Run integration tests against a service container.
Section: Run with databases or environment-specific settings
Start PostgreSQL service for tests
yaml
yaml
services:
postgres:
image: postgres:16
env:
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
ports:
- 5432:5432
options: >-
--health-cmd "pg_isready -U postgres"
--health-interval 10s
--health-timeout 5s
--health-retries 5Explanation
Service containers are useful for test environments that need databases, Redis, or other dependencies.
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