Skaffold Github Action

Code in src is autogenerated as build outcome from @hiberbee/actions repository, which combines various DevOps Github Actions. If you would like to contribute, create PR in that repository.

Skaffold is a command line tool that facilitates continuous development for Kubernetes applications. You can iterate on your application source code locally then deploy to local or remote Kubernetes clusters. Skaffold handles the workflow for building, pushing and deploying your application. It also provides building blocks and describe customizations for a CI/CD pipeline.

This action allows you to execute skaffold commands as Github Action. Repository is self-testable, so you can refer to Skaffold manifest, Container Structure tests and Github workflow

Installed versions

• skaffold 1.38.0
• container-structure-test 1.11.0

Inputs

Required

Optional

Name	Description	Default
skaffold-version	Set Skaffold version	1.39.2
container-structure-test-version	Set Container Structure Test version	1.11.0
kubectl-version	Set Kubernetes CLI version	1.25.0
working-directory	Set current working directory similar to Github Actions run	${{ github.workspace }}
filename	Path or URL to the Skaffold config file	skaffold.yaml
command	Default command for Skaffold to execute	diagnose
file-output	Filename to write build images to	n/a
repository	Default repository value (overrides global config)	n/a
insecure-registries	Target registries for built images which are not secure	n/a
image	Set Skaffold profile name	n/a
tag	The optional custom tag to use for images which overrides the current Tagger configuration	n/a
push	Push the built images to the specified image repository	n/a
concurrency	Number of concurrently running builds. If equals 0 (default) - will run all builds in parallel	n/a
kube-context	Deploy to this Kubernetes context	n/a
kubeconfig	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests	n/a
namespace	Run deployments in the specified namespace	n/a
profile	Activate profiles by name	n/a
output	Format output with go-template	n/a
skip-tests	Whether to skip the tests after building	true
cache	Set to false to disable default caching of artifacts	true
cache-file	Specify the location of the cache file	n/a

Outputs

Name	Description	Payload
builds	Built image tags	[{ "imageName": "string", tag: "string"}]

Example

Build Docker images

jobs:
  pipeline:
    name: Skaffold Docker build
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Build Docker images
        uses: hiberbee/github-action-skaffold@1.20.0
        with:
          command: build
          repository: ghcr.io/hiberbee/docker
          image: nodejs
          tag: ${{ github.sha }}

See more complex example with build, test & deployment simple Helm chart from Dockerfile to local K8S mini cluster.

name: Skaffold
on:
  push:
    paths:
      - src/**
      - .github/workflows/ci.yml
      - action.yml
jobs:
  pipeline:
    name: Skaffold Pipeline
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout sources
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Setup Minikube
        uses: hiberbee/github-action-minikube@1.5.0

      - name: Setup Helm
        uses: hiberbee/github-action-helm@1.3.0
        with:
          repository-config: test/repositories.yaml

      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v1
        with:
          registry: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}

      - name: Run Skaffold pipeline as action
        uses: hiberbee/github-action-skaffold@1.19.0
        with:
          command: run
          repository: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}

      - name: Get Helm releases
        run: helm list

CLI usage

You can use that action just to set up Skaffold and then perform actions manually. Here is code sample: