Create a CI pipeline for merging into development

[katefike]

Goal

Event 1: Before opening a pull request Event 2: Before merging a feature branch into the development branch Event 3: Before pushing to the development branch Workflow (same for all events): Job:

1. Spin up a machine with Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS) x64

   • Would this be a machine provisioned by Github or a Digital Ocean Droplet? A Github-hosted runner can be used.

2. Install the following software:

   • Docker
   • Python3

3. Install the Python dependencies in requirements.txt

4. Start docker using the docker-compose.yml file

5. Run pytest. Prevent the merge if test fail.

Github Actions

• Github-hosted runner is a machine that executes a single job. A runner can clone the repo locally, install software, and run commands to test the code. It's basically the same thing as running the app via an ephemeral server provisioned by an Ansible Playbook. Github can provision the runners, or you can provide your own runners.

Figuring out how Github Actions work

1. Do the quickstart tutorial https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart
2. Get pytest alone to work
3. Get the runner to install and run docker