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## About
GitHub Action to set up Docker [Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx).
This action will create and boot a builder that can be used in the following
steps of your workflow if you're using Buildx or the [`build-push` action](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/).
By default, the [`docker-container` driver](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/drivers/docker-container/)
will be used to be able to build multi-platform images and export cache using
a [BuildKit](https://github.com/moby/buildkit) container.
___
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Configuring your builder](#configuring-your-builder)
* [Customizing](#customizing)
* [inputs](#inputs)
* [outputs](#outputs)
* [environment variables](#environment-variables)
* [Notes](#notes)
* [`nodes` output](#nodes-output)
* [BuildKit container logs](#buildkit-container-logs)
* [Contributing](#contributing)
## Usage
```yaml
name: ci
on:
push:
jobs:
buildx:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
-
name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
# Add support for more platforms with QEMU (optional)
# https://github.com/docker/setup-qemu-action
name: Set up QEMU
uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
-
name: Set up Docker Buildx
uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
```
## Configuring your builder
See https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/configure-builder/
## Customizing
### inputs
Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys:
> `List` type is a newline-delimited string
> ```yaml
> driver-opts: |
> image=moby/buildkit:master
> network=host
> ```
> `CSV` type must be a newline-delimited string
> ```yaml
> platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
> ```
| Name | Type | Description |
|-------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `version` | String | [Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx) version. (eg. `v0.3.0`, `latest`, `https://github.com/docker/buildx.git#master`) |
| `driver` | String | Sets the [builder driver](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#driver) to be used (default `docker-container`) |
| `driver-opts` | List | List of additional [driver-specific options](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#driver-opt) (eg. `image=moby/buildkit:master`) |
| `buildkitd-flags` | String | [Flags for buildkitd](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#buildkitd-flags) daemon (since [buildx v0.3.0](https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/tag/v0.3.0)) |
| `install` | Bool | Sets up `docker build` command as an alias to `docker buildx` (default `false`) |
| `use` | Bool | Switch to this builder instance (default `true`) |
| `endpoint` | String | [Optional address for docker socket](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#description) or context from `docker context ls` |
| `platforms` | List/CSV | Fixed [platforms](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#platform) for current node. If not empty, values take priority over the detected ones. |
| `config`¹ | String | [BuildKit config file](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/buildx_create/#config) |
| `config-inline`¹ | String | Same as `config` but inline |
| `append` | YAML | [Append additional nodes](docs/advanced/append-nodes.md) to the builder |
> * ¹ `config` and `config-inline` are mutually exclusive
### outputs
Following outputs are available
| Name | Type | Description |
|-------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------|
| `name` | String | Builder name |
| `driver` | String | Builder driver |
| `platforms` | String | Builder node platforms (preferred or available) |
| `nodes` | JSON | Builder [nodes metadata](#nodes-output) |
### environment variables
The following [official docker environment variables](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/#environment-variables) are supported:
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|-----------------|--------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| `DOCKER_CONFIG` | String | `~/.docker` | The location of your client configuration files |
## Notes
### `nodes` output
```json
[
{
"name": "builder-3820d274-502c-4498-ae24-d4c32b3023d90",
"endpoint": "unix:///var/run/docker.sock",
"driver-opts": [
"network=host",
"image=moby/buildkit:master"
],
"status": "running",
"buildkitd-flags": "--allow-insecure-entitlement security.insecure --allow-insecure-entitlement network.host",
"buildkit": "3fab389",
"platforms": "linux/amd64,linux/amd64/v2,linux/amd64/v3,linux/amd64/v4,linux/386"
}
]
```
| Name | Type | Description |
|-------------------|--------|----------------------------|
| `name` | String | Node name |
| `endpoint` | String | Node endpoint |
| `driver-opts` | List | Options for the driver |
| `status` | String | Node status |
| `buildkitd-flags` | String | Flags for buildkitd daemon |
| `buildkit` | String | BuildKit version |
| `platforms` | String | Platforms available |
### BuildKit container logs
See https://docs.docker.com/build/ci/github-actions/configure-builder/#buildkit-container-logs
## Contributing
Want to contribute? Awesome! You can find information about contributing to
this project in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)