Github action run two process one after other - github

Question

I've two GitHub actions which should run one after other,
the first install 1 is installing & running a server (e.g. server is running on port 3000), this works however the install 1 is not finishing ( is the server is up and you dont get "stop" signal which is ok) but I need to proceed to the next step install 2 only when the server is up, how should I solve this issue?
In short when you running some process and you need to run other after a while
Please see this repo and the action.
- name: install 1
shell: bash
run: |
make install
make run
- name: install 2
shell: bash
run: |
kubectl apply -f ./config/samples/test.yaml
im using the kubebuilder to generate the project include the makefile...
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder

Answer 1

The two processes install 1 and install 2 are already executed one after the other by the implicit if: ${{ success() }}.
Your problem is that the server is not completely up yet. There are several possibilites to solve this problem:
Wait for few seconds with the sleep command:
- name: install 2
shell: bash
run: |
sleep 10 &&
kubectl apply -f ./config/samples/test.yaml
Wait for the port to open e.g. with the tool wait-port
Wait for the port to open with native Linux tools netcat or netcat/netstat
You can alternatively create an exit code yourself, which you can use in the next step from this post:
- name: install 1
id: install1
shell: bash
run: |
make install
make run
echo ::set-output name=exit_code::$?
- name: install 2
if: steps.install1.outputs.exit_code == 0
shell: bash
run: |
kubectl apply -f ./config/samples/test.yaml
EDIT: I think I have found your problem. By executing make run your server runs permanently and blocks the further processing of the action. You could for example run make run in the background with make run &. And I think you won't need the two jobs then either. For more details during the build you can add the debug option.

Answer 2

Use the needs keyword. You would also want to be separating these into different jobs.
jobs:
job1:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: install 1
shell: bash
run: |
make install
make run
job2:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: job1
steps:
- name: install 2
shell: bash
run: |
kubectl apply -f ./config/samples/test.yaml