Can machines be used to run end to end tests?

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1

I am looking for a way to be able to spin up a couple of apps, run some end to end tests, then spin down the apps. Is machines a good way to achieve this?

I have this Github Action file I am testing with, does anyone have any examples of how to achieve this? One complexity I have, is that I would need to also do is create a machine for an app in a different repo, is it possible for me to do this?

name: Deploy Development

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

env:
  {MY_SECRETS}

jobs:
  deploy_testing:
    name: Deploy to Testing
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Setup Fly
        uses: superfly/flyctl-actions/setup-flyctl@master
      - name: Setup & Deploy Machine
        run: flyctl {FLY COMMAND}

  end_to_end:
    needs: [deploy_testing]
    name: End To End Tests
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Run Cypress Tests
        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v2
        with:
          browser: chrome
          headless: true
          record: true
          wait-on: {INSERT_URL_VARIABLE_HERE}
          config: defaultCommandTimeout=30000,baseUrl={INSERT_URL_VARIABLE_HERE}
          cache-key: cypress-hash-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}
2

Yes, they are.

Doesn’t use machines, but ref code using the fly-pr-review-apps github-action: https://github.com/search?l=YAML&q=“+fly-pr-review-apps”&type=Code

Some developers have chosen to fork as Fly has all but abandoned the effort: superfly / fly-pr-review-apps - anyone maintaining?. Regardless, fly-pr-review-apps is a good starting point for anyone trying to build their own CI workflow atop github-actions.