Add self-hosted Runner to Github Actions on Ubuntu

Provision a cloud server (ubuntu)

Provision a ubuntu server.

The next steps will be running on the ubuntu server.

Install essential packages

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ycio/add-self-hosted-runner-to-github-actions/main/install-packages.sh | bash

Install docker

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ycio/add-self-hosted-runner-to-github-actions/main/install-docker.sh | bash

Add a cron job to clean up docker with crontab -e.e.g:

echo "0 0 * * * docker system prune -f" | crontab -

Add user ci to run the runner

adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" ci
usermod -aG sudo ci
usermod -aG docker ci
newgrp docker
mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d/ci
echo 'ci ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >>  /etc/sudoers.d/ci

Adding self-hosted runners

Swich to user ci with the following command:

su ci
cd

Follow the document to add the self-hosted runner.

Configuring the self-hosted runner application as a service

Follow the instructions to run the runner as a service.