Version 3.0.2

Push to GCR Github Action

Version 3.0.2

Change log:

• Fixed broken support for --build-arg pointed out by @jsnb - #8
• Update ReadMe for more clarity - Thanks @nrfribeiro and @krtk6160 - #9

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Push to GCR GitHub Action

An action that build docker image and push to Google Cloud Registry.

This action can be used to perform on every git push or every tag creation.

Inputs

gcloud_service_key

The service account key of google cloud. The service accout json file must be encoded in base64. This field is required.

registry

The registry where the image should be pushed. Default gcr.io.

project_id

The project id. This field is required.

image_name

The image name. This field is required.

image_tag

The tag for the image. To create multiple tag of the same image, provide comma (,) separeted tag name (e.g. v2.1,v2,latest).

Default: latest.

To use the pushed Tag Name as image tag, see the example.

dockerfile

The image building Dockerfile.
If context is changed, Dockerfile from context folder will be used.

Default: ./Dockerfile.

context

The docker build context. Default: .

target

If you use multi-stage build and want to stop builing at a certain image, you can use this field. Default value is empty.

build_args

Pass a list of env vars as build-args for docker-build, separated by commas. ie: HOST=db.default.svc.cluster.local:5432,USERNAME=db_user

Permissions

The service key you provided must have the Storage Admin permission to push the image to GCR.
It is possible to use a lower access level Storage Object Admin, but it will work only for already created registry.

Reference 1

Reference 2

To create service key/account visit here

Example usage

Put desired yml section in the .github/workflows/build.yml file

To perform build & push on every git push

name: Push to GCR GitHub Action
on: [push]
jobs:
  build-and-push-to-gcr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: RafikFarhad/[email protected]
        with:
          gcloud_service_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
          registry: gcr.io
          project_id: my-awesome-project
          image_name: server-end

To perform build & push only on tag publish

name: Push to GCR GitHub Action
on:
  push:
    tags:
    - '*'
jobs:
  build-and-push-to-gcr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Get the version
        id: get_tag_name
        run: echo ::set-output name=GIT_TAG_NAME::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
      - uses: RafikFarhad/[email protected]
        with:
          gcloud_service_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
          registry: gcr.io
          project_id: my-awesome-project
          image_name: server-end
          image_tag: ${{ steps.get_tag_name.outputs.GIT_TAG_NAME}}
          dockerfile: ./build/Dockerfile