setup-buildx-action/README.md

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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](https://github.com/docker/buildx). By default, the `docker-container` [builder driver](https://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/docs/reference/buildx_create.md#driver)
will be used to be able to build multi-platform images and export cache thanks to the [BuildKit](https://github.com/moby/buildkit)
container.

![Screenshot](.github/setup-buildx-action.png)

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* [Usage](#usage)
  * [Quick start](#quick-start)
  * [With QEMU](#with-qemu)
  * [Install by default](#install-by-default)
* [Customizing](#customizing)
  * [inputs](#inputs)
  * [outputs](#outputs)
  * [environment variables](#environment-variables)
* [Keep up-to-date with GitHub Dependabot](#keep-up-to-date-with-github-dependabot)
* [Limitation](#limitation)

## Usage

### Quick start

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:

jobs:
  buildx:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
      -
        name: Inspect builder
        run: |
          echo "Name:      ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}"
          echo "Endpoint:  ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.endpoint }}"
          echo "Status:    ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.status }}"
          echo "Flags:     ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.flags }}"
          echo "Platforms: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}"
```

### With QEMU

If you want support for more platforms you can use our [setup-qemu](https://github.com/docker/setup-qemu-action) action:

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:

jobs:
  buildx:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
      -
        name: Available platforms
        run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
```

### Install by default

Implemented with https://github.com/docker/buildx#setting-buildx-as-default-builder-in-docker-1903

```yaml
name: ci

on:
  push:

jobs:
  buildx:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      -
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
        id: buildx
        with:
          install: true
      -
        name: Build
        run: |
          docker build . # will run buildx
```

## Customizing

### inputs

Following inputs can be used as `step.with` keys

| Name               | Type    | Description                       |
|--------------------|---------|-----------------------------------|
| `version`          | String  | [Buildx](https://github.com/docker/buildx) version. (eg. `v0.3.0`, `latest`) |
| `driver`           | String  | Sets the [builder driver](https://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/docs/reference/buildx_create.md#driver) to be used (default `docker-container`) |
| `driver-opts`      | CSV     | List of additional [driver-specific options](https://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/docs/reference/buildx_create.md#driver-opt) (eg. `image=moby/buildkit:master`) |
| `buildkitd-flags`  | String  | [Flags for buildkitd](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/master/docs/buildkitd.toml.md) 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://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/docs/reference/buildx_create.md#description) or context from `docker context ls` |
| `config`           | String  | [BuildKit config file](https://github.com/docker/buildx/blob/master/docs/reference/buildx_create.md#config) |

> `CSV` type must be a newline-delimited string
> ```yaml
> driver-opts: image=moby/buildkit:master
> ```
> ```yaml
> driver-opts: |
>   image=moby/buildkit:master
>   network=host
> ```

### outputs

Following outputs are available

| Name          | Type    | Description                           |
|---------------|---------|---------------------------------------|
| `name`        | String  | Builder name |
| `driver`      | String  | Builder driver |
| `endpoint`    | String  | Builder node endpoint |
| `status`      | String  | Builder node status |
| `flags`       | String  | Builder node flags (if applicable) |
| `platforms`   | String  | Builder node platforms available (comma separated) |

### 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 |

## Keep up-to-date with GitHub Dependabot

Since [Dependabot](https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/keeping-your-actions-up-to-date-with-github-dependabot)
has [native GitHub Actions support](https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates#package-ecosystem),
to enable it on your GitHub repo all you need to do is add the `.github/dependabot.yml` file:

```yaml
version: 2
updates:
  # Maintain dependencies for GitHub Actions
  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"
```

## Limitation

This action is only available for Linux [virtual environments](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/virtual-environments-for-github-hosted-runners#supported-virtual-environments-and-hardware-resources).