name: Build and Push Multi-Arch Image description: Log in to a container registry, set up a remote Docker Buildx builder over SSH, and build + push a multi-arch image. inputs: registry_host: description: Hostname of the container registry required: true default: git.ivanch.me registry_username: description: Username for the container registry required: true default: ivanch registry_password: description: Password / token for the container registry (pass via secrets) required: true image: description: Full image reference (host/path/name) without tag required: true image_tag: description: Tag(s) to apply to the built image. Comma-separated for multiple tags (e.g. "latest,abc1234"). required: false default: latest platforms: description: Comma-separated list of target platforms required: false default: linux/amd64,linux/arm64 build_context: description: Docker build context path required: false default: . build_dockerfile: description: Path to the Dockerfile (relative to context) required: false default: Dockerfile build_args: description: >- Optional build arguments, one per line in KEY=VALUE form. Each line is appended as a `--build-arg KEY=VALUE` to the build command. required: false default: "" ssh_key: description: SSH private key for the remote Docker builder host (pass via secrets) required: true docker_host: description: Hostname of the remote Docker Buildx builder required: false default: docker-build.haven docker_user: description: SSH user for the remote Docker builder required: false default: root runs: using: composite steps: - name: Log in to Container Registry shell: bash env: REGISTRY_HOST: ${{ inputs.registry_host }} REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ inputs.registry_username }} REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ inputs.registry_password }} run: | echo "${REGISTRY_PASSWORD}" \ | docker login "${REGISTRY_HOST}" \ -u "${REGISTRY_USERNAME}" \ --password-stdin - name: Set up SSH key for remote builder shell: bash env: SSH_KEY: ${{ inputs.ssh_key }} BUILDER_HOST: ${{ inputs.docker_host }} BUILDER_USER: ${{ inputs.docker_user }} run: | # Defensive: strip any stray CR (CRLF checkout via core.autocrlf can # turn "root" into "root\r", which ssh rejects with # "remote username contains invalid characters"). SSH_KEY=$(printf '%s' "${SSH_KEY}" | tr -d '\r') BUILDER_HOST=$(printf '%s' "${BUILDER_HOST}" | tr -d '\r') BUILDER_USER=$(printf '%s' "${BUILDER_USER}" | tr -d '\r') mkdir -p ~/.ssh echo "${SSH_KEY}" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 ssh-keyscan "${BUILDER_HOST}" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts # Fail fast with a real diagnostic instead of a slow buildx # "context deadline exceeded" if the runner can't reach / auth to the # remote docker daemon over SSH. A hard `timeout` wrapper guarantees we # never hang: ConnectTimeout only bounds the TCP handshake. echo "== probing ssh://***@${BUILDER_HOST} ==" if timeout 25 ssh \ -o BatchMode=yes \ -o ConnectTimeout=10 \ -o ServerAliveInterval=5 \ -o ServerAliveCountMax=2 \ -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \ -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 \ "${BUILDER_USER}@${BUILDER_HOST}" \ 'docker version --format "server={{.Server.Version}}"'; then echo "SSH probe OK" else rc=$? echo "SSH probe FAILED (exit ${rc})" if [ "${rc}" = "124" ]; then echo "-> timed out: TCP opens but SSH/daemon does not answer." echo "-> Check: dockerd running on ${BUILDER_HOST}? firewall path? MTU?" fi exit "${rc}" fi - name: Set up remote Docker context and buildx shell: bash env: BUILDER_HOST: ${{ inputs.docker_host }} BUILDER_USER: ${{ inputs.docker_user }} PLATFORMS: ${{ inputs.platforms }} run: | # NOTE on approach: we drive the *remote daemon's own default buildx # builder* through a docker context over SSH. We deliberately do NOT use # `docker buildx create --name X ssh://...` (docker-container driver over # SSH): that path hangs on "waiting for connection: context deadline # exceeded" against this builder host, whereas a plain docker context + # the daemon's built-in buildkit (containerd-snapshotter) works and # supports multi-arch. Also never set DOCKER_HOST (it overrides the # active context). unset DOCKER_HOST || true docker context rm -f remote-builder 2>/dev/null || true docker context create remote-builder \ --docker "host=ssh://${BUILDER_USER}@${BUILDER_HOST}" # Ensure qemu/binfmt is registered on the remote for cross-arch builds. # This registration lives in the kernel and is lost on daemon/host # restart, so (re)install it every run. Cheap and idempotent. if echo "${PLATFORMS}" | grep -q 'arm'; then echo "== ensuring qemu/binfmt on remote for cross-arch ==" docker --context remote-builder run --privileged --rm \ tonistiigi/binfmt --install all >/dev/null 2>&1 || \ echo "WARN: binfmt install returned non-zero (may already be present)" fi # Sanity-check the remote builder answers (fast, no container spawn). docker --context remote-builder buildx inspect >/dev/null - name: Generate tags list id: gentags shell: bash env: IMAGE: ${{ inputs.image }} IMAGE_TAGS: ${{ inputs.image_tag }} run: | TAGS_ARGS="" IFS=',' read -ra ADDR <<< "${IMAGE_TAGS}" for tag in "${ADDR[@]}"; do trimmed_tag=$(echo "${tag}" | xargs) if [ -n "${trimmed_tag}" ]; then TAGS_ARGS="${TAGS_ARGS} -t ${IMAGE}:${trimmed_tag}" fi done echo "tag_args=${TAGS_ARGS}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" - name: Generate build args id: genbuildargs shell: bash env: BUILD_ARGS_INPUT: ${{ inputs.build_args }} run: | ARGS="" while IFS= read -r line; do # strip stray CR (CRLF checkout) and surrounding whitespace trimmed=$(printf '%s' "${line}" | tr -d '\r' | xargs) if [ -n "${trimmed}" ]; then ARGS="${ARGS} --build-arg ${trimmed}" fi done <<< "${BUILD_ARGS_INPUT}" echo "build_args=${ARGS}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" - name: Build and Push Multi-Arch Image shell: bash env: BUILD_CONTEXT: ${{ inputs.build_context }} BUILD_DOCKERFILE: ${{ inputs.build_dockerfile }} PLATFORMS: ${{ inputs.platforms }} TAG_ARGS: ${{ steps.gentags.outputs.tag_args }} BUILD_ARGS: ${{ steps.genbuildargs.outputs.build_args }} run: | unset DOCKER_HOST || true # Build on the remote daemon's default buildkit via the SSH context and # push directly. Registry credentials come from the `docker login` in # the first step (buildx forwards the runner's auth to buildkit). docker --context remote-builder buildx build \ --platform "${PLATFORMS}" \ --file "${BUILD_CONTEXT}/${BUILD_DOCKERFILE}" \ ${BUILD_ARGS} \ ${TAG_ARGS} \ --push \ "${BUILD_CONTEXT}"