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Setting shm_size for Docker Containers?
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Using Selenium browser to run tests, apparently, takes quite a bit of memory. Without the Is there a way within GitHub Actions to set this value? Here’s how I do it locally in my |
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I assume you mean for a job container? I haven’t tried myself, but based on the docs Service containers have an |
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So simple, thank you! I was worried for a second :slight_smile: |
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What about @airtower-luna I see a lot of issues on GitHub regarding docker that have been answered with "use While writing this, I'm currently searching, (since several days), the reason why running docker-compose in GitHub actions doesn't work for certain services in GitHub but works perfectly fine locally. So in my view, GitHub would have better spent effort on a nicer troubleshooting mechanism instead of reinventing docker-compose. (I'll eventually open a new issue/discussion if I still can't manage) |
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The question was about how to do that in Actions, not Compose, don't blame me for answering the question that was asked. I'd generally prefer to use an identical setup locally and in CI, too. 😉 |
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ok, I guess I'm just a bit sensitive to this situation since pretty much any search on the subject ("githab actions docker-compose ...") yields the aforementioned results (to use the vendor-specific option). If it wasn't for some other example actions I saw, I wouldn't even know that you can use docker-compose since github doesn't seem to acknowledge it (in docs). But it is what it is, I suppose. 🤷 |
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Although, in my opinion, the answer could have also mentioned how the set up might have been better with docker-compose, especially considering the OP already mentioned they had such a local file at hand - presumably GitHub won't consider To be fair, I could as well open a new topic on the subject instead of hijacking an existing discussion. 😅 |
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It's mentioned in the list of pre-installed tools (the links is for the |
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I assume you mean for a job container? I haven’t tried myself, but based on the docs
jobs.<job_id>.container.optionsshould do the trick:Service containers have an
optionsparameter that should work the same way.