GitHub Action to build and push Docker images with Buildx
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About

GitHub Action to build and push Docker images with Buildx.

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Usage

This action uses our setup-buildx action that extends the docker build command named buildx with the full support of the features provided by Moby BuildKit builder toolkit. This includes multi-arch build, build-secrets, remote cache, etc. and different builder deployment/namespacing options.

Git context

The default behavior of this action is to use the Git context invoked by your workflow (https://github.com/owner/repo#ref).

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: master

jobs:
  main:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest
      -
        name: Image digest
        run: echo ${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.digest }}

If you use this action in a private repository, you have to pass the GitHub Token as 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:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest
          secrets: |
            GIT_AUTH_TOKEN=${{ github.token }}            

Path context

You can also use the PATH context alongside the actions/checkout action.

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: master

jobs:
  path-context:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
        with:
          platforms: all
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
        with:
          version: latest
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          context: .
          file: ./Dockerfile
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/386
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest

Isolated builders

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: master

jobs:
  multi-builders:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
        id: builder1
      -
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
        id: builder2
      -
        name: Builder 1 name
        run: echo ${{ steps.builder1.outputs.name }}
      -
        name: Builder 2 name
        run: echo ${{ steps.builder2.outputs.name }}
      -
        name: Build against builder1
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.builder1.outputs.name }}
          target: mytarget1
      -
        name: Build against builder2
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.builder2.outputs.name }}
          target: mytarget2

Multi-platform image

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: master

jobs:
  multi:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
        with:
          platforms: all
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          context: .
          file: ./Dockerfile
          platforms: linux/386,linux/amd64,linux/arm/v6,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le,linux/s390x
          push: true
          tags: |
            user/app:latest
            user/app:1.0.0            

Leverage GitHub cache

You can leverage GitHub cache using @actions/cache with this action.

name: ci

on:
  push:
    branches: master

jobs:
  github-cache:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
      -
        name: Cache Docker layers
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-            
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest
          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
      -
        name: Image digest
        run: echo ${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.digest }}

Complete workflow

  • On pull_request event, Docker image name/app:edge is built.
  • On push event, Docker image name/app:edge is built and pushed to DockerHub.
  • On schedule event, Docker image name/app:nightly is built and pushed to DockerHub.
  • On push tags event, Docker image name/app:<version> and name/app:latest is built and pushed to DockerHub.
name: ci

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 10 * * *' # everyday at 10am
  push:
    branches: master
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
  pull_request:
    branches: master

jobs:
  docker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Prepare
        id: prep
        run: |
          DOCKER_IMAGE=name/app
          VERSION=edge
          if [[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/* ]]; then
            VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
          fi
          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "schedule" ]; then
            VERSION=nightly
          fi
          TAGS="${DOCKER_IMAGE}:${VERSION}"
          if [[ $VERSION =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]; then
            TAGS="$TAGS,${DOCKER_IMAGE}:latest"
          fi
          echo ::set-output name=tags::${TAGS}          
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
        with:
          platforms: all
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@master
      -
        name: Login to DockerHub
        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
      -
        name: Build and push
        id: docker_build
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
        with:
          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
          context: .
          file: ./Dockerfile
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/386
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.tags }}

Customizing

inputs

Following inputs can be used as step.with keys

Name Type Description
builder String Builder instance (see setup-buildx action)
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 Dockerfile)
build-args List List of build-time variables
labels List List of metadata for an image
tags List List of tags
pull Bool Always attempt to pull a newer version of the image (default false)
target String Sets the target stage to build
allow List List of extra privileged entitlement (eg. network.host,security.insecure)
no-cache Bool Do not use cache when building the image (default false)
platforms List List of target platforms for build
load Bool Load is a shorthand for --output=type=docker (default false)
push Bool Push is a shorthand for --output=type=registry (default false)
outputs CSV List of output destinations (format: type=local,dest=path)
cache-from CSV List of external cache sources (eg. type=local,src=path/to/dir)
cache-to CSV List of cache export destinations (eg. type=local,dest=path/to/dir)
secrets CSV List of secrets to expose to the build (eg. key=value, GIT_AUTH_TOKEN=mytoken)

List type can be a comma or newline-delimited string

tags: name/app:latest,name/app:1.0.0
tags: |
  name/app:latest
  name/app:1.0.0  

CSV type must be a newline-delimited string

cache-from: user/app:cache
cache-from: |
  user/app:cache
  type=local,src=path/to/dir  

outputs

Following outputs are available

Name Type Description
digest String Image content-addressable identifier also called a digest

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"

Limitation

This action is only available for Linux virtual environments.