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Apache License 2.0 | MIT License |
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djinn
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Monthly 'Shameless Self Promotion' thread - 2022/12
Djinn CI is a newly launched CI platform, with the following features:
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Act: Run your GitHub Actions locally
I've built a CI platform [1] that does support running your CI builds without the server using an offline runner. I wrote about it here before: https://blog.djinn-ci.com/showcase/2022/08/06/running-your-c...
[1] - https://about.djinn-ci.com/
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Djinn CI ā open-source CI platform
Author of Djinn CI here. This is a CI platform that I developed, it is open source but there is also a hosted offering https://about.djinn-ci.com. Some of the features are detailed below:
* Fully virtualized Linux VMs
* GitHub/GitLab integration
* Variable masking
* Configurable artifact cleanup limits
* Multi-repository builds
* Repeatable builds with cron jobs
* Custom QCOW2 images for builds
I've written some posts demonstrating the features of the platform which I have posted here before:
* https://blog.djinn-ci.com/showcase/2022/08/06/running-your-c...
* https://blog.djinn-ci.com/showcase/2022/08/16/using-multiple...
For further reading there is also the documentation sub-site at https://docs.djinn-ci.com/.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out.
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Blazing fast CI with MicroVMs
Good article. Firecracker is something that has definitely piqued my interest when it comes to quickly spinning up a throwaway environment to use for either development or CI. I run a CI platform [1], which currently uses QEMU for the build environments (Docker is also supported but currently disabled on the hosted offering), startup times are ok, but having a boot time of 1-2s is definitely highly appealing. I will have to investigate Firecracker further to see if I could incorporate this into what I'm doing.
Julia Evans has also written about Firecracker in the past too [2][3].
[1] - https://about.djinn-ci.com
[2] - https://jvns.ca/blog/2021/01/23/firecracker--start-a-vm-in-l...
[3] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25883253
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From WampServer, to Vagrant, to QEMU
At this point when it came to my hobbyist development, I had moved past PHP and started learning Go, and was looking to do some serious development with this for a CI platform I had an idea for. By now, I had a firmer grasp of the software stack I wanted to work with, a better understanding of how everything pieced together. And so I went about developing that CI platform, that would later become Djinn CI. I uninstalled VirtualBox and Vagrant and fully committed to using QEMU, booting up the local machine was as simple as hitting CTRL + R in my terminal, searching for qemu and hitting enter, an elegant solution I know.
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Looking for a mature distributed task queuer/scheduler in go
I use mcmathja/curlyq and found it pretty reliable. This is the queue I use for Djinn CI an open source CI platform I developed.
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Using multiple repositories in your CI builds
Djinn CI makes working with multiple repositoriesin a build simple via the sourcesparameter in the build manifest. This allows you to specify multiple Git respositories to clone into your build environment. Each source would be a URL that could be cloned via git clone. With most CI platforms, a build's manifest is typically tied to the source code repository itself. With Djinn CI, whilst you can have a build manifest in a source code repository, the CI server itself doesn't really have an understanding of that repository. Instead, it simply looks at the sources in the manifest that is specified, and clones each of them into the build environment.
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Running your CI builds without the server
Perhaps the one feature that sets Djinn CI out from other CI platforms is the fact that is has an offline runner. The offline runner allows for CI builds to be run without having to send them to the server. There are some limitations around this, of course, but it provides a useful mechanism for sanity checking build manifests, testing custom images, and for building software without the need for a CI server.
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Show HN: OneDev ā A Lightweight Gitlab Alternative
You mention CI being done in a distributed fashion. Could you elaborate on what you mean by this?
I'm asking as I'm someone who has developed a CI platform [1], and one of its features is the offline runner [2]. The offline runner allows you to run your CI builds on your own computer, and does not communicate with the CI server whatsoever. Is this what you had in mind?
[1] https://about.djinn-ci.com
[2] https://docs.djinn-ci.com/user/offline-runner/
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Monthly 'Shameless Self Promotion' thread - 2022/06
Djinn CI is a newly launched CI platform, with the following features:
action-tmate
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How to debug GitHub actions. Real-world example
The go-to method of debugging GitHub Actions is tmate. With tmate we can connect to our running Action terminal and see what is going on there by executing some simple commands!
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GitHub Actions Are a Problem
In addition to the suggestions others have made for locally testing workflows, there are also reverse shell actions[0] that can be used for troubleshooting CI failures on the GH runners themselves.
[0] https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate
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GitHub Actions could be so much better
Been through that git commit; git push; repeat cycle too much as well until i discovered https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate which gives a shell in between steps, which does not help with all problems but sure it's makes it less painful at times.
- How do you debug CI/CD pipelines? Breakpoints?
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How easy is it to troubleshoot GHA workflows?
In addition to everything here, I also will set up https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate when Iām debugging. It helps tremendously since you can temporarily access the server.
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Act: Run your GitHub Actions locally
Unfortunately act is only capable of running very simple workflows. I've found this action to be more useful against the endless PR stream: https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate
You drop it in your workflow and get an SSH shell into the worker, figure things out iteratively, then push when it's working.
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CI/CD using GitHub Actions for Rails and Docker
Solution: Tip o' the hat to Daniela Baron here, there's a real life saver of tool call tmate.
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Hosting VMs on GitHub Actions?
Here's a recent case where users of tmate - which lets you SSH into an actions worker - reported problems: https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate/issues/104
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Github actions error while pushing code to package registry
see: https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate
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Work with GitHub Actions in Your Terminal with GitHub CLI
Thought I'd get their docs updated - https://github.com/mxschmitt/action-tmate#manually-triggered...
What are some alternatives?
gatus - ā Automated developer-oriented status page
reverse-rdp-windows-github-actions - Reverse Remote Desktop into Windows on GitHub Actions for Debugging and/or Job Introspection [GET https://api.github.com/repos/nelsonjchen/reverse-rdp-windows-github-actions: 403 - Repository access blocked]
tracetest - š Tracetest - Build integration and end-to-end tests in minutes, instead of days, using OpenTelemetry and trace-based testing.
act - Run your GitHub Actions locally š
packj - Packj stops :zap: Solarwinds-, ESLint-, and PyTorch-like attacks by flagging malicious/vulnerable open-source dependencies ("weak links") in your software supply-chain
floatly - An extension that adds a floating button for browser quick actions
atuin - āØ Magical shell history
mongodb-github-action - Use MongoDB in GitHub Actions
onedev - Git Server with CI/CD, Kanban, and Packages. Seamless integration. Unparalleled experience.
github-activity-readme - Updates README with the recent GitHub activity of a user
ddosify - Effortless Kubernetes Monitoring and Performance Testing. Available on CLI, Self-Hosted, and Cloud
ssh-agent - GitHub Action to setup `ssh-agent` with a private key