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.

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

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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