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Actions Customizing the containers used by jobs - GitHub Docs
Instructions for configuring and using custom Docker container images to provide specific environments for GitHub Actions jobs.
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Actions Customizing the containers used by jobs - GitHub Docs
Instructions for configuring and using custom Docker container images to provide specific environments for GitHub Actions jobs.
When To Use
Use when you need to specify a custom Docker image for a job to ensure the runner has specific software, dependencies, or operating system configurations required for your workflow steps.
Reference Files
| File | Contains | Use For |
|---|---|---|
SKILL.md | Entry point: scope, routing table, and workflow. | Start here. |
docs/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-workflow-guide.md | A guide explaining how to customize the containers used by jobs on self-hosted runners in GitHub Actions. | Questions about a guide explaining how to customize the containers used by jobs on self-hosted runners in GitHub Actions. |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g.text | A YAML configuration example demonstrating how to specify a custom container image and environment variables for a GitHub Actions job. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML configuration example demonstrating how to specify a custom container image and environment variables for a Gi... |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-2.text | A text representation of a GitHub Actions job configuration showing container and service container settings. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A text representation of a GitHub Actions job configuration showing container and service container settings. |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-3.text | A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define service containers and job containers within a GitHub Actions workflow. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define service containers and job containers within a GitHub Action... |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-4.text | A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define service containers and job containers within a GitHub Actions workflow. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define service containers and job containers within a GitHub Action... |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-5.text | A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define container images and service containers for GitHub Actions jobs. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A YAML configuration snippet demonstrating how to define container images and service containers for GitHub Actions j... |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-6.text | A configuration example showing how to define job containers and service containers within a GitHub Actions workflow. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A configuration example showing how to define job containers and service containers within a GitHub Actions workflow. |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-7.text | A workflow configuration example demonstrating how to specify custom container images for jobs in GitHub Actions. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in A workflow configuration example demonstrating how to specify custom container images for jobs in GitHub Actions. |
examples/actions-how-tos-manage-runners-customizing-the-containers-used-by-jobs-g-8.text | An example showing how to set the ACTIONS_RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS environment variable to customize containers used by GitHub Actions jobs. | Exact payloads, commands, or snippets shown in An example showing how to set the ACTIONSRUNNERCONTAINERHOOKS environment variable to customize containers used by Gi... |
What This Skill Covers
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- GitHub Actions / - How-tos / - Manage runners / - Self-hosted runners / - Customize containers
- Main sections:
In this article,About container customization,Container customization commands,preparejob,Arguments for preparejob.
Workflow
- Open the most relevant file under
docs/for the exact documented workflow and wording. - Open
schemas/files for exact structured contracts. - Open
examples/files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests. - Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.
Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/manage-runners/self-hosted-runners/customize-containers