Installs Nix on GitHub Actions for the supported platforms: Linux and macOS.
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install-nix-action

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Installs Nix on GitHub Actions for the supported platforms: Linux and macOS.

By default it has no nixpkgs configured, you have to set nix_path by picking a channel or pin nixpkgs yourself (see also pinning tutorial).

Features

  • Quick installation (~4s on Linux, ~20s on macOS)
  • Multi-User installation (with sandboxing enabled only on Linux)
  • Self-hosted github runner support
  • Allows specifying Nix installation URL via install_url
  • Allows specifying extra Nix configration options via extra_nix_config
  • Allows specifying $NIX_PATH and channels via nix_path
  • Share /nix/store between builds using cachix-action for simple binary cache setup to speed up your builds and share binaries with your team

Usage

Create .github/workflows/test.yml in your repo with the following contents:

name: "Test"
on:
  pull_request:
  push:
jobs:
  tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v12
      with:
        nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
    - run: nix-build

Usage with Flakes

name: "Test"
on:
  pull_request:
  push:
jobs:
  tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v12
      with:
        install_url: https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve/lb41az54kzk6j12p81br4bczary7m145/install
        install_options: '--tarball-url-prefix https://nixos-nix-install-tests.cachix.org/serve'
        extra_nix_config: |
          experimental-features = nix-command flakes          
    - run: nix-build

To install Nix from any commit, go to the corresponding installer_test action and click on "Run cachix/install-nix-action@XX" step and expand the first line.

Inputs (specify using with:)

  • install_url: specify URL to install Nix from (useful for testing non-stable releases or pinning Nix for example https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.3.7/install)

  • nix_path: set NIX_PATH environment variable, for example nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable

  • extra_nix_config: append to /etc/nix/nix.conf


FAQ

How do I print nixpkgs version I have configured?

nix-instantiate --eval -E '(import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.version'

How can I run NixOS tests?

With the following inputs:

    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@vXX
      with:
        extra_nix_config: "system-features = nixos-test benchmark big-parallel kvm"

Note that there's no hardware acceleration on GitHub Actions..

How can I install packages via nix-env from the specified nix_path?

nix-env -i mypackage -f '<nixpkgs>'

Hacking

Install the dependencies

$ yarn install

Build the typescript

$ yarn build

Run the tests ✔️

$ yarn test