Can I run a docker container with GitHub actions?

Question

I'm want to perform CI with tests that depends on a container that is published in Docker Hub. Is it possible? Can I start the container and run tests that depends on it?

Answer 1

Yes, here is an example using docker-compose:

  test:
    name: Test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
        uses: actions/checkout@v1

      - name: Login to Docker Registry
        run: docker login "$DOCKER_REGISTRY" -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin <<< "$DOCKER_PASSWORD"
        env:
          DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
          DOCKER_REGISTRY: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}
      - name: Start env
        run: docker-compose up
      - name: Run tests
        run: ...