Publish Docker image to Quay.io using Dockerfile.alpine workflow (vouch/vouch-proxy)

The Publish Docker image to Quay.io using Dockerfile.alpine workflow from vouch/vouch-proxy, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: vouch/vouch-proxy.github/workflows/docker-release-quayio-alpine.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Publish Docker image to Quay.io using Dockerfile.alpine workflow from the vouch/vouch-proxy 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: Publish Docker image to Quay.io using Dockerfile.alpine

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    tags:
      - 'v*'


jobs:
  publish-to-docker-quayio:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      DOCKER_REPO: quay.io

    steps:
      - name: Check out the repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      - name: Log in to Docker repository
        uses: docker/login-action@f054a8b539a109f9f41c372932f1ae047eff08c9
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.DOCKER_REPO }}
          username: ${{ secrets.QUAYIO_ROBOT_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.QUAYIO_ROBOT_PASSWORD }}

      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@a67f45cb0f8e65cf693a0bc5bfa1c5057c623030
        with:
          images: quay.io/vouch/vouch-proxy
          flavor: |
            prefix=alpine-,onlatest=true
          tags: |
            type=ref,event=branch
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}

      - name: Build and push Docker image using Dockerfile.alpine
        uses: docker/build-push-action@ad44023a93711e3deb337508980b4b5e9bcdc5dc
        with:
          file: Dockerfile.alpine
          context: .
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          platforms: |
            linux/amd64
            linux/arm64

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Publish Docker image to Quay.io using Dockerfile.alpine
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    tags:
      - 'v*'
 
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  publish-to-docker-quayio:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    env:
      DOCKER_REPO: quay.io
 
    steps:
      - name: Check out the repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
      - name: Log in to Docker repository
        uses: docker/login-action@f054a8b539a109f9f41c372932f1ae047eff08c9
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.DOCKER_REPO }}
          username: ${{ secrets.QUAYIO_ROBOT_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.QUAYIO_ROBOT_PASSWORD }}
 
      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@a67f45cb0f8e65cf693a0bc5bfa1c5057c623030
        with:
          images: quay.io/vouch/vouch-proxy
          flavor: |
            prefix=alpine-,onlatest=true
          tags: |
            type=ref,event=branch
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
 
      - name: Build and push Docker image using Dockerfile.alpine
        uses: docker/build-push-action@ad44023a93711e3deb337508980b4b5e9bcdc5dc
        with:
          file: Dockerfile.alpine
          context: .
          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          platforms: |
            linux/amd64
            linux/arm64

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.

2 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 1 job 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 docker/setup-qemu-action docker/setup-buildx-action docker/login-action docker/metadata-action docker/build-push-action