roblugton/docker-buildkite-plugin

A Buildkite plugin for running pipeline steps in Docker containers

Docker Buildkite Plugin

A Buildkite plugin for running pipeline steps in Docker containers

The buildkite-agent command line tool (and required environment variables) will also be mounted into the container, allowing you to use it for artifact download, etc.

If you need more control, please see the docker-compose Buildkite Plugin.

The docker container has the host buildkite-agent binary mounted in to /usr/bin/buildkite-agent and the required environment variables set.

Example

The following pipeline will run yarn install and yarn run test inside a Docker container using the node:7 Docker image:

steps:
  - command: yarn install && yarn run test
    plugins:
      docker#v1.1.1:
        image: "node:7"
        workdir: /app

You can pass in additional environment variables:

steps:
  - command: yarn install && yarn run test
    plugins:
      docker#v1.1.1:
        image: "node:7"
        workdir: /app
        environment:
          - MY_SPECIAL_VALUE=1

You can pass in additional volume mounts. This is useful for docker-in-docker:

steps:
  - command: docker build . -t image:tag
    plugins:
      docker#v1.1.1:
        image: "docker:latest"
        mounts:
          - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

You can specify a docker network to join. This will be created if it does not already exist:

steps:
  - command: docker build . -t image:tag
    plugins:
      docker#v1.1.1:
        image: "docker:latest"
        network: "test-network"

Configuration

image (required)

The name of the Docker image to use.

Example: node:7

workdir(optional)

The working directory where the pipeline’s code will be mounted to, and run from, inside the container. The default is /workdir.

Example: /app

always-pull (optional)

Whether to always pull the latest image before running the command. Useful if the image has a latest tag. The default is false, the image will only get pulled if not present.

mount-buildkite-agent (optional)

Whether to automatically mount the buildkite-agent binary from the host agent machine into the container. Defaults to true. Set to false if you want to disable, or if you already have your own binary in the image.

mounts (optional)

Extra volume mounts to pass to the docker container, in an array of SOURCE:TARGET params

Example: /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

environment (optional)

Extra environment variables to pass to the docker container, in an array of KEY=VALUE params.

Example: MY_SPECIAL_VALUE=1

user (optional)

Allows a user to be set, and override the USER entry in the Dockerfile. See https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#user for more details.

Example: root

network (optional)

Join the container to the docker network specified. The network will be created if it does not already exist. See https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#network-settings for more details.

Example: test-network

debug (optional)

Outputs the command to be run, and enables xtrace in the plugin

Example: true

License

MIT (see LICENSE)