Github Actions + Mender-convert?

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Hi everyone,

We would like to use mender-convert (either native or via docker) to convert our images from the Github Actions CI.

Is it a supported workflow ?
If yes, are there any working examples from the community ?

I have tried a trivial implementation, but it failed as the VMs where github actions run from do not have a basic working loopfs which mender-convert uses when mounting images to fs.

Thank you in advance for any information,
Have a nice day,

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@TheYoctoJester maybe it is done somewhere within Mender’s own CI or testing environment ?

best regards,

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Still have not found a solution.

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by looking at mender-convert’s own .gitlabci file it seems that you use gitlab’s Docker-in-Docker feature which allows you to mound such folders.

I wander if an equivalent flow exists for Github.

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Hi @fce,

I recently build a Docker-in-Docker style pipeline for containerized application updates which runs on GitHub. This should be adaptable to mender-convertalso: mender-app-update-pipeline/.github/workflows/build_dind.yml at main · TheYoctoJester/mender-app-update-pipeline · GitHub

Greetz,
Josef

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Hi @TheYoctoJester,

First of all, Wishing a Happy 2025 to the whole team.
(Sorry for missing this in the previous message, I had my debugging hat on, but too tight.)

I recently build a Docker-in-Docker style pipeline for containerized application updates which runs on GitHub. This should be adaptable to mender-convert

Amazing. I will take a look at the repo and report back.

Have a nice day