actions
Allow to overwrite ACTIONS_CACHE_URL environment variable
The runner script sets the ACTIONS_CACHE_URL using the value from the system connection. Currently, there's no way to override it.
Some community users use custom cache solutions with self-hosted runners. They need to maintain a fork of actions/runner or actions/toolkit, and actions/cache to override the value in their solution. However it leads to significant maintenance work.
If the runner script allows the ACTIONS_CACHE_URL value to be overridden by the CUSTOM_ACTIONS_CACHE_URL environment variable, it makes life a lot easier for the community, includes myself.
An alternative solution could involve allowing the base URL value in actions/toolkit to be overridden. Several individuals have submitted similar PRs to this one https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1695, but they have not received adequate attention from the maintainers.
Hi @luketomlinson, @ericsciple, @TingluoHuang. Enabling the overwriting the ACTIONS_CACHE_URL variable in actions/runner or actions/toolkit would simplify things for the community. How can we get a comment on one of the PRs?
Hi @igwejk, you've helped me get attention from the maintainers before in another PR. How did you do it? Enabling the overwriting the ACTIONS_CACHE_URL variable in actions/runner or actions/toolkit would simplify things for the community. How can we get a comment on one of the PRs?
Hi @nebuk89, what's your opinion on adding this feature into the actions/runner or actions/toolkit repository?
We would also like to see this merged. We use selfhosted runners and would like to keep the cache offline to reduce internet ingress/egress costs.
This would be really great for self-hosted runners especially also for GHEC customers.
Hi @luketomlinson, @ericsciple, @TingluoHuang, @AllanGuigou. Enabling the overwriting the ACTIONS_CACHE_URL variable in actions/runner or actions/toolkit would simplify things for the community. How can we get a comment on one of the PRs?