Run integration tests with custom containers

Question

As a PoC I want to build a pipeline for GitOps of policy management. When a policy is committed to a repo, I want to run an existing Docker container (available on Docker Hub) that acts as a policy engine with a REST API exposed for uploading the policies and then run queries against. What is the easiest way to accomplish this?

1. Commit policies to Git (preferably CodeCommit)
2. Spin up a prebuilt Docker container
3. Run a shell script with curl commands to upload and test the validity of the policies on the Docker container
4. Fail the pipeline if curl does not return 200.

myronix88 · Answer

You can use AWS CI/CD stack: CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline.

https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/

https://aws.amazon.com/codebuild/

https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/

In a buildspec you can define all the needed commands:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/build-spec-ref.html

Pontus Palmenas · Answer

Would something like this be the right approach to run the container inside the build?

```
version: 0.2

phases:
  install:
    runtime-versions:
      docker: 24

pre_build:
    commands:
      - docker pull my-docker-image:tag
      - docker run -d --name policy-container my-docker-image:tag

build:
    commands:
      - sh integration_tests.sh

post_build:
    commands:
      - docker stop policy-container
      - docker rm policy-container
```

Run integration tests with custom containers

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