This guide covers configuring continuous integration pipelines for projects that have a rethinkdb dependency. If you’re new to Drone please read our Tutorial and build configuration guides first.

Basic Example

In the below example we demonstrate a pipeline that launches a rethinkdb service container. The database server will be available at database:28015, where the hostname matches the service container name.

kind: pipeline
name: default

steps:
- name: test
  image: node:9
  commands:
  - npm install -s -g recli
  - recli -h database -j 'r.db("rethinkdb").table("stats")'

services:
- name: database
  image: rethinkdb:2
  command: [ rethinkdb, --bind, all ]

Common Problems

Incorrect Hostname

You cannot use 127.0.0.1 or localhost to connect with the database. If you are unable to connect please verify you are using the correct hostname, corresponding with the container name.

Bad:

kind: pipeline
name: default

steps:
- name: test
  image: node:9
  commands:
  - npm install -s -g recli
  - recli -h localhost -j 'r.db("rethinkdb").table("stats")'

services:
- name: database
  image: rethinkdb:2
  command: [ rethinkdb, --bind, all ]

Good:

kind: pipeline
name: default

steps:
- name: test
  image: node:9
  commands:
  - npm install -s -g recli
  - recli -h database -j 'r.db("rethinkdb").table("stats")'

services:
- name: database
  image: rethinkdb:2
  command: [ rethinkdb, --bind, all ]