Running Docker in a Travis CI build.

This project is now deprecated, but the resources may be useful:

• as an example to create Docker workspaces on environments with constraints
• to use a specific version of Docker or a specific daemon configuration on Travis

./run script will run commands in a user-land linux with docker and docker-compose and pass back the exit code.

Simple

sudo: true

install:
  - curl -sLo - http://j.mp/install-travis-docker | sh -xe

script:
  - ./run 'docker build -t test . && docker run test'

Advanced

sudo: true                  # Required to install packages

env:
  global:
    - DOCKER_VERSION=1.7.1  # Install Docker version 1.7.1
    - DOCKER_VERSION=get.docker.com  # Install Docker using get.docker.com (may break)

    - BRANCH=stable         # Use 'stable' branch
    - BRANCH=develop        # Use 'develop' branch

    - QUIET=1               # Less verbose logging
    - UML_FIG=0             # Don't install fig
    - UML_DOCKERCOMPOSE=1   # Install docker-compose

install:
  # Install https://github.com/moul/travis-docker toolchain
  - curl -sLo - http://j.mp/install-travis-docker | sh -xe

script:
  - ./run docker run busybox ls -la
  - ./run docker run busybox ls -la /non-existing-dir
  - ./run 'docker-compose up -d blog && docker ps && date'
  - ./run 'apt-get install git && git clone myrepo && cd myrepo && docker build -t myimage .'
  - ./run 'docker build -t test . && docker run test'
  - ./run 'ruby my_app_that_communicates_with_docker_socket.rb'

You can find more examples on travis-docker-example.

• DOCKER_VERSION=1.8.0-rc2, default is 1.7.1, available values are all the Docker releases + get.docker.com for docker's install script
• DOCKER_STORAGE_DRIVER=aufs, default is devicemapper, available values are aufs, btrfs, devicemapper, vfs, overlay
• UML_DOCKERCOMPOSE=0, do not install docker-compose
• UML_FIG=0, do not install fig
• QUIET=1, be less verbose

As you probably noticed, the examples above contained the line sudo: true. Travis is moving towards a new infrastructure where sudo is not supported (yet?). That line ensures that your project will state that your project requires sudo (as travis-docker does) and should therefore not be run on the new infrastructure. For existing projects, which have a history of runs on Travis, the old infrastructure might get used even without that line. So it might be unneccessary for your project. But since the line also affects people forking your project, you probably shouldn't rely on that compatibility, but instead make your requirements explicit.

• The Docker version can now be choose
• Improved documentation (sudo, yaml)
• Improved install script

usage: .travis.yml

env:
  global:
    - BRANCH=v1.1.0

sudo: true

install:
  - curl -sLo - http://j.mp/install-travis-docker | sh -xe

script:
  - ./run 'docker build -t test . && docker run test'
  - ./run 'docker-compose up -d blog && docker ps'

Full changelog

Update (2015-07-30): this version is now unstable due to Docker's new install script.

First stable version

usage: .travis.yml

env:
  global:
    - BRANCH=v1.0.0
    - QUIET=1

sudo: true

install:
  - curl -sLo - http://j.mp/install-travis-docker | sh -xe

script:
  - ./run 'docker build -t test . && docker run test'
  - ./run 'docker-compose up -d blog && docker ps'

• First "stable" version
• /var/lib/docker is mounted as tmpfs (limited to 2Gib)
• No persistency between ./run calls
• Optional packages fig and docker-compose are installed by default and can be skiped with UML_FIG=0 UML_DOCKERCOMPOSE=0
• Verbose mode is enabled by default and can be disabled with QUIET=1
• Default storage driver is aufs and can be changed using DOCKER_STORAGE_DRIVER={devicemapper,aufs,btrfs,vfs,overlay}

Proof of concept

• https://github.com/andrewsomething/fabric-package-management
• https://github.com/CloudSlang/cloud-slang-content
• https://github.com/eliotjordan/rails-docker-test
• https://github.com/HanXHX/ansible-debian-dotdeb
• https://github.com/ir4y/fabric-scripts
• https://github.com/moul/docker-icecast
• https://github.com/moul/travis-docker-example
• https://github.com/pathwar/core
• https://github.com/pathwar/level-helloworld
• https://github.com/rporrini/abstat-inf
• https://github.com/scaleway/kernel-tools
• https://github.com/stevenalexander/docker-nginx-dropwizard
• https://github.com/theodi/chef-certificates
• https://github.com/Webtrends/wookiee
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/ansible-nginx
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/ansible-nodejs
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/docker-ansible
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/docker-dash
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/docker-mini
• https://github.com/William-Yeh/docker-wrk

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