Github Action steps not executed sequentially

[dusanslad]

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Hello,
I have workflow file which while being ran doen't execute job steps sequentially.
Job looks like this:
jobs:
new-relic-exporter:
runs-on: xxx-ubuntu-runner
steps:
# Step 1: Install and Set Up Docker CLI
- name: Set Up Docker CLI
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
# Step 2: Verify Docker Installation (explicit validation step)
- name: Verify Docker Installation
run: |
docker --version || { echo "Docker CLI is not installed"; exit 1; }
# Step 3: Run New Relic Exporter (only after Docker setup is verified)
- name: Use New Relic Exporter
uses: newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter@latest

So the runner I am using doesn't have docker installed, each time i execute this pipeline i get the error that docker command is not found.. although I have places this action to be the last in the list..

[Mohrip]

It seems like the Docker setup step is not successfully completing before the subsequent steps run. To ensure that steps execute sequentially, try the following:

Ensure Correct Runner: Make sure the docker/setup-buildx-action is correctly setting up Docker before any other step tries to use it.

Add docker/setup-docker explicitly: Before using Docker, explicitly install Docker in your runner using docker/setup-docker@v1 to guarantee it’s installed.

Check Action Versions: Ensure that you are using the latest versions of actions (like docker/setup-buildx-action and newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter).

for example:

jobs:
new-relic-exporter:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# Step 1: Install Docker
- name: Set Up Docker
uses: docker/setup-docker@v1

  # Step 2: Verify Docker Installation
  - name: Verify Docker Installation
    run: |
      docker --version || { echo "Docker CLI is not installed"; exit 1; }

  # Step 3: Run New Relic Exporter
  - name: Use New Relic Exporter
    uses: newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter@latest

[dusanslad]

I have tried this docker/setup-docker@v1, but this one doesn't exist anymore..
There is also similar one docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@master, but the result is the same..
I have also tried to install docker cli with run command, but yet again this build of newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter is still failing as 1st step in the job :/

[Mohrip]

I have tried this docker/setup-docker@v1, but this one doesn't exist anymore.. There is also similar one docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@master, but the result is the same.. I have also tried to install docker cli with run command, but yet again this build of newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter is still failing as 1st step in the job :/

use docker/setup-buildx-action@v2. Ensure you're using the latest version and If the setup action still doesn't work, you can explicitly install Docker using the following commands:
jobs:
new-relic-exporter:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# Step 1: Install Docker
- name: Install Docker
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker.io

  # Step 2: Verify Docker Installation
  - name: Verify Docker Installation
    run: |
      docker --version || { echo "Docker CLI is not installed"; exit 1; }

  # Step 3: Use New Relic Exporter
  - name: Use New Relic Exporter
    uses: newrelic-experimental/gha-new-relic-exporter@latest

and Ensure Docker Daemon is Running, then finally, check Action Documentation if there are additional specific requirements or setup steps