Questions tagged [github-actions-runners]
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GitHub Action workflow for running steps in parallel
I am working on a project. I need to create a workflow to run integration tests on an iOS device.
Scenario:
I've to run a local server at some port and in parallel I've run integration tests.
Query:
Can I achieve this in Github Actions?
If yes then…

Dipendra Sharma
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Running a job on every runner in GitHub Actions
For those that are familiar with Github Actions...
At present, when a job runs, it picks the most suitable runner for the job based on labels and repository (Using self-hosted runners in a workflow - GitHub Docs). My question is whether it is…

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Within what limits Github actions/cache work?
I don't quite understand the extent to which Github actions/cache works, what I mean:
Caching works fine if I make a pull request and then in the same pull request I add 1 more commit, but if I create a new pull request in the same branch - the…

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How I can get a github actions runner token
I want to create a VM and setup as self-hosted runner during my workflow. Right now, what blocks me is the lack of API that gives me Runner Token. If this exists, I could create the instance and register it as a runner, being able to use it in the…

Ramon Medeiros
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How can i specify the architecture in Github Actions?
How can I specify the architecture (something like x86 or arm64) in Github Actions?

mingpepe
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github runner on Windows not finding executables on PowerShell
I am trying to use a self-hosted Windows-VM to run west for repo management, python to run some scripts, and git to push back to the repo.
The work is to generate files using python from repo-A as artifacts to check-into repo-B. I had to use Windows…

RRet
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Github Actions pm2: command not found
I am trying to auto-deploy the project and npm commands run perfectly but when it goes to a line where pm2 restarts the specific projects, then actions fails.
GitHub Actions Error:
GitHub Actions Error
GitHub Action .yml file content:
yml file

Shahzaib Imran
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Unable to reclaim Storage for Actions and Packages after deleting all files
When i try to run a github action (it will build android apk) it showing an error
You've used 100% of included services for GitHub Storage (GitHub
Actions and Packages). GitHub Actions and Packages won’t work until a
monthly spending limit is…

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Failed calling webhook "mutate.runner.actions.summerwind.dev": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority
Kubernetes: v1.19.9-gke.1900
Helm actions-runner-controller: 0.12.7
I have CRDs created by Github Actions Controller:
❯ kubectl api-resources | grep summerwind.dev
horizontalrunnerautoscalers actions.summerwind.dev/v1alpha1 …

Michael A.
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github actions - issue in checkout action
I am new to github action runners. I have created a test-master branch from the master and another feature branch also taken out of master test-feature. My test-master branch has a workflow related to terraform. However, I am getting error in the…

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Does Github Action supports the on-demand self-hosted runner?
We need to use the Github action self-hosted runner because we need to have an access to the on-premises resource.
I understand that we can run the self-hosted runner on VM or the docker container.
Can we run the self-hosted runner on-demand? Like…

Michael Sync
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Github Actions, self-hosted runner: Possible to add options to 'docker create'?
Summary:
GitHub Actions on self-hosted runners are executed in docker containers that are started with a bunch of options, pre-determined by the actions/runner software. How can I elegantly add custom options for docker create and docker…

Sebastian Freitag
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github actions workflow: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
Im trying to run the npm command npm run ci-test in github actions workflow but getting the following error:
> some-repo@0.1.0 ci-test /home/runner/work/some-repo/some-repo
> NODE_ENV=test jest --forceExit
npm verb lifecycle…

Kay
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How to upgrade Self-hosted action runner?
Self-hosted GitHub actions runner installed on Linux, Windows and Mac systems.
I need to upgrade the runner version to latest on Linux, Windows and MacOS.
How to check the currently installed Runner version?
In runner log and service status side,…

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Dotnet build on Github runner (Ubuntu) fails with 'N/A' is not a valid version string
I build a dotnet project on Ubuntu (18.04.4 LTS) with a Github runner (running as root). The build unpredictably fails (2 successful runs and then fails every time).
The same build command works every-time when run from command-line directly:
dotnet…

Vojtech B
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