Meilisearch: 4. GitHub Actions
This documentation is part of the GitHub Actions & GitLab CI guide. View the full guide here: Spin up a real Meilisearch service from your GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipeline, run your tests against it, and tear it down automatically.
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To get started, you can save the following as .github/workflows/ci.yml. From now on, every push and pull request will run tests against a real Meilisearch instance.
name: CI with Meilisearch
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
env:
STACKHERO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STACKHERO_TOKEN }}
STACK_NAME: ci-meilisearch-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
INSTANCE: "10G" # Change this as needed (see step 3)
REGION: europe
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Install the Stackhero CLI and the client
run: |
curl -fsSL https://www.stackhero.io/install.sh | sh
apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends jq curl
- name: Create the Meilisearch service
run: |
set -euo pipefail
STACK_ID=$(stackhero --format=script stack-create --name="$STACK_NAME")
echo "STACK_ID=$STACK_ID" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
SERVICE_ID=$(stackhero --format=script service-add \
--stack="$STACK_ID" \
--service-store="meilisearch" \
--instance="$INSTANCE" \
--region="$REGION")
echo "SERVICE_ID=$SERVICE_ID" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
stackhero service-wait-for --service="$SERVICE_ID"
- name: Run tests against Meilisearch
run: |
set -euo pipefail
config=$(stackhero service-configuration-get --service="$SERVICE_ID" --format=json)
host=$(echo "$config" | jq -r '.configuration.domain')
# Call the Meilisearch health endpoint.
curl -fsS "https://$host/health" | grep -q '"status":"available"'
echo "✅ Meilisearch is reachable from CI."
# You can run your own test suite here using the credentials above ...
- name: Tear down (always, even on failure)
if: always()
run: |
if [ -n "${SERVICE_ID:-}" ]; then
stackhero service-delete --service="$SERVICE_ID" --confirm
stackhero service-wait-for --service="$SERVICE_ID"
fi
if [ -n "${STACK_ID:-}" ]; then
stackhero stack-delete --stack="$STACK_ID" --confirm
fi
The teardown step is configured with if: always() so it runs no matter what, making sure your Meilisearch instance is deleted and you are not billed for unused resources.