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setup-minikube

v0.0.14

setup-minikube

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setup-minikube

test your app against real Kubernetes

Installation

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

 
              
- name: setup-minikube

              
  uses: medyagh/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in medyagh/setup-minikube

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About setup-minikube

  • build/deploy/test your application against a real Kubernetes cluster in GitHub Actions.
  • maintained by minikube maintainers.

Basic Usage

    steps:
      - name: start minikube
        id: minikube
        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@latest

Caching

By default setup-minikube caches the ISO, kicbase, and preload using GitHub Action Cache, if you'd like to disable this caching add the following to your workflow file.

- uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@latest
  with:
    cache: false

Examples

Configurable Fields

minikube-version (optional) 
    - default: latest
    - options:
      - version in format of 'X.X.X'
      - 'latest' for the latest stable release
      - 'HEAD' for the latest development build
    - example: 1.24.0
driver (optional) 
    - default: '' (minikube will auto-select)
    - options:
      - docker
      - none (baremetal)
      - virtualbox (available on macOS free agents)
      - also possible if installed on self-hosted agent: podman, parallels, vmwarefusion, hyperkit, vmware, ssh
container-runtime (optional) 
    - default: docker
    - options:
      - docker
      - containerd
      - cri-o
kubernetes-version (optional) 
    - default: stable
    - options:
      - 'stable' for the latest stable Kubernetes version
      - 'latest' for the Newest Kubernetes version
      - 'vX.X.X'
    - example: v1.23.1
cpus (optional) 
    - default: '' (minikube will auto-set)
    - options:
      - ''
      - 'max' to use the maximum available CPUs
    - example: 4
memory (optional) 
    - default: '' (minikube will auto-set)
    - options:
      - '' where unit = b, k, m or g
      - 'max' to use the maximum available memory
    - example: 4000m
network-plugin (optional) 
    - default: auto
    - options:
      - cni
cni (optional) 
    - default: '' (auto)
    - options:
      - bridge
      - calico
      - cilium
      - flannel
      - kindnet
      - (path to a CNI manifest)
wait (optional) 
    - default: all
    - options:
      - comma separated list of Kubernetes components (e.g. apiserver,system_pods,default_sa,apps_running,node_ready,kubelet)
      - all
      - none
      - true
      - false
addons (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - options:
      - ambassador
      - auto-pause
      - csi-hostpath-driver
      - dashboard
      - default-storageclass
      - efk
      - freshpod
      - gcp-auth
      - gvisor
      - headlamp
      - helm-tiller
      - inaccel
      - ingress
      - ingress-dns
      - istio
      - istio-provisioner
      - kong
      - kubevirt
      - logviewer
      - metallb
      - metrics-server
      - nvidia-driver-installer
      - nvidia-gpu-device-plugin
      - olm
      - pod-security-policy
      - portainer
      - registry
      - registry-aliases
      - registry-creds
      - storage-provisioner
      - storage-provisioner-gluster
      - volumesnapshots
      - (minikube addons list)
    - example: ingress,registry
extra-config (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: Any extra config fields (see [docs](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/config/#kubernetes-configuration))
feature-gates (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: Enable feature gates in API service (see [docs](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/config/#enabling-feature-gates))
listen-address (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: IP Address to use to expose ports (docker and podman driver only)
mount-path (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: Mount the source directory from your host into the target directory inside the cluster (format: :)
insecure-registry (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: Any container registry address which is insecure
    - example: localhost:5000,10.0.0.0/24
start-args (optional) 
    - default: ''
    - value: Any flags you would regularly pass into minikube via CLI
    - example: --delete-on-failure --subnet 192.168.50.0

Example 1:

Start Kubernetes on pull request

name: CI
on:
  - pull_request
jobs:
  job1:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: job1
    steps:
      - name: start minikube
        id: minikube
        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@latest
      # now you can run kubectl to see the pods in the cluster
      - name: kubectl
        run: kubectl get pods -A

Example 2

Start Kubernetes using all configuration options

name: CI
on:
  - pull_request
jobs:
  job1:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: job1
    steps:
      - name: start minikube
        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@latest
        id: minikube
        with:
          cache: false
          minikube-version: 1.24.0
          driver: docker
          container-runtime: containerd
          kubernetes-version: v1.22.3
          cpus: 4
          memory: 4000m
          cni: bridge
          addons: registry,ingress
          extra-config: 'kubelet.max-pods=10'
          feature-gates: 'DownwardAPIHugePages=true'
          mount-path: '/Users/user1/test-files:/testdata'
          wait: false
          insecure-registry: 'localhost:5000,10.0.0.0/24'
          start-args: '--delete-on-failure --subnet 192.168.50.0'
      # now you can run kubectl to see the pods in the cluster
      - name: kubectl
        run: kubectl get pods -A

Example 3:

Build image and deploy to Kubernetes on pull request

name: CI
on:
  - push
  - pull_request
jobs:
  job1:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: build discover and deploy
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Start minikube
        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@latest
      # now you can run kubectl to see the pods in the cluster
      - name: Try the cluster!
        run: kubectl get pods -A
      - name: Build image
        run: |
          export SHELL=/bin/bash
          eval $(minikube -p minikube docker-env)
          make build-image
          echo -n "verifying images:"
          docker images
      - name: Deploy to minikube
        run: |
          kubectl apply -f deploy/deploy-minikube.yaml
      - name: Test service URLs
        run: |
          minikube service list
          minikube service discover --url
          echo -n "------------------opening the service------------------"
          curl $(minikube service discover --url)/version

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