CI: publish prebuilt CI images to the Gitea container registry #188

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# CI image for unsupervised-scheduler, one tag per PHP version.
#
# Built and published by .gitea/workflows/ci-images.yml to
# git.unsupervised.ca/unsupervised/ci-php:<php-version>. CI and release jobs
# run inside it via `container:`, so nothing installs PHP at job time.
#
# Why: setup-php installs 8.3+ through apt/the ondrej PPA on these arm64
# runners — a ~145s floor against ~35s for 8.1/8.2, with a tail that has
# twice crossed into hard failure (#178). Pulling a ~120MB image from the
# registry in our own cluster replaces that entirely (#187).
ARG PHP_VERSION=8.3
FROM php:${PHP_VERSION}-cli-alpine
# bash and nodejs are not optional: act_runner executes JavaScript actions
# (actions/checkout, actions/cache, actions/upload-artifact) *inside* the job
# container, and shells `run:` steps through bash.
#
# coreutils, gawk, grep and sed replace the busybox applets with the GNU ones
# the workflow scripts are written against (`tac`, `grep --include`).
#
# jq, curl, git and zip/unzip are used by release.yml and bin/build-zip.sh.
RUN apk add --no-cache \
bash \
coreutils \
curl \
gawk \
git \
grep \
jq \
nodejs \
sed \
unzip \
zip \
icu-libs \
libzip \
&& apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
$PHPIZE_DEPS \
icu-dev \
libzip-dev \
&& docker-php-ext-install -j"$(nproc)" intl zip \
&& apk del --no-network .build-deps
# mbstring is compiled into the official php images; intl and zip are added
# above. That covers what phpunit, phpstan, phpcs and Composer need.
COPY --from=composer:2 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer
# Jobs run as root inside the container, and never answer prompts.
ENV COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1 \
COMPOSER_NO_INTERACTION=1 \
COMPOSER_HOME=/composer
RUN mkdir -p "$COMPOSER_HOME" \
&& php -v \
&& php -m | grep -qx intl \
&& php -m | grep -qx mbstring \
&& composer --version
CMD ["/bin/bash"]
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name: CI Images
# Publishes the per-PHP-version images that ci.yml and release.yml run inside
# (#187). Nothing else consumes them, so this workflow is the only place the
# registry path is written down.
#
# Triggers:
# - the Dockerfile or this workflow changing on main, so an edit ships;
# - the same paths on a pull request, which builds but does not push, so a
# broken Dockerfile is caught before it reaches main;
# - workflow_dispatch, to rebuild on demand;
# - weekly, so PHP patch releases and Alpine security updates land without
# anyone remembering to ask.
on:
push:
branches:
- main
paths:
- '.gitea/ci/Dockerfile'
- '.gitea/workflows/ci-images.yml'
pull_request:
paths:
- '.gitea/ci/Dockerfile'
- '.gitea/workflows/ci-images.yml'
schedule:
- cron: '17 4 * * 1'
workflow_dispatch:
env:
# The instance ROOT_URL host — the container registry lives on the same host.
REGISTRY: git.unsupervised.ca
IMAGE: unsupervised/ci-php
jobs:
build:
name: Build CI image (PHP ${{ matrix.php }})
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
# One version failing should not hide whether the others built.
fail-fast: false
matrix:
# Keep in step with the test matrix in ci.yml.
php:
- '8.1'
- '8.2'
- '8.3'
- '8.5'
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
# The images are built natively, so they carry the runner's
# architecture only. Fine while every runner is arm64; if a runner of a
# different architecture ever joins the pool it will overwrite these
# tags with its own arch and the others will fail to pull.
- name: Check Docker is available
run: |
if ! docker info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "No usable Docker daemon in the job container." >&2
echo "act_runner needs container.docker_host set (or left empty to autodetect)." >&2
exit 1
fi
docker version --format 'client {{.Client.Version}} / server {{.Server.Version}} / arch {{.Server.Arch}}'
# secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN is the Actions task token and can write packages
# for the repository owner. REGISTRY_TOKEN is an escape hatch: set it to
# a PAT with package:write if the task token is ever refused.
- name: Log in to the container registry
if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
run: |
echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
| docker login "${REGISTRY}" -u "${{ vars.REGISTRY_USER || github.actor }}" --password-stdin
- name: Build
run: |
docker build \
--pull \
--build-arg "PHP_VERSION=${{ matrix.php }}" \
--tag "${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE}:${{ matrix.php }}" \
--file .gitea/ci/Dockerfile \
.gitea/ci
# Pull requests build only — the tags on the registry are what the other
# workflows run inside, so only main and a manual dispatch move them.
- name: Push
if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
run: |
image="${REGISTRY}/${IMAGE}:${{ matrix.php }}"
docker push "${image}"
echo "Published ${image}"
- name: Log out
if: always() && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
run: docker logout "${REGISTRY}" || true
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# CI images
CI and release jobs do not install PHP. They run inside prebuilt images
published to the Gitea container registry:
```
git.unsupervised.ca/unsupervised/ci-php:8.1
git.unsupervised.ca/unsupervised/ci-php:8.2
git.unsupervised.ca/unsupervised/ci-php:8.3
git.unsupervised.ca/unsupervised/ci-php:8.5
```
The `Unsupervised` org is public, so the packages pull anonymously — jobs need
no registry credentials to use them.
## Why
`shivammathur/setup-php` installs PHP 8.3+ from apt/the ondrej PPA on these
arm64 runners. That was a ~145s floor against ~35s for 8.1 and 8.2, with a
tail that twice ran past the step timeout and failed the run outright
(#178). Caching the `.deb`s helped, but the apt step itself remained, and PHP
8.5 has the same shape of problem. Pulling a ~120MB image from a registry
inside the cluster replaces the whole thing (#187).
## What is in the image
`.gitea/ci/Dockerfile` builds on `php:<version>-cli-alpine` and adds:
- **`bash` and `nodejs`** — act_runner runs JavaScript actions
(`actions/checkout`, `actions/cache`, `actions/upload-artifact`) *inside*
the job container and shells `run:` steps through bash. Without these, the
first step of every job fails.
- **`coreutils`, `gawk`, `grep`, `sed`** — GNU versions, because the workflow
scripts use `tac` and `grep --include`, which busybox does not provide.
- **`curl`, `jq`, `git`, `zip`, `unzip`** — used by `release.yml` and
`bin/build-zip.sh`.
- **`intl` and `zip` PHP extensions**, plus Composer 2. `mbstring` is already
compiled into the official images.
## Publishing
`.gitea/workflows/ci-images.yml` builds and pushes them. It runs when the
Dockerfile changes on `main`, weekly (so PHP patch releases and Alpine
security updates land on their own), and on `workflow_dispatch`. On a pull
request it builds without pushing, so a broken Dockerfile is caught before it
reaches `main`.
## Adding or dropping a PHP version
1. Add the version to the `php` matrix in `.gitea/workflows/ci-images.yml`.
2. Merge to `main`, or dispatch the workflow, and wait for the tag to appear.
3. Add the version to the `test` matrix in `.gitea/workflows/ci.yml`.
Steps 2 and 3 cannot be one commit: a job cannot run in an image that has not
been published yet.
## Architecture
The images are built natively on whichever runner picks the job, so they carry
that runner's architecture only. Every runner in the pool is arm64 today. If
one of a different architecture ever joins, it will overwrite these tags with
its own arch and the rest will fail to pull — at which point the build needs
`docker buildx` and a multi-arch manifest.
## If a push is refused
The build authenticates with `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN`, the Actions task token.
If the registry ever refuses it, create a personal access token with
`package:write`, store it as the `REGISTRY_TOKEN` secret, and optionally set
the `REGISTRY_USER` variable — the workflow prefers both when present.