Release workflow (oliver006/redis_exporter)

The Release workflow from oliver006/redis_exporter, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: oliver006/redis_exporter.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the oliver006/redis_exporter repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  release-binaries:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: '1.26'

      - name: Build binaries
        run: |
          make build-all-binaries
          ls -la 
          ls -la .build/
          ./package-github-binaries.sh
          ls -la dist/

      - name: Add binaries to release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          artifacts: "dist/*"
          allowUpdates: true
          omitBodyDuringUpdate: true


  build-and-push-docker-images:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
      attestations: write
      id-token: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4

      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Login to ghcr.io
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Login to quay.io
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: quay.io
          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_TOKEN }}

      - name: Docker meta
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
        with:
          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
          images: |
            oliver006/redis_exporter
            ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter
            quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter

      - name: Build and push scratch image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
        with:
          context: .
          target: scratch-release
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
          push: true
          sbom: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: |
            TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
            SHA1=${{ github.sha }}

      - name: Build and push alpine image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
        with:
          context: .
          target: alpine
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
          push: true
          tags: oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine,ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine,quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: |
            TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
            SHA1=${{ github.sha }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release-binaries:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: '1.26'
 
      - name: Build binaries
        run: |
          make build-all-binaries
          ls -la 
          ls -la .build/
          ./package-github-binaries.sh
          ls -la dist/
 
      - name: Add binaries to release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          artifacts: "dist/*"
          allowUpdates: true
          omitBodyDuringUpdate: true
 
 
  build-and-push-docker-images:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
      attestations: write
      id-token: write
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
 
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
 
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Login to ghcr.io
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Login to quay.io
        uses: docker/login-action@v4
        with:
          registry: quay.io
          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Docker meta
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
        with:
          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
          images: |
            oliver006/redis_exporter
            ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter
            quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter
 
      - name: Build and push scratch image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
        with:
          context: .
          target: scratch-release
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
          push: true
          sbom: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: |
            TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
            SHA1=${{ github.sha }}
 
      - name: Build and push alpine image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
        with:
          context: .
          target: alpine
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm,linux/arm64
          push: true
          tags: oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:${{ github.ref_name }}-alpine,oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine,ghcr.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine,quay.io/oliver006/redis_exporter:alpine
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          build-args: |
            TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
            SHA1=${{ github.sha }}

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

6 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

Container pulls and builds

This workflow runs 2 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-go docker/setup-qemu-action docker/setup-buildx-action docker/login-action docker/metadata-action docker/build-push-action