Travis

Using Docker in Builds

Travis CI builds can run and build Docker images, and can also push images to Docker repositories or other remote storage.

To use Docker add the following settings to your .travis.yml:

sudo: required

services:
  - docker

Then you can add - docker commands to your build as shown in the following examples.

Travis CI automatically routes builds to run on Trusty sudo: required when services: docker is configured. We do not currently support use of Docker on OS X.

Using a Docker Image from a Repository in a Build

This example repository runs two Docker containers built from the same image:

  • a Sinatra application
  • the Sinatra application test suite

After specifying in the .travis.yml that the worker is using the Docker enabled environment (with sudo: required AND services: - docker) and is using ruby, the before_install build step pulls a Docker image from carlad/sinatra then runs

cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec foreman start;

in a container built from that image after mapping some ports and paths. Read the Docker User Guide if you need a refresher on how to use Docker.

The full .travis.yml looks like this

sudo: required

language: ruby

services:
  - docker

before_install:
- docker pull carlad/sinatra
- docker run -d -p 127.0.0.1:80:4567 carlad/sinatra /bin/sh -c "cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec foreman start;"
- docker ps -a
- docker run carlad/sinatra /bin/sh -c "cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec rake test"

script:
- bundle exec rake test

and produces the following build output:

$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                   COMMAND                CREATED                  STATUS                  PORTS                    NAMES
e376792bce99        carlad/sinatra:latest   "/bin/sh -c 'cd /roo   Less than a second ago   Up Less than a second   127.0.0.1:80->4567/tcp   condescending_galileo
before_install.4
1.30s$ docker run carlad/sinatra /bin/sh -c "cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec rake test"
/usr/local/bin/ruby -I"lib:test" -I"/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0" "/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/test_app.rb"
Loaded suite /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rake/rake_test_loader
Started
.
Finished in 0.022952763 seconds.
------
1 tests, 1 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 pendings, 0 omissions, 0 notifications
100% passed
------
43.57 tests/s, 43.57 assertions/s

Building a Docker Image from a Dockerfile

Instead of downloading the Docker image from carlad/sinatra you can build it directly from the Dockerfile in the GitHub respository.

To build the Dockerfile in the current directory, and give it the same carlad/sinatra label, change the docker pull line to:

docker build -t carlad/sinatra .

The full .travis.yml looks like this

sudo: required

language: ruby

services:
  - docker

before_install:
  - docker build -t carlad/sinatra .
  - docker run -d -p 127.0.0.1:80:4567 carlad/sinatra /bin/sh -c "cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec foreman start;"
  - docker ps -a
  - docker run carlad/sinatra /bin/sh -c "cd /root/sinatra; bundle exec rake test"

script:
  - bundle exec rake test

Pushing a Docker Image to a Registry

In order to push an image to a registry, one must first authenticate via docker login. The email, username, and password used for login should be stored in the repository settings environment variables, which may be set up through the web or locally via the Travis CLI, e.g.:

travis env set DOCKER_USERNAME myusername
travis env set DOCKER_PASSWORD secretsecret

Within your .travis.yml prior to attempting a docker push or perhaps before docker pull of a private image, e.g.:

docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" -p "$DOCKER_PASSWORD"

Branch Based Registry Pushes

To push a particular branch of your repository to a remote registry, use the after_success section of your .travis.yml:

after_success:
  - if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]; then
    docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" -p "$DOCKER_PASSWORD";
    docker push USER/REPO;
    fi

Private Registry Login

When pushing to a private registry, be sure to specify the hostname in the docker login command, e.g.:

docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" -p "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" registry.example.com

Using Docker Compose

The Docker Compose tool is also installed in the Docker enabled environment.

If needed, you can easily replace this preinstalled version of docker-compose by adding the following before_install step to your .travis.yml:

env:
  - DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION=1.4.2

before_install:
  - sudo rm /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
  - curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-`uname -s`-`uname -m` > docker-compose
  - chmod +x docker-compose
  - sudo mv docker-compose /usr/local/bin

Installing a newer Docker version

You can upgrade to the latest version and use any new Docker features by manually updating it in the before_install step of your .travis.yml:

Updating from apt.dockerproject.org

before_install:
  - sudo apt-get update
  - sudo apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confnew" install docker-ce

Alternatively, you can use addons instead of before_install to update via apt as well:

addons:
  apt:
    packages:
      - docker-ce

Updating from download.docker.com

before_install:
  - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  - sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
  - sudo apt-get update
  - sudo apt-get -y install docker-ce

Check what version of Docker you’re running with docker --version

Examples