To have the jobs dispatched to custom runners, gitlab-runner must be installed, active as a service and properly configured. The variables file and playbook introduced here should help with those steps.
The playbook introduced here covers a number of different Linux distributions and FreeBSD, and are intended to provide a reproducible environment. Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <cr...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> --- docs/devel/ci.rst | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore | 1 + scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template | 13 ++++++ 4 files changed, 137 insertions(+) create mode 100644 scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore create mode 100644 scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml create mode 100644 scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template diff --git a/docs/devel/ci.rst b/docs/devel/ci.rst index a556558435..9f9c4bd3f9 100644 --- a/docs/devel/ci.rst +++ b/docs/devel/ci.rst @@ -56,3 +56,61 @@ To run the playbook, execute:: cd scripts/ci/setup ansible-playbook -i inventory build-environment.yml + +gitlab-runner setup and registration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The gitlab-runner agent needs to be installed on each machine that +will run jobs. The association between a machine and a GitLab project +happens with a registration token. To find the registration token for +your repository/project, navigate on GitLab's web UI to: + + * Settings (the gears like icon), then + * CI/CD, then + * Runners, and click on the "Expand" button, then + * Under "Set up a specific Runner manually", look for the value under + "Use the following registration token during setup" + +Copy the ``scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template`` file to +``scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml``. Then, set the +``gitlab_runner_registration_token`` variable to the value obtained +earlier. + +.. note:: gitlab-runner is not available from the standard location + for all OS and architectures combinations. For some systems, + a custom build may be necessary. Some builds are avaiable + at https://cleber.fedorapeople.org/gitlab-runner/ and this + URI may be used as a value on ``vars.yml`` + +To run the playbook, execute:: + + cd scripts/ci/setup + ansible-playbook -i inventory gitlab-runner.yml + +Following the registration, it's necessary to configure the runner tags, +and optionally other configurations on the GitLab UI. Navigate to: + + * Settings (the gears like icon), then + * CI/CD, then + * Runners, and click on the "Expand" button, then + * "Runners activated for this project", then + * Click on the "Edit" icon (next to the "Lock" Icon) + +Under tags, add values matching the jobs a runner should run. For a +Ubuntu 20.04 aarch64 system, the tags should be set as:: + + ubuntu_20.04,aarch64 + +Because the job definition at ``.gitlab-ci.d/custom-runners.yml`` +would contain:: + + ubuntu-20.04-aarch64-all: + tags: + - ubuntu_20.04 + - aarch64 + +It's also recommended to: + + * increase the "Maximum job timeout" to something like ``2h`` + * uncheck the "Run untagged jobs" check box + * give it a better Description diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore b/scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f112d05dd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +vars.yml \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ab1944965f --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +--- +- name: Installation of gitlab-runner + hosts: all + vars_files: + - vars.yml + tasks: + - debug: + msg: 'Checking for a valid GitLab registration token' + failed_when: "gitlab_runner_registration_token == 'PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN'" + + - name: Checks the availability of official gitlab-runner builds in the archive + uri: + url: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/v{{ gitlab_runner_version }}/binaries/gitlab-runner-linux-386 + method: HEAD + status_code: + - 200 + - 403 + register: gitlab_runner_available_archive + + - name: Update base url + set_fact: + gitlab_runner_base_url: https://s3.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/v{{ gitlab_runner_version }}/binaries/gitlab-runner- + when: gitlab_runner_available_archive.status == 200 + - debug: + msg: Base gitlab-runner url is {{ gitlab_runner_base_url }} + + - name: Create a group for the gitlab-runner service + group: + name: gitlab-runner + + - name: Create a user for the gitlab-runner service + user: + user: gitlab-runner + group: gitlab-runner + comment: GitLab Runner + home: /home/gitlab-runner + shell: /bin/bash + + - name: Remove the .bash_logout file when on Ubuntu systems + file: + path: /home/gitlab-runner/.bash_logout + state: absent + when: "ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'" + + - name: Downloads the matching gitlab-runner + get_url: + dest: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner + url: "{{ gitlab_runner_base_url }}{{ gitlab_runner_os }}-{{ gitlab_runner_arch }}" + owner: gitlab-runner + group: gitlab-runner + mode: u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx + + - name: Register the gitlab-runner + command: "/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'" + + - name: Install the gitlab-runner service using its own functionality + command: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner install --user gitlab-runner --working-directory /home/gitlab-runner + register: gitlab_runner_install_service_result + failed_when: "gitlab_runner_install_service_result.rc != 0 and \"already exists\" not in gitlab_runner_install_service_result.stderr" + + - name: Enable the gitlab-runner service + service: + name: gitlab-runner + state: started + enabled: yes diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..621435d030 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# The version of the gitlab-runner to use +gitlab_runner_version: 13.1.1 +# The base location of gitlab-runner binaries, this will be suffixed by $OS-$ARCH +gitlab_runner_base_url: https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner- +# The URL of the gitlab server to use, usually https://gitlab.com unless you're +# using a private GitLab instance +gitlab_runner_server_url: https://gitlab.com +# Defaults to linux, checks can be used to change this +gitlab_runner_os: linux +# Defaults to amd64 (x86_64), checks can be used to change this +gitlab_runner_arch: amd64 +# A unique token made available by GitLab to your project for registering runners +gitlab_runner_registration_token: PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN -- 2.25.4
