feat(build): support env var of skipDockerTests

build.gradle.kts

@@ -690,8 +690,14 @@ fun printDockerCheckInfo() {
   val dockerRunning = project.extra["dockerRunning"] as? Boolean ?: false
   val macDockerConnector = project.extra["macDockerConnector"] as? Boolean ?: false
   val isOrbStack = project.extra["isOrbStack"] as? Boolean ?: false
-
-  if (extra["skipDockerTests"].toString().toBoolean()) {
+  val skipDockerTests = if (extra["skipDockerTests"].toString().toBoolean()) {
+    // Read the environment variable (SKIP_DOCKER_TESTS) when skipDockerTests is true
+    // which means users can enable the docker tests by setting the gradle properties or the environment variable.
+    System.getenv("SKIP_DOCKER_TESTS")?.toBoolean() ?: true
+  } else {
+    false
+  }
+  if (skipDockerTests) {
     project.extra["dockerTest"] = false
   } else if (OperatingSystem.current().isMacOsX() &&
     dockerRunning &&

docs/how-to-build.md

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ license: "This software is licensed under the Apache License version 2."
 + Gravitino uses the Gradle Java Toolchain to detect and manage JDK versions, it checks the
   installed JDK by running the `./gradlew javaToolchains` command. See [Gradle Java Toolchain](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/toolchains.html#sec:java_toolchain).
 + Gravitino excludes all Docker-related tests by default. To run Docker related tests, make sure you have installed
-  Docker in your environment and set `skipDockerTests=false` in the `gradle.properties` file (or
-  use `-PskipDockerTests=false` in the command). Otherwise, all Docker required tests will skip.
+  Docker in your environment and either (1) set `skipDockerTests=false` in the `gradle.properties` file (or
+  use `-PskipDockerTests=false` in the command) or (2) `export SKIP_DOCKER_TESTS=false` in shell. Otherwise, all Docker required tests will skip.
 + macOS uses `docker-connector` to make the Gravitino Trino connector work with Docker
   for macOS. See [docker-connector](https://github.com/wenjunxiao/mac-docker-connector), `$GRAVITINO_HOME/dev/docker/tools/mac-docker-connector.sh`, and
   `$GRAVITINO_HOME/dev/docker/tools/README.md` for more details.