nx-remotecache-azure

A task runner for @nrwl/nx that uses an Azure Blob Storage as a remote cache. This enables all team members and CI servers to share a single cache. The concept and benefits of computation caching are explained in the NX documentation.

This package was built with nx-remotecache-custom 🙌

Setup

npm install --save-dev nx-remotecache-azure

Parameter	Description	Environment Variable / .env	nx.json
Connection String	Connect to an Azure Storage blob via a single URL.	NXCACHE_AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING	connectionString
Container SAS URL	Connect to an Azure Storage blob via a single container SAS URL.	NXCACHE_AZURE_SAS_URL	sasUrl
Account Name	Use together with Account Key for Azure Credentials Authentication	NXCACHE_AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME	accountName
Account Key	Use together with Account Name for Azure Credentials Authentication	NXCACHE_AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY	accountKey
Container	Required. Specify which container should be used for storing the cache.	NXCACHE_AZURE_CONTAINER	container
Azure URL	Optional. Can be used to overwrite Azure URL for local debugging.	NXCACHE_AZURE_URL	azureUrl

{
  "tasksRunnerOptions": {
    "default": {
      "runner": "nx-remotecache-azure",
      "options": {
        // All of the azure specific options can also be inserted via environment variables! ⬆️
        "accountName": "MyAzureAccountName",
        "accountKey": "my-azure-account-key-11223-22..",
        "container": "nx",
        "cacheableOperations": ["build", "test", "lint", "e2e"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Run it 🚀

Running tasks should now show the storage or retrieval from the remote cache:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Built Angular Package
 - from: /Users/name/example-workspace/libs/example-lib
 - to:   /Users/name/example-workspace/dist/libs/example-lib
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stored output to remote cache: Azure Blob Storage
Hash: d3d2bea71ea0f3004304c5cc88cf91be50b02bb636ebbdfcc927626fd8edf1ae
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Advanced Configuration

Option	Environment Variable / .env	Description
name	NXCACHE_NAME	Set to provide task runner name for logging. Overrides name provided in implementation.
verbose		Set to receive full stack traces whenever errors occur. Best used for debugging. Default: false
silent		Set to mute success and info logs. Default: false
dotenv		Set to false to disable reading .env into process.env. Default: true
dotenvPath		Set to read .env files from a different folder.

"tasksRunnerOptions": {
  "default": {
    "options": {
      "name": "My Storage",
      "verbose": true,
      "silent": true
    }
  }
}

All Custom Runners

Runner	Storage
nx-remotecache-azure	Azure Blob Storage
nx-remotecache-minio	MinIO Storage