devbox-install-action

This action downloads the devbox CLI and installs the Nix packages defined in your devbox.json.

Example Workflow

name: Testing with devbox

on: push

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Install devbox
        uses: jetify-com/devbox-install-action@v0.12.0

      - name: Run arbitrary commands
        run: devbox run -- echo "done!"

      - name: Run a script called test
        run: devbox run test

Configure Action

Action Inputs

Input argument	description	default
project-path	Path to the folder that contains a valid devbox.json	repo's root directory
enable-cache	Cache the entire Nix store in github based on your devbox.json	false
refresh-cli	Specify whether the CLI should be redownloaded	false
devbox-version	Specify devbox CLI version you want to pin to. Only supports >0.2.2	latest
sha256-checksum	Specify an explicit checksum for the devbox binary
disable-nix-access-token	Disable configuration of nix access-tokens with the GitHub token used in the workflow	false
skip-nix-installation	Skip the installation of nix	false
extra-nix-config	Gets appended to nix.conf if passed

Example Configurations

Here's an example job with most inputs:

- name: Install devbox
  uses: jetify-com/devbox-install-action@v0.12.0
  with:
    project-path: 'path-to-folder'
    enable-cache: 'true'
    refresh-cli: 'false'
    devbox-version: 0.13.4
    disable-nix-access-token: 'false'
    sha256-checksum: <checksum>

Usage on a GitHub Enterprise Server

On a privately hosted GitHub Enterprise Server, the github.token available in the context is not valid for accessing api.github.com, which can lead to failures due to the rate-limit for unauthenticated requests. To work around this, you can provide a personal access token for api.github.com in the extra-nix-config input. Additionally, it might be necessary to provide a token for your GitHub Enterprise Server, if you are using Nix packages from there.

- name: Install devbox
  uses: jetify-com/devbox-install-action@v0.12.0
  with:
    extra-nix-config: access-tokens = my-github-enterprise-server.example.com=${{ github.token }} github.com=${{ secrets.MY_GITHUB_COM_TOKEN }}