# Apply Docker Hardened Image policies to your images — Enforce policy compliance in CI

> Use the Docker Scout GitHub Action to evaluate the DHI policies on every push and fail the workflow when an image doesn't meet them.

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## Knowledge

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Use the Docker Scout GitHub Action to evaluate the DHI policies on every push and fail the workflow when an image doesn't meet them. The following workflow builds the image, then evaluates it against the DHI policy bundle

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
name: DHI policy check

on:
  push:

env:
  IMAGE_NAME: my-dhi-app:${{ github.sha }}

jobs:
  policy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      - name: Log in to Docker Hub
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PAT }}

      - name: Build the image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          context: .
          load: true
          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}

      - name: Evaluate DHI policies
        uses: docker/scout-action@v1.23.1
        with:
          command: policy
          image: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
          policy-bundle: dhi/policies:latest
          exit-code: true
```

The docker/login-action step authenticates with Docker Hub so the runner can pull the DHI base image and the dhi/policies bundle. Store your Docker Hub username and a personal access token as the DOCKER_USER and DOCKER_PAT repository secrets.

Set exit-code: true to fail the step when any policy isn't met. The policy-bundle input accepts a comma-separated list of bundles, and you can combine it with the policy-file, policy-dir, and policy-config inputs, the same as the CLI flags.

For more on running policy evaluation in CI, see Evaluate policies.

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