitHub webhook to a private URL launched on September 21, 2022 with 72 votes, #650 of 3,464 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

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In plain words

This GitHub Action template enables developers to send GitHub webhooks to private CI servers without exposing them to the internet. It uses the OpenZiti overlay networking platform and Python SDK to route webhook traffic through a private network instead of open ports. The template includes a sample server implementation and demonstrates how to receive GitHub webhooks securely on infrastructure that remains unexposed to the public internet.

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From the sources

Template for sending a GitHub webhook over a zero trust, private network based on https://github.com/openziti/ziti - openziti-test-kitchen/webhookz

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