chore: deploy docs using github action

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -140,35 +140,12 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Docs tests
           command: npm run docs-test
-      - persist_to_workspace:
-          root: packages/opentelemetry-api/docs
-          paths:
-            - out
       - run:
           name: Install minimal modules to lint examples
           command: npm i --no-save eslint eslint-plugin-import eslint-config-airbnb-base
       - run:
           name: Lint examples
           command: npm run lint:examples
-  docs-deploy:
-    docker:
-      - image: node:12
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - attach_workspace:
-          at: packages/opentelemetry-api/docs
-      - run:
-          name: Install and configure dependencies
-          command: |
-            npm install --silent --no-save gh-pages
-            git config user.email [email protected]
-            git config user.name "ci-build"
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - "1d:a3:60:b5:b4:8d:e7:8a:96:ce:6a:0a:e9:58:4c:54"
-      - run:
-          name: Deploy docs to gh-pages branch
-          command: gh-pages --dist packages/opentelemetry-api/docs/out
   node8:
     docker:
       - image: node:8
@@ -207,14 +184,6 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               only: /.*/
-      - docs-deploy:
-          requires:
-            - lint_&_docs
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d$/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
       - node8
       - node10
       - node12

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Deploy docs on a new release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2 # If you're using actions/checkout@v2 you must set persist-credentials to false in most cases for the deployment to work correctly.
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Install and Build 🔧
+        run: |
+          npm install --ignore-scripts
+          npx lerna bootstrap --scope @opentelemetry/api --include-filtered-dependencies
+          npm run docs
+
+      - name: Deploy 🚀
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@releases/v3
+        with:
+          ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          BRANCH: gh-pages # The branch the action should deploy to.
+          FOLDER: packages/opentelemetry-api/docs/out # The folder the action should deploy.