setup-qemu-action/README.md

About

GitHub Action to install QEMU static binaries.

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• Usage
• Customizing
  • inputs
  • outputs
• Contributing

Usage

name: ci

on:
  push:

jobs:
  qemu:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4

Multi-architecture build example

name: build

on:
  push:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      -
        name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
      -
        name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
      -
        name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          push: true
          tags: user/app:latest

Note

If you are using docker/setup-buildx-action, this action should come before it:

    -
      name: Set up QEMU
      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
    -
      name: Set up Docker Buildx
      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4

Customizing

inputs

The following inputs can be used as step.with keys:

Name	Type	Default	Description
image	String	tonistiigi/binfmt:latest	QEMU static binaries Docker image
platforms	String	all	Platforms to install (e.g., arm64,riscv64,arm)
cache-image	Bool	true	Cache binfmt image to GitHub Actions cache backend

outputs

The following outputs are available:

Name	Type	Description
platforms	String	Available platforms (comma separated)

Contributing

Want to contribute? Awesome! You can find information about contributing to this project in the CONTRIBUTING.md