Publishing Docker Images

Publishing Docker Images

Index · Publishing to PyPI · Publishing to Artifactory

Overview

Three images are published to GitHub Container Registry (GHCR) via GitHub Actions, from one matrix job in docker-publish.yml: qasight-runner (Dockerfile.qasight-runner, the CLI for running cycles in CI, and the default image stages run in with TESTO_RUNNER=container), qasight-server (Dockerfile.qasight-server, the API with the web UI built in, used by the Team Server) and qasight-runner-service (Dockerfile.qasight-runner-service, the service that starts each stage in a throwaway container, Runs in throwaway containers). Images are built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 on the floating python:3.14-slim-trixie base (Debian 13; 3.15 waits for BehaveX's minify-html to ship wheels for it), so each build picks up current Debian security fixes, and are scanned with Trivy before they are pushed. Dependabot's docker ecosystem opens a PR when a newer base tag is out.

Registry

• Registry: ghcr.io
• Images: ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner, ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-server, ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner-service
• Auth: Uses GITHUB_TOKEN (automatic for public repos, no additional secrets needed)

Publishing flow

1. Create a GitHub Release with a semver tag (e.g. v1.0.0).
2. The docker-publish.yml workflow triggers automatically:
   • Checks the tag matches the pyproject.toml version.
   • For each image, scans its Dockerfile with Trivy for configuration issues.
   • Builds the linux/amd64 image locally, scans it with Trivy for fixable critical vulnerabilities and checks it starts (qasight run --help for the runner; the API imports and the UI build is in place for the server). Nothing is pushed if either fails.
   • Builds the multi-arch image (linux/amd64, linux/arm64) via Docker Buildx and pushes it to GHCR, tagged with semver (1.0.0), major.minor (1.0), major (1), commit SHA, and latest.
3. To rebuild the image for an existing release (for example after a base-image fix), run the workflow by hand from the Actions tab with the tag as input. It builds the selected branch, so use it only when that branch carries the same package version.
4. The first push of each image creates a private package (qasight-server is new as of 2026-10-22, qasight-runner-service as of the release after 1.2.0). Make it public once under the package's settings (Package settings → Danger Zone → Change visibility).

Tagging strategy

Tag pattern	Example	When applied
Full semver	1.0.0	Every release
Major.minor	1.0	Every release (floating)
Major	1	Every release (floating)
Commit SHA	03043a2b	Every release
latest	latest	Default branch releases only

Pulling the image

docker pull ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner:latest
docker run --rm ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner:latest run --help

Using in CI

# GitHub Actions
- name: Run tests
  run: |
    docker run --rm \
      -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/workspace \
      ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner:1.0.0 \
      run --cycle smoke --ci

# docker-compose.yml (override)
services:
  runner:
    image: ghcr.io/arieleven/qasight-runner:1.0.0

Troubleshooting

• Trivy blocks the build: Fix the reported vulnerabilities or update the base image. Critical and high severity issues block the Dockerfile scan; fixable critical issues block the image scan. The v1.1.1 release run failed this way on 2026-10-19 because the base was pinned to python:3.11.9-slim-bookworm, after the vulnerable image had already been pushed; the scan now runs before the push.
• Multi-arch build fails: Ensure QEMU is set up correctly (the workflow handles this with docker/setup-qemu-action).
• Image pull fails: For private repos, authenticate with docker login ghcr.io -u <username> --password-stdin using a PAT with read:packages scope.

Related

• Publishing to PyPI — Python package publishing
• CI-CD Pipeline Setup — CI workflow overview
• Workflow file: .github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
• Dockerfile: Dockerfile.qasight-runner

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