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GitHub Actions - Setup Local Environment

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Tools: act

Install

winget install nektos.act

Common Commands

Command Description
act -l List all
act push Push event
act pull_request PR event

Lab: Push

act -l

act push
# time="2026-04-26T22:27:18-04:00" level=info msg="Using docker host 'npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine', and daemon socket 'npipe:////./pipe/docker_engine'"
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] ⭐ Run Set up job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] ⭐ Run Set up job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] 🚀  Start image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   🐳  docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= username= forcePull=true
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   🐳  docker pull image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= username= forcePull=true
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] using DockerAuthConfig authentication for docker pull
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] using DockerAuthConfig authentication for docker pull
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   🐳  docker create image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   🐳  docker create image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   🐳  docker run image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   🐳  docker run image=catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest platform= entrypoint=["tail" "-f" "/dev/null"] cmd=[] network="host"
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node --no-warnings -e console.log(process.execPath)] user= workdir=
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[node --no-warnings -e console.log(process.execPath)] user= workdir=
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   ✅  Success - Set up job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   ✅  Success - Set up job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] ⭐ Run Main fails
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] ⭐ Run Main say hello
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[bash -e /var/run/act/workflow/0] user= workdir=
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   🐳  docker exec cmd=[bash -e /var/run/act/workflow/0] user= workdir=
# | will fail
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   ❌  Failure - Main fails [125.7148ms]
# | hello world
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   ✅  Success - Main say hello [121.2167ms]
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] exitcode '1': failure
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] ⭐ Run Complete job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] Cleaning up container for job echo-hello
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] ⭐ Run Complete job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ]   ✅  Success - Complete job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-bye  ] 🏁  Job failed
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello]   ✅  Success - Complete job
# [01 - Building Block/echo-hello] 🏁  Job succeeded
# Error: Job 'echo-bye' failed