GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner › install › docker
Run GitLab Runner in a container | GitLab Docs
Run the gitlab-runner Docker image by using the docker run -d [options] <image-uri> <runner-command> command. When you run gitlab-runner in a Docker container, ensure the configuration is not lost when you restart the container. Mount a permanent volume to store the configuration.
Docker Hub
hub.docker.com › r › gitlab › gitlab-runner
gitlab/gitlab-runner - Docker Image
gitlab/gitlab-runner:latest is image that can be used to run GitLab Runner in container.
Videos
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GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner › executors › docker
Docker executor | GitLab Docs
The Docker executor uses Docker Engine to run each job in a separate and isolated container. To connect to Docker Engine, the executor uses: The image and services you define in .gitlab-ci.yml. The configurations you define in config.toml. You can’t register a runner and its Docker executor ...
GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner
GitLab Runner | GitLab Docs
Enables caching of Docker containers. Seamless installation as a service for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows. Embedded Prometheus metrics HTTP server. Referee workers to monitor and pass Prometheus metrics and other job-specific data to GitLab. This diagram shows how runners are registered and how jobs are requested and handled.
Reddit
reddit.com › r/gitlab › gitlab runner in docker
r/gitlab on Reddit: GitLab Runner in Docker
August 31, 2023 -
Hi all,
We recently moved to GitLab, and I am tasked with setting up the testing stuff for our pipeline.
We had gitlab runners recently installed on our server, but I am running into some problems. I’m new to all this, so while reading documentation has been helpful, I’m still unsure on a lot of things.
The Gitlab-Runner is installed and registered on 3 separate docker containers in the server (so 3 runners total)
The docker containers use the official docker alpine gitlab runner image
The Gitlab-Runner is in shell executor mode
When I run my script through gitlab-ci, I am getting command not found for sudo, apt, node, npm, docker, etc.
From what i can tell, that’s because the runner is running the CI script directly in the docker container from the official images, which do not have any of these installed.
So even if I switch from shell executor to docker executor, this would not work since the official runner image doesn’t have docker installed correct?
Is the correct path here to start docker containers with gitlab runners registered in it, but the docker container itself needs to be docker in docker? Is the official gitlab runner alpine image able to run in docker in docker?
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I’d suggest setting up your runners using the docker executor - https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html This allows your runner to start up fresh containers for jobs with the image you specify, meaning jobs aren’t running on the host and can have whatever you need. You can then also use a single runner with parallelism instead of multiple runners. Downside is that if you need to install extras they will need to install as part of the CI on every job.
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Can you pass the docker API socket to the runner containers so they can run new containers with the job using the Docker executer?
GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner › install
Install GitLab Runner | GitLab Docs
Run GitLab Runner in a Docker container.
Medium
medium.com › @tonywooster › docker-in-docker-in-gitlab-runners-220caeb708ca
Docker-in-Docker in Gitlab Runners | by Tony Wooster | Medium
January 31, 2018 - It’s important to note that gitlab-dind has its own Docker socket internally at /var/run/docker.sock, as well as exposes that socket over tcp at port 2375. We will use this momentarily. We could run the Gitlab-runner directly on the host machine. But since we’re so Docker-centric, why not run it in its own container?
GitLab
forum.gitlab.com › gitlab ci/cd
A few questions about GitLab Runner and Docker - GitLab CI/CD - GitLab Forum
April 9, 2024 - Hello, In the GitLab Runner documentation it was written that it should be installed on a separate server from the GitLab server. 1- Can I install it alongside the Docker server or do I have to dedicate a separate serv…
Docker Hub
hub.docker.com › r › gitlab › gitlab-runner › dockerfile
gitlab/gitlab-runner Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:14.04 ADD https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/releases/download/v1.0.2/dumb-init_1.0.2_amd64 /usr/bin/dumb-init RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/dumb-init RUN apt-get update -y && \ apt-get upgrade -y && \ apt-get install -y ca-certificates wget apt-transport-https vim nano && \ apt-get clean && \ rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* RUN echo "deb https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-ci-multi-runner/ubuntu/ `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runner_gitlab-ci-multi-runner.list && \ wget -q -O - https://packages.gitlab.com/gpg.key | apt-key add - && \ apt-get update -y && \ apt-get ins
GitHub
github.com › soerenmetje › docker-gitlab-runner
GitHub - soerenmetje/docker-gitlab-runner: Run a Gitlab runner inside a Docker container · GitHub
Example: 'frontend' DOCKER_ADDITIONAL_IMG_TAG: "" # OPTIONAL DOCKER_BUILD_DIR: "." # OPTIONAL DOCKER_DOCKERFILE: "" # OPTIONAL services: - docker:23.0-dind before_script: - docker info - echo logging in gitlab-ci-token to $CI_REGISTRY - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_BUILD_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY # check gitlab runner config if not working script: - | if [ -z "$DOCKER_IMG_NAME" ]; then echo "CI job variable DOCKER_IMG_NAME must be set.
