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authorRaoul Hidalgo Charman <raoul.hidalgocharman@codethink.co.uk>2018-12-05 10:26:45 +0000
committerRaoul Hidalgo Charman <raoul.hidalgocharman@codethink.co.uk>2018-12-05 11:18:25 +0000
commitb1ed882e9b3595a9bc9ccf724feed87b8e8f6d55 (patch)
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parent03ab479e625d6765184490ec93d6e86cbe9f7ccc (diff)
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format_project.rst: Add docs for action-serviceraoul/628-RE-flow-optimisation
Part of #628
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@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ using the `remote-execution` option:
server-cert: server.crt
client-cert: client.crt
client-key: client.key
+ action-service:
+ url: http://bar.action.com:50052
The execution-service part of remote execution does not support encrypted
connections yet, so the protocol must always be http.
@@ -245,6 +247,10 @@ connections yet, so the protocol must always be http.
storage-service specifies a remote CAS store and the parameters are the
same as those used to specify an :ref:`artifact server <artifacts>`.
+The action-service specifies where built actions are cached, allowing
+buildstream to check whether an action has already been executed and download it
+if so. This is similar to the artifact cache but REAPI specified.
+
The storage service may be the same endpoint used for artifact
caching. Remote execution cannot work without push access to the
storage endpoint, so you must specify a client certificate and key,