Run a gitlab-runner instance with docker-compose

This needs : dockerhost

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1- Clone these repository to your system :

git clone https://github.com/ariadata/dc-gitlab-runner.git && cd dc-gitlab-runner && rm -rf .git

2- Run docker-compose file by using :

docker-compose up -d

3- Login to gitlab-runner container by :

docker exec -it gitlab-runner bash

4- Register your runner by :

gitlab-runner register

Fill the requested information

Note sample : for tags you can use docker,linux,ubuntu (for shared add shared too!)

Note sample : for executor enter docker

Note sample : for default docker image enter ubuntu:latest

5- restart your instance by :

gitlab-runner restart

6- exit from container by exit command.

7- (optional) Remove unused docker images by runnig this command anytime in your dockerhost:

docker system prune -af

Or you can set cron for do this for example once per day at midnight by :

crontab -l | { cat; echo "0 0 * * * docker system prune -af >/dev/null 2>&1"; } | crontab -
sudo systemctl restart cron

8- (optional) You can edit config file of your instance :

sudo nano config/config.toml
docker exec -it gitlab-runner gitlab-runner restart

Done!