DEPRECATED

Note, ZMK has deprecated using this, in favor of https://github.com/zmkfirmware/zmk-docker/.

Zephyr West Github Action

A GitHub Action to allow performing actions using the west build tool.

The action includes the necessary SDK and dependencies to perform builds of Zephyr RTOS applications as well.

Directory Layout Requirement

In order to properly have the full West workspace be contained within the GitHub Actions workspace, this action requires that the Zephyr application itself be in a toplevel subdirectory of the GitHub repository, e.g. under app/.

Inputs

command

The west command to run, e.g. init or build.

command-args

Extra parameters/arguments to pass to the west command.

Example

The following example assumes a git repository with the Zephyr application placed in the app/ subdirectory, and demonstrates initalizing, updating, and then building the application using west. This also includes caching of the key module directories that are created in the workspace by west:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Build Test
    steps:
      # To use this repository's private action,
      # you must check out the repository
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Cache west modules
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        env:
          cache-name: cache-zephyr-modules
        with:
          path: |
            modules/
            tools/
            zephyr/
            bootloader/
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('app/west.yml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
            ${{ runner.os }}-build-
            ${{ runner.os }}-
      - name: West Init
        uses: zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action@v0.1.0
        id: west-init
        with:
          command: 'init'
          command-args: '-l app'
      - name: West Update
        uses: zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action@v0.1.0
        id: west-update
        with:
          command: 'update'
      - name: West Config Zephyr Base
        uses: zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action@v0.1.0
        id: west-config
        with:
          command: 'config'
          command-args: '--global zephyr.base-prefer configfile'
      - name: West Zephyr Export
        uses: zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action@v0.1.0
        id: west-zephyr-export
        with:
          command: 'zephyr-export'
      - name: West Build
        uses: zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action@v0.1.0
        id: west-build
        with:
          command: 'build'
          command-args: '-s app'

Docker Container Version

In order to avoid rebuilding the GitHub Action each time your workflow runs, which currently takes a significant amount of time, you can instead use the equivalent published images from Docker Hub in your workflows. There are two variants available:

• zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action - Includes the full Zephyr SDK, but is 1.3GB large.
• zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm - Includes only the ARM toolchain, is lighter at 555MB.

When using the Docker images, the with section needs only one parmeters, args which is passed to the docker CMD value at runtime. Any additional values to be passed to the west subcommand should be surrounded by quotes (e.g. build "-b nucleo_wb55rg").

Example

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Build Test
    steps:
      # To use this repository's private action,
      # you must check out the repository
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Cache west modules
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        env:
          cache-name: cache-zephyr-modules
        with:
          path: |
            modules/
            tools/
            zephyr/
            bootloader/
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('app/west.yml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
            ${{ runner.os }}-build-
            ${{ runner.os }}-
      - name: West Init
        uses: 'docker://zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm:latest'
        id: west-init
        with:
          args: 'init "-l app"'
      - name: West Update
        uses: 'docker://zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm:latest'
        id: west-update
        with:
          args: 'update'
      - name: West Config Zephyr Base
        uses: 'docker://zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm:latest'
        id: west-config
        with:
          args: 'config "--global zephyr.base-prefer configfile"'
      - name: West Zephyr Export
        uses: 'docker://zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm:latest'
        id: west-zephyr-export
        with:
          args: 'zephyr-export'
      - name: West Build
        uses: 'docker://zmkfirmware/zephyr-west-action-arm:latest'
        id: west-build
        with:
          args: 'build "-s app"'