- Installing GitLab Runner
Distribution | Version | End of Life date |
---|---|---|
Debian | stretch | June 2022 |
Debian | buster | June 2024 |
Ubuntu | xenial | April 2021 |
Ubuntu | bionic | April 2023 |
Ubuntu | focal | April 2025 |
Mint | sarah, serena, sonya, sylvia | April 2021 |
Mint | tara, tessa, tina, tricia | April 2023 |
Mint | ulyana, ulyssa | April 2025 |
RHEL/CentOS | 7 | June 2024 |
CentOS | 8 | December 2021 |
RHEL | 8 | May 2029 |
Fedora | 32 | approx. May 2021 |
Fedora | 33 | approx. Nov 2021 |
Prerequisites
Mar 09, 2021 As you can see, docker-ce is not installed, so we can move on to the next step. Install Docker on Ubuntu 18.04. We are almost done. Use the apt command to install Docker: sudo apt install docker-ce 6. Check Docker Status. Once the installation is complete, it is a good idea to check the status of the service: sudo systemctl status docker. The Docker Desktop installation includes Docker Engine, Docker CLI client, Docker Compose, Notary, Kubernetes, and Credential Helper. Install and run Docker Desktop on Mac Double-click Docker.dmg to open the installer, then drag the Docker icon to the Applications folder.
If you want to use the Docker executor, make sure to install Docker beforeusing GitLab Runner. Read how to install Docker for your distribution.
Installing GitLab Runner
If you are using or upgrading from a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, read how to upgrade to the new version.If you want to install a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, visit the old docs. The Docker Desktop installation includes Docker Engine, Docker CLI client, Docker Compose, Notary, Kubernetes, and Credential Helper. Install and run Docker Desktop on Mac Double-click Docker.dmg to open the installer, then drag the Docker icon to the Applications folder.
To install GitLab Runner:
Add the official GitLab repository:
Install the latest version of GitLab Runner, or skip to the next step toinstall a specific version:
Debian buster users should disable skel to preventNo such file or directory JobfailuresTo install a specific version of GitLab Runner:
If you are using or upgrading from a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, read how to upgrade to the new version.If you want to install a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, visit the old docs.
After completing the step above, a runner should be started and beready to be used by your projects!
Make sure that you read the FAQ section which describessome of the most common problems with GitLab Runner.
APT pinning
A native package called gitlab-ci-multi-runner
is available inDebian Stretch. By default, when installing gitlab-runner
, that packagefrom the official repositories will have a higher priority.
If you want to use our package, you should manually set the source ofthe package. The best way is to add the pinning configuration file.
If you do this, the next update of the GitLab Runner package - whether it willbe done manually or automatically - will be done using the same source:
Updating GitLab Runner
Simply execute to install latest version:
Manually download packages
You can manually download and install thepackages if necessary.
Disable skel
Introduced in GitLab 12.10.
Install Docker On Debian Jessie
Sometimes the default skeleton (skel
) directorycauses issues for GitLab Runner,and it fails to run a job. When installing GitLab Runner, set the environment variableGITLAB_RUNNER_DISABLE_SKEL
to true
before you install the package. This will createthe $HOME
directory without the files inside of skel
:
For example:
Upgrading to GitLab Runner 10
To upgrade GitLab Runner from a version prior to 10.0:
Install Docker On Debian 9
Remove the old repository:
Follow the same steps when installing GitLab Runner,without registering it and using the new repository.
For RHEL/CentOS/Fedora, run:
If you don’t run the above command, you will be leftwith no service file. Follow issue #2786for more information.
Install Docker On Debian
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