This GitHub action starts DDEV with your project's configuration from the directory .ddev.
The idea is to reuse the same environment that you are maintaining for development anyways for automated acceptance testing, thus saving on maintaining a separate CI-configuration.
Any additional services that you might have configured will be started and any post-start hooks etc. will be run.
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
      - name: Setup DDEV
        uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
      # example: composer install
      - run: ddev composer install
      # example: populate database
      - run: ddev import-db --file=data/db.sql.gz
      # ... and so on. For example:
      - run: ddev exec bin/myAcceptanceTests.sh
      - run: ddev exec make tests
      - run: ddev composer ci:tests
      - run: ddev composer ci:tests:acceptance:${{ matrix.browser }}
      - run: ddev yarn --frozen-lockfile --no-progress --non-interactive && ddev yarn mocha-tests
      - run: ddev npm ci && ddev npm run mocha-tests
      - run: test 'test for expected output' = "$(curl --silent https://my-ddev-project.ddev.site)"
      # use different PHP version in a test matrix
      - run: |
          sed -i -e 's/^php_version:.*/php_version: ${{ matrix.php-version }}/g' .ddev/config.yaml
          ddev startPath to your DDEV project. This path needs to contain the .ddev/ directory.
default: . (root directory)
      - name: Setup DDEV
        uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
        with:
          ddevDir: ".devbox"
      - name: 'You need to switch to that directory to use the `ddev` command'
        run: ddev composer install
        working-directory: .devboxStarts your DDEV project immediately.
default: true
      - uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
        with:
          autostart: falseInstall a specific ddev version. The version must be available in ddev's apt repository.
default: latest
      - uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
        with:
          version: 1.24.7URL to the DDEV installation script. This allows you to specify a custom or alternative source for the DDEV installation script.
default: https://ddev.com/install.sh
      - uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
        with:
          installScriptUrl: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ddev/ddev/v1.22.4/scripts/install_ddev.sh"This option is useful for:
- Using a specific version of the installation script from a tagged release
 - Testing with a development version from a specific branch
 - Using a forked or modified version of the installation script
 - Working with air-gapped environments that require local script hosting
 
Example with custom script source:
      - name: Setup DDEV with custom installation script
        uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1
        with:
          installScriptUrl: "https://my-company.com/scripts/custom_ddev_install.sh"
          version: "v1.24.7"If your workflow needs to reach remote destinations that require private SSH keys, we recommend adding SSH keys that you have entered as GitHub "secrets":
      - name: Setup SSH keys
        run: |
          mkdir -p .ddev/homeadditions/.ssh
          echo "${{ secrets.MY_KEY }}" > .ddev/homeadditions/.ssh/id_rsa
          chmod 700 .ddev/homeadditions/.ssh
          chmod 600 .ddev/homeadditions/.ssh/id_rsa
      - name 'optional: set up host keys'
        run: |
          echo "${{ secrets.MY_KNOWN_HOSTS }}" > .ddev/homeadditions/.ssh/known_hosts
      - name: Setup DDEV
        uses: ddev/github-action-setup-ddev@v1For bugs and feature requests use the GitHub bug tracker.
Pull requests are very welcome.
Setup DDEV in GitHub Workflows is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.