# Github Actions + Mender-convert?

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** mender-convert\
**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131 "2024-08-22T15:49:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/1 "2024-08-22T15:49:43Z")

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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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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/2 "2024-08-27T16:00:20Z")

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

best regards,

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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/3 "2024-09-25T07:31:18Z")

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Still have not found a solution.

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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/4 "2025-01-06T13:46:01Z")

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by looking at [mender-convert’s own .gitlabci file](https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-convert/blob/2abf6dc3a9239ca3e8c6664f71381b0ba55620f7/.gitlab-ci.yml#L113) 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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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/5 "2025-01-06T13:50:44Z")

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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-convert`also: [mender-app-update-pipeline/.github/workflows/build\_dind.yml at main · TheYoctoJester/mender-app-update-pipeline · GitHub](https://github.com/TheYoctoJester/mender-app-update-pipeline/blob/main/.github/workflows/build_dind.yml)

Greetz,  
Josef

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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/6 "2025-01-06T13:55:57Z")

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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

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**Author:** ![fce](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/fce/32/2308_2.png) [@fce](https://hub.mender.io/u/fce)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/github-actions-mender-convert/7131/7 "2026-03-05T14:52:34Z")

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Hi !

Sorry for the late delay.

Thanks @TheYoctoJester, I had looked at the container options on your workflow and mender-convert is OK on Github actions for us.

Cheers,