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Using actuated

Actuated is available as a GitHub App which can be enabled on repositories, and allows GH Actions to execute on runners hosted by the CNCF. See the announcement.

Using actuated is ideal if you need to run an Action on an an ARM64 environment, which GitHub doesn't currently provide. It should not replace the GitHub Actions runners in every job.

Installation

Before it can be used, the App has to be enabled on the repository, through a maintenance request. See an example.

Usage

Using actuated on a GitHub Actions job consists in changing the runs-on section to be actuated-arm64-*, with the required CPUs and RAM in the name.

See the actuated documentation about custom VM sizes.

For example:

runs-on: actuated-arm64-4cpu-16gb

This configuration will ensure your job has 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM available.

While not specifying any CPU/RAM values (runs-on: actuated-arm64) currently works, using that format is deprecated and will be removed.

Right-sizing VMs

As you set up your job, you may need an estimation of the resources it needs, to better set your requirements.

Actuated provides VMMeter, a small action which will output system information at the end of a run. Follow the instructions to set it up in your job.

see the actuated documentation.