This action installs a binary packed into a .tar.gz archive from a given URL.

To check all the inputs and their defaults see action.yml file.

Required. Name of the binary to be installed.

Required. Version of the binary to be installed.

Optional. Archive download URL. Can be in template format. Templated variables are ${binary} and ${version}.

Optional. Binary path in the downloaded archive. Can contain wildcards. Can be in template format. Templated variables are ${binary} and ${version}.

Optional. Smoke test to run after the binary is installed. Can be in template format. Templated variables are ${binary} and ${version}.

This action doesn't have any outputs.

Downloading a Giant Swarm binary with optional inputs left with default values:

- name: Test downloading Giant Swarm binary
  uses: giantswarm/install-binary-action@VERSION
  with:
    binary: "devctl"
    version: "2.0.0"

Downloading an external binary with all optional inputs set:

- name: Test downloading external binary
  uses: giantswarm/install-binary-action@VERSION
  with:
    binary: "semver"
    version: "3.0.0"
    download_url: "https://github.com/fsaintjacques/${binary}-tool/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
    tarball_binary_path: "*/src/${binary}"
    smoke_test: "${binary} --version"