Update gcloud and add to tool-cache #7101
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erik-bershel
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OS: Ubuntu
Area: Common Tools
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Hello @sethvargo! We'll return with an answer a bit later after a little investigation. |
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@sethvargo Hello! GCP is generally to be deprecated and removed from all runners, the currently existing apt version was provided long ago and will be removed eventually, there are no plans to add it to more OSes or provide it via toolcache. Customers who need more advanced functionality / better installation should still use the |
Based on github's comments in actions/runner-images#7101 it's my understanding that at some point the system-installed gcloud will no longer be included in the runners. When that happens, anyone workflows with `skip_install: true` will stop working Signed-off-by: Ethan Davidson <ethanmdavidson@gmail.com>
Based on github's comments in actions/runner-images#7101 it's my understanding that at some point the system-installed gcloud will no longer be included in the runners. When that happens, I assume any workflows with `skip_install: true` will stop working (also fyi: the readme [references](https://github.com/google-github-actions/setup-gcloud#contributing) CONTRIBUTING.md, but that file doesn't exist) --------- Signed-off-by: Ethan Davidson <ethanmdavidson@gmail.com>
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Hi @mikhailkoliada & @erik-bershel, I was wondering - are there similar plans to remove the AWS CLI and Azure CLI from all runners, like mentioned above for the Google Cloud CLI? (according to https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/linux/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md all three CLIs are still installed to runners). Perhaps the original plans changed? |
* use system gcloud by default this is faster by about 20 seconds per job. this is a breaking change for any job that installs custom gcloud components, which at the moment does not appear to include any repos. this will also mean that the latest gcloud is not always installed if the default github actions runner does not have the latest version this may be a breaking change when ubuntu/latest starts to refer to 24.04. see actions/runner-images#7101 (comment) and https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aactions%2Frunner-images%20google-cloud&type=code * update readme repo name
Tool name
gcloud
Tool license
Apache 2
Add or update?
Desired version
latest
Approximate size
600MB
Brief description of tool
The gcloud CLI already exists, but it is installed from a package manager (e.g.
apt). This is problematic because:The version of gcloud that is installed with a package manager cannot install additional components like
kubectlorcloud-run-proxy(example). It also prevents using alpha or beta commands (since those are actually separate components. This forces users to re-install the entire 600MB+ package just to install a 2MB optional component. That adds a ton of unnecessary bandwidth and working runtime.The gcloud SDK is not included in the tool-cache, so searching the tool-cache to see if a version of gcloud is installed will always fail. This leads to spurious additional installations (example).
URL for tool's homepage
https://cloud.google.com/sdk
Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.
Platforms where you need the tool
Runner images where you need the tool
Can this tool be installed during the build?
I'm not sure what "during the build" means. Users can install the tool themselves using https://github.com/google-github-actions/setup-gcloud, but due to the size of the package (particularly on Windows), this adds 5min+ to build times. It also consumes unnecessary bandwidth and resources.Tool installation time in runtime
2 minutes
Are you willing to submit a PR?
Yes, but I would like pre-approval before doing the work
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