Use Docker Containers for GitHub Actions

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Tips & Traps¶

1. Docker container is available in Ubuntu and Windows but not macOS in GitHub Actions due to license issues. To use Docker in macOS in GitHub Actions, you have to install it manually. Please refer to Is it possible to install and configure Docker on MacOS runner? for more details.

2. The runner account (even with sudo) in GitHub Actions VMs have restricted priviledges. For example, the Linux perf (and equivalent) tools cannot be run in GitHub Actions VMs even if sudo is used. Docker containers running in GitHub Actions VMs are restricted too. For more details, please refer to Supported Linux capabilities .

Examples¶

• fun-poker-game/poker-rs - profiling.yml

• fun-poker-game/poker-rs - pre-release_centos7.yml

• fun-poker-game/poker-rs - on_merge.yml

• fun-poker-game/poker-rs - lint.yml

• fun-poker-game/poker-rs - bench_on_pr.yml

• legendu-net/aiutil - lint.yml