CI: Using an action for mysql setup instead of a docker image

.github/actions/setup-database/action.yml

@@ -35,40 +35,36 @@ runs:
     - name: Wait for MySQL to be ready
       if: ${{ inputs.database == 'mysql' }}
       run: |
-        # Wait for MySQL service container to be healthy
-        until mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -proot_password --silent; do
+        # Wait for MySQL server to be ready
+        until mysqladmin ping -u root -proot_password --silent; do
           sleep 1
           echo -n .
         done
         echo "MySQL is ready"
       shell: bash
 
-    - name: Set up MySQL Privileges
+    - name: Set up MySQL Database and Privileges
       if: ${{ inputs.database == 'mysql' }}
       run: |
         # Note: MySQL server configuration (character set, collation, row format) is set
-        # at container startup via custom entrypoint script that passes command-line arguments
-        # to mysqld, similar to how mirromutth/mysql-action works.
-        # Ensure user exists and has proper privileges
-        mysql -u root -proot_password -h 127.0.0.1 mysql <<EOF
-        CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'evennia'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
+        # via my-cnf in the shogo82148/actions-setup-mysql action.
+        # The user 'evennia' is already created by the action, but we need to create the database
+        # and grant privileges.
+        mysql -u root -proot_password mysql <<EOF
+        CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS evennia CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
         GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`evennia%\`.* TO 'evennia'@'%';
         GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'evennia'@'%';
         GRANT SESSION_VARIABLES_ADMIN ON *.* TO 'evennia'@'%';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         EOF
-        # Set database character set and collation
-        mysql -u root -proot_password -h 127.0.0.1 evennia <<EOF
-        ALTER DATABASE evennia CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
-        EOF
       shell: bash
 
     # get logs from db start
     - name: Database container logs
-      if: ${{ inputs.database == 'postgresql' || inputs.database == 'mysql' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.database == 'postgresql'}}
       uses: jwalton/gh-docker-logs@v2
 
     - name: Check running containers
-      if: ${{ inputs.database == 'postgresql' || inputs.database == 'mysql' }}
+      if: ${{ inputs.database == 'postgresql'}}
       run: docker ps -a
       shell: bash

.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml

@@ -56,32 +56,21 @@ jobs:
 
     timeout-minutes: 35
 
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        image: mysql:8.0
-        env:
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: evennia
-          MYSQL_USER: evennia
-          MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
-          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root_password
-        ports:
-          - 3306:3306
-        options: >-
-          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping -h localhost"
-          --health-interval=10s
-          --health-timeout=5s
-          --health-retries=3
-          --entrypoint="/bin/bash"
-          -c
-          "printf '#!/bin/bash\nexec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh mysqld --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --innodb-default-row-format=DYNAMIC \"\$@\"\n' > /tmp/mysql-entrypoint.sh && chmod +x /tmp/mysql-entrypoint.sh && exec /tmp/mysql-entrypoint.sh"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install MySQL client
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y default-mysql-client
-        timeout-minutes: 2
+      - name: Set up MySQL
+        uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-mysql@v1
+        with:
+          mysql-version: "8.0"
+          root-password: root_password
+          user: evennia
+          password: password
+          my-cnf: |
+            [mysqld]
+            character-set-server=utf8mb4
+            collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+            innodb-default-row-format=DYNAMIC
 
       - name: Set up database (mysql)
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-database

.github/workflows/mysql.cnf

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[mysqld]
-character-set-server=utf8mb4
-collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
-innodb-default-row-format=DYNAMIC
-