Push to GCR GitHub Action

An action that build docker image and push to Google Cloud Registry.

This action can be used to perform on every git push or every tag creation.

Inputs

`gcloud_service_key`

The service account key of google cloud. The service accout json file must be encoded in base64. This field is required.

`registry`

The registry where the image should be pushed. Default gcr.io.

`project_id`

The project id. This field is required.

`image_name`

The image name. This field is required.

`image_tag`

The tag for the image. To create multiple tag of the same image, provide comma (,) separeted tag name (e.g. v2.1,v2,latest).

Default: latest.

To use the pushed Tag Name as image tag, see the example.

`dockerfile`

The image building Dockerfile. If context is changed, Dockerfile from context folder will be used.

Default: ./Dockerfile.

`context`

The docker build context. Default: .

`target`

If you use multi-stage build and want to stop builing at a certain image, you can use this field. Default value is empty.

`build_args`

Pass a list of env vars as build-args for docker-build, separated by commas. ie: HOST=db.default.svc.cluster.local:5432,USERNAME=db_user

`push_only`

If you want to skip the build step and just push the image built by any previous step, use this option. Default for this is false.

Permissions

The service key you provided must have the Storage Admin permission to push the image to GCR. It is possible to use a lower access level Storage Object Admin, but it will work only for already created registry. You must also add the Storage Legacy Bucket Reader permission to the artifacts.<project id>.appspot.com bucket for the given service account.

Reference 1

Reference 2

To create service key/account visit here

Example usage

Put desired yml section in the .github/workflows/build.yml file

`To perform build & push on every git push`

name: Push to GCR GitHub Action
on: [push]
jobs:
  build-and-push-to-gcr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@master
      - uses: RafikFarhad/push-to-gcr-github-action@v4
        with:
          gcloud_service_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
          registry: gcr.io
          project_id: my-awesome-project
          image_name: server-end

`To perform build & push only on tag publish`

name: Push to GCR GitHub Action
on:
  push:
    tags:
    - '*'
jobs:
  build-and-push-to-gcr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@master
      - name: Get the version
        id: get_tag_name
        run: echo ::set-output name=GIT_TAG_NAME::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
      - uses: RafikFarhad/push-to-gcr-github-action@v4
        with:
          gcloud_service_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
          registry: gcr.io
          project_id: my-awesome-project
          image_name: server-end
          image_tag: ${{ steps.get_tag_name.outputs.GIT_TAG_NAME}}
          dockerfile: ./build/Dockerfile

`To just push an image on every git push`

name: Push image to GCR GitHub Action
on: [push]
jobs:
  just-push-to-gcr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@master
      - uses: RafikFarhad/push-to-gcr-github-action@v4
        with:
          gcloud_service_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY }}
          registry: gcr.io
          project_id: my-awesome-project
          image_name: server-end
          push_only: true

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