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Railway•12mo ago
donutmuncha

Force build via Railway CLI

I am using Github Actions to force a build of my Astro frontend if content in the CMS is updated. Here are my steps:
steps:
- name: Checkout Repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Set up Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v2
with:
node-version: "14"
- name: Install Railway CLI
run: npm install -g railway
- name: Login to Railway
run: railway login --browserless
env:
RAILWAY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RAILWAY_TOKEN }}
- name: Trigger Railway Build for Astro Frontend
run: railway up -e staging --service astro_frontend
env:
RAILWAY_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.RAILWAY_PROJECT_ID }}
steps:
- name: Checkout Repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Set up Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v2
with:
node-version: "14"
- name: Install Railway CLI
run: npm install -g railway
- name: Login to Railway
run: railway login --browserless
env:
RAILWAY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RAILWAY_TOKEN }}
- name: Trigger Railway Build for Astro Frontend
run: railway up -e staging --service astro_frontend
env:
RAILWAY_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.RAILWAY_PROJECT_ID }}
When I run railway up -e staging --service astro_frontend directly from my CLI, it works. However Railway skips the build if no files have physically changed. How can I force the build to complete?
14 Replies
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
do you have any watch paths set?
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
yes
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
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Brody
Brody•12mo ago
well if nothing changes of course railway isn't gonna rebuild, just write a random file into that folder in your action
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
How about if I remove the watch path?
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
that works too, but then a build would be triggered if you made changes to another app within the repo
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
I was thinking that I could move them all into github actions rather than rely opon Railway to trigger the builds. e.g - push to repo > github action (create custom watch) > railway up -e staging --service astro_frontend I think the ability to override/force build would be a handy addition to the CLI. I'll create a ticket for it thanks for helping, as always Brody
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
that would not be a simple addition to the cli
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
I can always ask!
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
fair enough
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
awesome, removing the watch for my frontend worked perfectly. Thanks!
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
no problem 🙂
donutmuncha
donutmuncha•12mo ago
I took your advice and removed all the complexity. Added the watch path back. (Not going to ask for CLI amends 🙂 ) Instead I amend the README with the last deployed date.
name: Payload update
on:
repository_dispatch:
types:
- payload_update

jobs:
update-deployment-time:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check out repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2

- name: Update deployment time
run: |
# Define the date format
DATE_FORMAT="$(date -u +'%a %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)')"

# Replace the line in the markdown file
sed -i "s/Last deployed:.*/Last deployed: $DATE_FORMAT/" apps/web/README.md

- name: Commit and push
run: |
git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
git add apps/web/README.md
git commit -m "chore: Github Action - redeployed frontend"
git push
name: Payload update
on:
repository_dispatch:
types:
- payload_update

jobs:
update-deployment-time:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Check out repository
uses: actions/checkout@v2

- name: Update deployment time
run: |
# Define the date format
DATE_FORMAT="$(date -u +'%a %b %d %Y %H:%M:%S GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)')"

# Replace the line in the markdown file
sed -i "s/Last deployed:.*/Last deployed: $DATE_FORMAT/" apps/web/README.md

- name: Commit and push
run: |
git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
git add apps/web/README.md
git commit -m "chore: Github Action - redeployed frontend"
git push
Brody
Brody•12mo ago
okay now that's even better than creating a random file
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