gitlab_runner

Install and configure gitlab-runner on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Quality	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: converge
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: yes

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.gitlab_runner
      gitlab_runner_token: fake-token
      gitlab_runner_register_runner: no

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: prepare
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  gather_facts: no

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for gitlab_runner

# These are the setting you need to register a runner.
# gitlab_runner_token: 123ABC

# Should this role register the gitlab runner?
gitlab_runner_register_runner: yes

# The name as shown in the GitLab webinterface.
gitlab_runner_name: "{{ ansible_fqdn }}"

# The URL to register the runner to.
gitlab_runner_url: "https://gitlab.com/"

# The tags, comma separated.
gitlab_runner_tags: "docker,my_runner"

# The type of executor. Choose from: "ssh", "shell", "parallels", "virtualbox",
# "docker", "docker_machine", "kubernetes" or "custom"
gitlab_runner_executor: docker

# The docker image to run.
gitlab_runner_docker_image: "alpine:latest"

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

Status of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
el	all
ubuntu	all

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.10, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

Exceptions

Some roles can't run on a specific distribution or version. Here are some exceptions.

variation	reason
Alpine	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html
Archlinux	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html
EL 8	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html
Fedora	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html
Ubuntu rolling	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html
debian:buster	Not supported, see https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/linux-repository.html

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub

License

Apache-2.0

Author Information

Robert de Bock

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