Merge pull request #642 from RNAcentral/store-cicd-docker-image-in-github-packages

Store cicd docker image in GitHub packages

Author: pmustonebi

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ manual_deployment_to_fallback:
 
 manual_deployment_to_test:
   stage: deploy
-  image:
-    name: rnacentral/rnacentral-ci-cd
+  image: ghcr.io/rnacentral/rna-central-ci-cd:3.20-alpine
   <<: [*deploy_steps, *variables_test]
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web" && $DEPLOY == "test"'

Dockerfile-CI-CD

@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# To avoid rate limit issues with GitLab and DockerHub, push the CI-CD image to GHCR.
+# Current GHCR limit:
+# - 100 pulls per 6 hours per IP address for anonymous users.
+# - Unlimited pulls for users authenticated with a GitHub account and a valid PAT
+#
+# Commands to build and push:
+#
+# docker buildx create --use
+# docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t ghcr.io/rnacentral/ci-cd:3.20-alpine -f Dockerfile-CI-CD --push .
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build container with kubectl and helm to be used by GitLab CI/CD
 
-ARG BUILDPLATFORM
-FROM ${BUILDPLATFORM}alpine:3.20
+FROM arm64v8/alpine:3.14
 
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH