Slides for my recent talk at OSCON, April 2021. Link to the video - https://youtu.be/gbJvMcVgPkg?t=14258

1. OSCONF2021
By
@gauravgahlot
GitHubActions = nektos/act +
Docker

2. Twitter - @_gauravgahlot
Website - https://gauravgahlot.in
$ whoami
Software Engineer @InfraCloud
Tinkerbell, grpc-go, docker/get-involved
Docker Community Lead (Pune)
DZone MVB
C# Corner MVP

3. Table of
Contents.
Why?
nektos/act
Action-Time
A word of Caution!

4. No more:
$ git rebase
$ git push —-force
Why?
Fast Feedback - test .github/workflows locally
No make - replace make with CI pipelines
Embarrassments - we all make spelling mistakes
Image from https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0tMkRSdp-Go/
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5. The Dashboard
The runner is the
application that runs a job
from a GitHub Actions
workflow
Configuration
nektos/act
Runners
nektos/act accepts multiple
parameters that can be
defined in a .actrc file
nektos/act is an open
source software allowing
you to run GitHub Actions
locally
OpenSource
Reference: https://github.com/nektos/act

6. Action-Time.
nektos/act
~= + docker:dind

7. The Dashboard
Finding the right runner
could be a challenge
Actions
A word of Caution!!
Runners
Limited supported actions
Reference: https://github.com/nektos/act

8. Thank you!