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Medium
medium.com › @BuildWithLal › dockerized-gitlab-ci-setting-up-and-connecting-your-gitlab-runner-b810a02e42f2
Dockerized GitLab CI: Setting Up and Connecting Your GitLab Runner | by Lal Zada | Medium
October 10, 2024 - We are setting network_mode to host for the GitLab runner container which will put the GitLab runner container on the host machine’s network so GitLab server can communicate with it through localhost instead of using its container name (container ID can change everytime we recreate containers). After updating the docker-compose.yml file, hit CTRL+C to stop the running container and then run
Gitlab
gitlab-docs-d6a9bb.gitlab.io › install › install gitlab runner › docker
Run GitLab Runner in a container | GitLab
Run the gitlab-runner Docker image by using the docker run -d [options] <image-uri> <runner-command> command. When you run gitlab-runner in a Docker container, ensure the configuration is not lost when you restart the container. Mount a permanent volume to store the configuration.
GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner › executors › docker_machine
Install and register GitLab Runner for autoscaling with Docker Machine | GitLab Docs
Sign in to a new Linux-based machine that can function as a bastion server where Docker creates new machines. Install GitLab Runner.
Medium
hafiidhakbar.medium.com › containerize-gitlab-self-host-runner-using-docker-fb01b3a31f65
Containerize GitLab Self-Host Runner using Docker | by Hafiidh Akbar | Medium
May 19, 2025 - This repository will host your ... setup also includes Docker-in-Docker (DinD), which allows the runner to execute Docker commands within its container, such as building or running other containers....
GitLab
forum.gitlab.com › gitlab ci/cd
Example GitLab Runner docker compose configuration - GitLab CI/CD - GitLab Forum
March 26, 2022 - After having spent some time the other day to redo my (“standalone”) runner setup, I figured that I would share this for the benefit of the community. .env: RUNNER_NAME=RUNNER-NAME REGISTRATION_TOKEN=TOKEN CI_SERVER_URL=https://gitlab.com/ docker-compose.yml: version: "3.5" services: dind: image: docker:20-dind restart: always privileged: true environment: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "" command: - --storage-driver=overlay2 runner: restart: always image:...
GitHub
github.com › sameersbn › docker-gitlab-ci-runner
GitHub - sameersbn/docker-gitlab-ci-runner: Dockerfile to build a base GitLab CI Runner container image.
NOTICE: gitlab-ci-runner has been deprecated by GitLab in favour of the highly performant and feature rich gitlab-ci-multi-runner. gitlab-ci-multi-runner is implemented in golang and has the ability to launch CI tests in docker containers.
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GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › ee › ci › docker › using_docker_images.html
Run your CI/CD jobs in Docker containers | GitLab Docs
September 6, 2023 - Register a runner and configure it to use the Docker executor. Specify the container image where you want to run the CI/CD jobs in the .gitlab-ci.yml file.
TestDriven.io
testdriven.io › blog › gitlab-ci-docker
Deploying Self-Hosted GitLab CI Runners with Docker | TestDriven.io
October 29, 2021 - This tutorial looks at how to deploy self-hosted GitLab CI/CD runners with Docker to DigitalOcean.
GitLab
docs.gitlab.com › runner › configuration
Configure GitLab Runner | GitLab Docs
Advanced configuration options: Use the config.toml configuration file to edit runner settings. Use self-signed certificates: Configure certificates that verify TLS peers when connecting to the GitLab server. Autoscale with Docker Machine: Execute jobs on machines created automatically by Docker ...
GitHub
github.com › yobasystems › gitlab-runner
GitHub - yobasystems/gitlab-runner: Gitlab Runner on Alpine Linux [Docker] · GitHub
GitLab Runner is the open source project that is used to run your jobs and send the results back to GitLab. It is used in conjunction with GitLab CI, the open-source continuous integration service included with GitLab that coordinates the jobs.
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