Redis in GitHub Actions

Start a Redis server in your GitHub Actions.

Usage

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Introduction

This GitHub Action starts a Redis server on the default port 6379.

This is useful when running tests against a Redis database.

Usage

A code example says more than a 1000 words. Here’s an exemplary GitHub Action using a Redis server in versions 4 and 5 to test a Node.js app:

name: Run tests

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [10.x, 12.x, 14.x]
        redis-version: [4, 5, 6]

    steps:
    - name: Git checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}

    - name: Start Redis
      uses: supercharge/redis-github-action@1.3.0
      with:
        redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis-version }}

    - run: npm install

    - run: npm test
      env:
        CI: true

Using Redis on a Custom Port

You can start the Redis instance on a custom port using the redis-port input:

name: Run tests

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
        redis-version: [4, 5, 6]

    steps:
    - name: Start Redis
      uses: supercharge/redis-github-action@1.3.0
      with:
        redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis-version }}
        redis-port: 12345

    - name: …

License

MIT © Supercharge

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