Github Action Self-Hosted Runner - Docker builder
brycelund
PRO
a month ago
I've read through the guide here: https://docs.railway.com/tutorials/github-actions-runners#known-limitations but I want to make sure I understand correctly.
Am I correct in understanding that it is currently impossible to use a Railway Self-Hosted Runner to build a docker image and push it to AWS ECR?
Example:
name: Build and Deploy API to AWS ECR and ECS
on:
push:
branches:
- master
paths:
- 'apps/server/**'
- '.github/workflows/api-deploy.yml'
jobs:
build-and-deploy:
runs-on: railway
steps:
# Checkout the repository
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v3
# Setup PNPM with proper caching
- name: Setup PNPM
uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
with:
version: latest
# Setup Node.js
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v3
with:
node-version: '22'
# Install dependencies first
- name: Install Dependencies
run: pnpm install
# Cache dependencies after installation
- name: Cache dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v3
with:
path: |
**/node_modules
~/.pnpm-store
key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-
# Set up Docker Buildx
- name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
# Configure AWS credentials
- name: Configure AWS credentials
uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
with:
aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
# Login to Amazon ECR
- name: Login to Amazon ECR
id: login-ecr
uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
# Build and push using Docker Buildx
- name: Build and push Docker image
uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
with:
context: .
file: ./apps/server/Dockerfile
platforms: linux/arm64
push: true
tags: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.API_ECR_REPOSITORY }}:latest
cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}/${{ secrets.API_ECR_REPOSITORY }}:latest
cache-to: type=inline
# Deploy to ECS
- name: Deploy to ECS
env:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
run: |
aws ecs update-service \
--cluster XXXX \
--service XXX \
--force-new-deployment
# Cleanup ECR login token
- name: Logout from Amazon ECR
if: always()
run: docker logout ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
1 Replies
a month ago
Hello,
Correct, You cannot do Docker-In-Docker on Railway at this time.
Best,
Brody
Status changed to Awaiting User Response Railway • about 1 month ago
Status changed to Solved brody • about 1 month ago