Configuring the GitHub Actions workflow for a private container registry

(BMC.DB2.SPE2307)

This topic describes how to perform the following tasks:

To configure a variable and secret

In your GitHub repository, select Settings > Security.
Expand Secrets and Variables.
Select Actions > Variables tab > New repository variable.
Enter the variable name for your container registry user ID and the ID value, and click Add variable.
Select Actions > Secrets tab > New repository secret.
Enter the secret name for your container registry user password and the password value, and click Add secret.

To configure the workflow script

After tagging and pushing the Universal Connector container image to the private container registry and creating the GitHub Actions variable and secret, define the image and credentials for the private container registry for access to the image with the following script:

jobs:
  <jobname>:
    runs-on: <runnerName>
    container:
      image:attach:xwiki:Mainframe.Data-for-Db2.BMC-AMI-DevOps-for-Db2.AMA13100.Installing.Configuring-the-GitHub-Actions-workflow-for-a-private-container-registry.WebHome@filename <newTag>
      options: -u <uid>
      credentials:
        username: $~{~{ vars.variableContainerRegistryUserName }}
        password: $~{~{ secrets.secretContainerRegristryUserPassword }}

Variable	Description
jobName	Job name that runs in the workflow.
runnerName	Runner that the job runs on.
newTag	Private container image to be used in the workflow.
uid	User identifier (number assigned to Linux user) to run the container process and runner owner.
variableContainerRegistryUserName	Variable defined for the container registry user ID
secretContainerRegistryUserPassword	Secret defined for the container registry user password

Configuring the GitHub Actions workflow for a private container registry

To configure a variable and secret

To configure the workflow script

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