**Iain Cuthbertson** @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org · Nov 15, 2022, 10:21

**Iain Cuthbertson** @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org · Nov 15, 2022, 10:21

Iain Cuthbertson @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org

GitLab CI will trigger the creation of a Docker container from an image, checkout code inside it and then perform actions upon the checked out code.

Is there a way to have one job do the above, but also start a 2nd container that the 1st can connect to?

**Chris Ellis** @intrbiz@bergamot.social · 2022-11-15T10:45:01Z

Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

@bigcalm Gitlab CI has the concept of services which might be needed during a build, eg a test database: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/services/

**Iain Cuthbertson** @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org · Nov 15, 2022, 11:01

**Iain Cuthbertson** @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org · Nov 15, 2022, 11:01

Iain Cuthbertson @bigcalm@mendeddrum.org

@intrbiz Running a test database is exactly what I need.
2 in fact - SQL Server and MariaDB.

/me absorbs information