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Setup LocalStack

v0.1.2 Latest version

Setup LocalStack

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Setup LocalStack

Sets up LocalStack CLI in your GitHub Actions workflow

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Setup LocalStack

uses: localstack/setup-localstack@v0.1.2

Learn more about this action in localstack/setup-localstack

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Setup LocalStack

LocalStack Test

A GitHub Action to setup LocalStack on your GitHub Actions runner workflow by:

  • Pulling a specific version of the LocalStack Docker Image into the GitHub Action runner.
  • Configuring the LocalStack CLI to launch the Docker container with an optional API token for pro usage.
  • Installing LocalStack AWS CLI, a thin wrapper around the aws command line interface for use with LocalStack to run integration tests over AWS services.

Usage

To get started, you can use this minimal example:

- name: Start LocalStack
  uses: LocalStack/setup-localstack@v0.1.2
  with:
    image-tag: 'latest'
    install-awslocal: 'true'
  env:
    LOCALSTACK_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }}

Inputs

Input Description Default
image-tag Tag of the LocalStack Docker image to use latest
install-awslocal Whether to install the awslocal CLI into the build environment true
configuration Configuration variables to use while starting LocalStack container None
use-pro Whether to use the Pro version of LocalStack (requires API key to be configured) false

NOTE: The LOCALSTACK_API_KEY environment variable is required to be set if use-pro is set to true.

Example workflow

name: LocalStack Test
on: [ push, pull_request ]

jobs:
  localstack-action-test:
    name: 'Test LocalStack GitHub Action'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Start LocalStack
        uses: LocalStack/setup-localstack@v0.1.2
        with:
          image-tag: 'latest'
          install-awslocal: 'true'
          configuration: DEBUG=1
          use-pro: 'true'
        env:
          LOCALSTACK_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }}

      - name: Run Tests against LocalStack
        run: |
          awslocal s3 mb s3://test
          awslocal s3 ls
          echo "Test Execution complete!" 

License

MIT License