Save actions cache
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(2)Tired of waiting for the 'Set up job' step to finish? This action caches the actions cache for self-hosted runners.
Action runners already have the cache mechanism built-in. This action simply puts the files of the current actions script in that folder to avoid downloading it in the future.
- Give the project a star! ⭐
- Setup your self-hosted runner to use the cache. You must set env variable
ACTIONS_RUNNER_ACTION_ARCHIVE_CACHEfor the runner to a folder that is writeable.
Example, we use AutoscalingRunnerSet:
apiVersion: actions.github.com/v1alpha1
kind: AutoscalingRunnerSet
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/component: "autoscaling-runner-set"
actions.github.com/scale-set-name: cg-linux
actions.github.com/scale-set-namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
{{- include "labels" . | nindent 4 }}
name: gha-linux
namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
spec:
githubConfigSecret: github-auth
githubConfigUrl: 'https://github.com/Catglobe'
maxRunners: 6
minRunners: 6
runnerGroup: default
runnerScaleSetName: cg-linux
template:
spec:
containers:
- name: runner
image: catglobe/gha-runner-linux:205
env:
- name: NUGET_PACKAGES
value: "/opt/hostedtoolcache/nuget"
- name: npm_config_cache
value: "/opt/hostedtoolcache/npm"
- name: RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE
value: "/opt/hostedtoolcache/tool"
- name: ACTIONS_RUNNER_ACTION_ARCHIVE_CACHE
value: "/opt/hostedtoolcache/actions"
- name: REPO_CACHE
value: "/opt/hostedtoolcache/repo-cache"
#- name: STARTUP_DELAY_IN_SECONDS
# value: "600"
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /actions-runner/_work
name: work
- mountPath: /opt/hostedtoolcache
name: cache
initContainers:
- name: mkdir
image: alpine:3@sha256:a8560b36e8b8210634f77d9f7f9efd7ffa463e380b75e2e74aff4511df3ef88c
command:
- /bin/sh
- -c
- |
mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/repo-cache &&
mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/tool &&
mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/nuget &&
mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/npm &&
mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/actions &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache/repo-cache &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache/tool &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache/nuget &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache/npm &&
chmod 777 /opt/hostedtoolcache/actions
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: /opt/hostedtoolcache
name: cache
- mountPath: /actions-runner/_work
name: work
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/os: linux
gha-runner: "true"
securityContext:
fsGroup: 121
fsGroupChangePolicy: "OnRootMismatch"
volumes:
- name: cache
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: github-cache-local-ssd
- emptyDir: {}
name: work- If you care about security, fork this repository. That prevents any attack vector from being introduced in the future.
- Add this to all of your actions workflows:
jobs:
MyFirstJob:
runs-on: cg-linux # or whatever you named your runner
...
steps:
- name: Save actions cache
uses: catglobe/save-actions-cache@v1
OtherJob:
runs-on: cg-linux # or whatever you named your runner
...
steps:
- name: Save actions cache
uses: catglobe/save-actions-cache@v1
PublicRunnerJob:
#No runs-on: ==> don't add the stepReplace catglobe with your own company name or GitHub username if you made a fork.
If your work folder is not in /actions-runner/_work, you can set actionsFolder to your path (don't forget to append /actions):
- name: Save actions cache
uses: catglobe/save-actions-cache@v1
with:
actionsFolder: /my_custom_work_folder/actions- Profit!
Set up jobshould take single digit seconds, not minutes.
Run your job in debug mode and check the logs. You should see something like this:
Download action repository 'actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683' (SHA:11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683)
##[debug]Copied action archive '/opt/hostedtoolcache/actions/actions_checkout/11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683.tar.gz' to '/actions-runner/_work/_actions/_temp_42fdacac-a721-4309-8fce-fb5f1ecef8d5/c30cfe66-109b-46ed-b245-25a6f6f36b8a.tar.gz'
##[debug]Unwrap 'actions-checkout-11bd719' to '/actions-runner/_work/_actions/actions/checkout/11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683'
##[debug]Archive '/actions-runner/_work/_actions/_temp_42fdacac-a721-4309-8fce-fb5f1ecef8d5/c30cfe66-109b-46ed-b245-25a6f6f36b8a.tar.gz' has been unzipped into '/actions-runner/_work/_actions/actions/checkout/11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683'.
MIT
Save actions cache is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.
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(2)Save actions cache is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.