Example Docker and Github Actions

Demo creating an Apache docker container from a Base OS image, uploaded to github via github actions

Table of Contents

1. Demo
2. Usage: Build
3. Usage: Deploy
4. Requirements
5. Registry

Demo:

• Create Apache Image from base OS Image
• Configure https using self signed certificate
  • Do not build the certificates into the Image
• Configure http redirect to https
• Configure the http/https homepage to display "Docker Apache Challenge"
• The Web service should be listening over standard Web ports (80 and 443).
• Make use of CI tool to:
  • Build docker Images
  • Verify Docker builds
  • Push to GitLab Registry

Usage: Build

• CONTAINER_NAME="name"
• docker build . -t $CONTAINER_NAME

Usage: Deploy

• APA_REDIRECT="127.0.0.1"
  • set redirect to where you want apache to redirect port 80 connections.
  • Do not include "https" or "http"
• APA_CERT="$(pwd)/test"
  • set to location of the certificate and key
  • Use absolute value location
• docker run -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -e "APACHE_REDIRECT_IP=$APA_REDIRECT" --mount type=bind,source="$APA_CERT",target=/cert,readonly $CONTAINER_NAME

Requirements:

• Docker
• Certificate named: domain.crt
• Certificate key (plain text) named: domain.key
• ENV variable: "APACHE_REDIRECT_IP" determines where apache will redirect on port 80

Registry:

• CI Tool builds/pushes GitHub Registry
• Project permission is required to pull from registry.

Author:

• Anthony Tilelli