build-push-action: A TypeScript repository from roelofjan-elsinga

About

GitHub Action to build and push Docker images with Buildx with full support of the features provided by Moby BuildKit builder toolkit. This includes multi-platform build, secrets, remote cache, etc. and different builder deployment/namespacing options.

Usage

By default, this action uses the Git context so you don't need to use the actions/checkout action to checkout the repository because this will be done directly by buildkit. The git reference will be based on the event that triggered your workflow and will result in the following context: https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>.git#<ref>.

You can provide a subdirectory to the Git context by using the following Handlebars template expression {{defaultContext}}:

      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          context: {{defaultContext}}:docker
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest

Be careful because any file mutation in the steps that precede the build step will be ignored, including processing of the .dockerignore file since the context is based on the git reference. However, you can use the Path context using the context input alongside the actions/checkout action to remove this restriction.

In the examples below we are using 3 other actions:

setup-buildx action will create and boot a builder using by default the docker-container builder driver. This is not required but recommended using it to be able to build multi-platform images, export cache, etc.
setup-qemu action can be useful if you want to add emulation support with QEMU to be able to build against more platforms.
login action will take care to log in against a Docker registry.

Git context

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'

jobs:
  docker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest

Building from the current repository automatically uses the GitHub Token so it does not need to be passed. If you want to authenticate against another private repository, you have to use a secret named GIT_AUTH_TOKEN to be able to authenticate against it with buildx:

      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest
          secrets: |
            GIT_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ secrets.MYTOKEN }}

Path context

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'

jobs:
  docker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest

Advanced usage

Customizing

inputs

Following inputs can be used as step.with keys

List type is a newline-delimited string
cache-from: |
  user/app:cache
  type=local,src=path/to/dir

CSV type is a comma-delimited string
tags: name/app:latest,name/app:1.0.0

Name	Type	Description
`allow`	List/CSV	List of extra privileged entitlement (e.g., `network.host,security.insecure`)
`builder`	String	Builder instance (see setup-buildx action)
`build-args`	List	List of build-time variables
`cache-from`	List	List of external cache sources (e.g., `type=local,src=path/to/dir`)
`cache-to`	List	List of cache export destinations (e.g., `type=local,dest=path/to/dir`)
`cgroup-parent`¹	String	Optional parent cgroup for the container used in the build
`context`	String	Build's context is the set of files located in the specified `PATH` or `URL` (default Git context)
`file`	String	Path to the Dockerfile. (default `{context}/Dockerfile`)
`labels`	List	List of metadata for an image
`load`	Bool	Load is a shorthand for `--output=type=docker` (default `false`)
`network`	String	Set the networking mode for the `RUN` instructions during build
`no-cache`	Bool	Do not use cache when building the image (default `false`)
`outputs`	List	List of output destinations (format: `type=local,dest=path`)
`platforms`	List/CSV	List of target platforms for build
`pull`	Bool	Always attempt to pull a newer version of the image (default `false`)
`push`	Bool	Push is a shorthand for `--output=type=registry` (default `false`)
`secrets`	List	List of secrets to expose to the build (e.g., `key=string`, `GIT_AUTH_TOKEN=mytoken`)
`secret-files`	List	List of secret files to expose to the build (e.g., `key=filename`, `MY_SECRET=./secret.txt`)
`shm-size`¹	String	Size of `/dev/shm` (e.g., `2g`)
`ssh`	List	List of SSH agent socket or keys to expose to the build
`tags`	List/CSV	List of tags
`target`	String	Sets the target stage to build
`ulimit`¹	List	Ulimit options (e.g., `nofile=1024:1024`)
`github-token`	String	GitHub Token used to authenticate against a repository for Git context (default `${{ github.token }}`)

¹ cgroup-parent, shm-size and ulimit are only available using moby/buildkit:master as builder image atm:
- name: Set up Docker Buildx
  uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
  with:
  driver-opts: |
    image=moby/buildkit:master

outputs

Following outputs are available

Name	Type	Description
`digest`	String	Image content-addressable identifier also called a digest
`metadata`	JSON	Build result metadata

Troubleshooting

See TROUBLESHOOTING.md

Keep up-to-date with GitHub Dependabot

Since Dependabot has native GitHub Actions support, to enable it on your GitHub repo all you need to do is add the .github/dependabot.yml file:

version: 2
updates:
  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

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