Create new container image automatically upon new release

[satishweb]

Container image creation is manual right now, it should be automatic

1. Setup GitHub workflow for container image creation on creation of the new tag
2. Publish the image to docker.io
3. Publish the image to GHCR

[shizunge]

If you make it automatic, could you please also publish the image to ghcr.io?
Thanks,

[satishweb]

Sure, I will take this up

[satishweb]

I did not have a chance to take this up. I have added this to my TODO list.

[Taomyn]

Is it still manual, I don't see the latest release when I try to grab "latest"?

[satishweb]

Hi @Taomyn, the current version of DoH server is 2.3.6 and it is still the latest. 2.3.6 was released 3 months ago (July 2024).

I assume you are trying to pull the doh-server container image from Docker Hub, expecting that there was an update to the images yesterday. Please correct me if I’m mistaken. The container image version remains the same and is up to date. When you pull the latest version of satishweb/doh-server, you should receive version 2.3.6 that was created 3 months ago. There was no update to images yesterday.

Yesterday, during a routine check, I observed that although the container images for version 2.3.6 were created, the release itself was missing. I have just created the releases from the tags in this GitHub repository.

How are the images built when a new release is made?

The image release process is still manual. I have alerts set up for new releases from the doh-server repository, and I promptly create new images on the same night. I test these images in my data center for a couple of days before rebuilding them for production and pushing them to Docker Hub. I need to find some time to automate it. For the automation, I want to ensure that the images are thoroughly tested to the same standard I currently use before marking them as the latest version.

[Taomyn]

@satishweb thanks for the explanation and it all makes sense now. I just have the GitHub alert enabled for releases which is why I was checking.