How do I create a GitLab runner?

Registering runners all tiers

  1. For a shared runner, have an administrator go to the GitLab Admin Area and click Overview > Runners.
  2. For a group runner, go to Settings > CI/CD and expand the Runners section.
  3. For a project-specific runner, go to Settings > CI/CD and expand the Runners section.

How do GitLab runners work?

Runners are the agents that run the CI/CD jobs that come from GitLab. When you register a runner, you are setting up communication between your GitLab instance and the machine where GitLab Runner is installed. Runners usually process jobs on the same machine where you installed GitLab Runner.

How do I run a specific GitLab runner?

You have two mechanisms by which you can attempt to isolate a new runner for testing:

  1. use tags and private runner attachment (already called out)
  2. use the gitlab-runner exec verb directly on the runner.
  3. canary the runner for a single build only.

How do I assign a GitLab runner to a project?

Steps to enable Shared Runner for a project in Gitlab:

  1. Go to a Project in Gitlab.
  2. Then, in the project page, Settings >> CI/CD >> Runners >> Shared Runners.
  3. Then, click on Enable shared runners . Now, you can use the shared runner for Gitlab CI/CD.
  4. Use the tags associated with shared runner in . gitlab-ci.

How do I start GitLab runner in Linux?

Install

  1. Give it permissions to execute: sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner.
  2. Create a GitLab CI user: sudo useradd –comment ‘GitLab Runner’ –create-home gitlab-runner –shell /bin/bash.
  3. Install and run as service:
  4. Register a runner.

How do git runners work?

GitLab Runners participate in a distributed work-stealing algorithm. They continually poll a GitLab instance for jobs that match their tags, execute them, and communicate the progress and results back. Even though your gitlab-runner service is running, it is empty: it is not hosting any GitLab Runners.

How many GitLab runners do you need?

You can have one gitlab runner for all stages. The build job would then be picked up by any gitlab runner that you have defined that has the tag build .

How many GitLab runners do I need?

How do I make a runner share?

Enable shared runners for a project

  1. Go to the project’s Settings > CI/CD and expand the Runners section.
  2. Select Enable shared runners for this project.

How many gitlab runners do I need?

Where is GitLab runner config file?

/etc/gitlab-runner/
You can find the config. toml file in: /etc/gitlab-runner/ on *nix systems when GitLab Runner is executed as root (this is also the path for service configuration)

How to create your own GitLab Runner?

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    • How to install, register and start GitLab Runner on Windows?

    Run the following command: ./gitlab-runner.exe register

  • Enter your GitLab instance URL (also known as the gitlab-ci coordinator URL ).
  • Enter the token you obtained to register the runner.
  • Enter a description for the runner.
  • Enter the tags associated with the runner,separated by commas.
  • Enter any optional maintenance note for the runner.

    • How to register a GitLab Runner?

    – For a shared runner, have an administrator go to the GitLab Admin Area and click Overview > Runners – For a group runner, go to Settings > CI/CD and expand the Runners section – For a project-specific runner, go to Settings > CI/CD and expand the Runners section

    How to set up GitLab Runner on DigitalOcean?

    One Ubuntu 18.04 server set up by following the Ubuntu 18.04 initial server setup guide,including a sudo non-root user and a firewall.

  • Docker installed on the server by following the How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 18.04 guide.
  • A user account on a GitLab instance with an enabled container registry.