Installation

Standalone only

This installation is only required if you chose Standalone as your target and want to run your graph yourself. If you are targeting GitHub Actions, the runner is provided by a GitHub action, so no local installation needed.

Download Runtime

Download and install the runtime of Actionforge for your operating system called actrun. Don’t see your platform listed? Book a call.

Windows

1. Download

Download for Windows

Note for Windows users: Some outdated Windows Defender versions might flag the executable incorrectly as malware. To resolve this, please update to the latest Windows Defender definitions by following the official instructions by Microsoft provided here or below.

To update Windows Defender, please run the following commands as an administrator:

cd %ProgramFiles%\Windows Defender
MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures
MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate

To be really thorough, you can verify the download by comparing the checksum with those on the downloads page or consult VirusTotal.com.

2. Unzip

actrun.windows.zip

3. Run

macOS

1. Download

Download for macOS

2. Install

The installer only copies a single executable called actrun to /usr/local/bin.Both the binary and installer are fully code signed and notarized by Apple.

actrun.macos.pkg

3. Verify

Linux

1. Download

Download for Linux

2. Extract

actrun.linux.tar.gz

3. Move

mv actrun /usr/local/bin

The best place to put the actrun binary is in /usr/local/bin so that it is available in your PATH environment. You may need to run the command above as root or through sudo.

4. Verify

You are now set up to start creating your first action graph in the next chapter. 🚀