Add the GitLab Runner

Create GitLab Runner node pxd-gitlab-runner and make it available to GitLab CE running on pxd-gitlab.
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This how-to describes how to create local GitLab instance pxd-gitlab-runner. The play plays/dev/gitlab_runner.yml uses the Ansible role robertdebock.gitlab_runner  to create it. The configuration for this node is in group_vars/gitlab_runner/main.yml

Registration token

Navigate to GitLab project c2platform/examples/kubernetes/gitlab-robot  and then Settings → CI/CD → Runners and copy the “registration token”. Create or edit file group_vars/all/local_stuff.yml and configure the token for example:

c2_gitlab_runner_registration_token: GR13******  # https://gitlab.com/c2projects/cgi/azure/-/settings/ci_cd

See Local Stuff for more information about local_stuff.yml.

Provision

vagrant up pxd-gitlab-runner

Verify

root@pxd-gitlab-runner:~# gitlab-runner list
Runtime platform                                    arch=amd64 os=linux pid=4060 revision=dcfb4b66 version=15.10.1
Listing configured runners                          ConfigFile=/etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml
pxd-gitlab-runner                                   Executor=shell Token=btPy-VV2HF2DxVxh1xzM URL=https://gitlab.com/
root@pxd-gitlab-runner:~#

Unregister

gitlab-runner list
gitlab-runner unregister -c /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml --url https://gitlab.com/ --token <token>
Last modified October 22, 2025: hugo config remove obsolete params PHX-205 (352d1e2)