Connected GHA to AR in GCP

Author: Justin-Sniesak

.github/workflows/go-dockerimage-pipeline.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,43 @@
-#This workflow automatically takes my code, builds a docker image, and returns the date and time
-#This is the name of the workflow - used under the Actions tab
+#This workflow automatically takes my code, builds a docker image, and returns the date and time, which can be validated in the logs
+#This is the name of this workflow 
 name: Go Dockerimage Pipeline
-#This is workflow name - will appear in the list of workflow runs
+#This is workflow name 
 run-name: CI/CD Pipeline
-#Trigger for the workflow - in otherwords, what causes the workflow to kick off
+#Trigger for the workflow 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
 #Groups all jobs associated with this workflow together      
 jobs:
   build:
-    #Specifies the type of VM to create and what OS it runs. Docker is already installed
+    #Specifies the type of VM OS to run.
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    #Steps involved with the jobs the workflow runs
     steps:
       #Step1 - Checks out code
       - name: Checkout code
-      #Most recent version of actions/checkout  - checksout repo to the runner
+      #Most recent version of actions/checkout - checksout repo to the runner
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      #Step2 - Setups up Docker
+      #Step2 - Builds the Docker image with provided code
       - name: Docker
         run: docker build -t gotime .
 
-      #Step3 - Run your container
+      #Step3 - Run the container then deletes it once the code has ran
       - name: Run container and capture output
         run: docker run --rm gotime
+      
+      #Step4 - Authenticates to Google Cloud with the existing JSON key
+        - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@v3
+        with:
+          credentials_json: '${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}'
+      
+      #Step5 - Configures Docker to access my GCP project
+      - name: Configure Docker to access GCP project
+        run: | gcloud auth configure-docker us-west1-docker.pkg.dev
+
+      #Step6 - Tags the container and pushes to the Artifact Repo in my GCP project
+      - name: Push to Artifact Registry
+        run: | docker tag gotime us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/YOUR_PROJECT/YOUR_REPO/gotime:latest
+              docker push us-west1-docker.pkg.dev/YOUR_PROJECT/YOUR_REPO/gotime:latest