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Lunny Xiao 13dc9386fe Rename act_runner to runner (#850)
## Consumer-facing breaking changes

- **Go module path**: `gitea.com/gitea/act_runner` → `gitea.com/gitea/runner`. Anything importing `act/...` or `internal/...` packages (notably Gitea itself) must update imports.
- **Binary name**: `act_runner` → `gitea-runner`. Wrapper scripts, systemd units, init scripts, and documentation referencing the binary by `act_runner` will break.
- **Docker image**: `gitea/act_runner` → `gitea/runner` (incl. `*-dind-rootless` variants). Users pulling `gitea/act_runner:nightly` etc. will get stale images. Note: the image name is `gitea/runner`, not `gitea/gitea-runner`.
- **Release artifact paths**: S3 directory `act_runner/{{.Version}}` → `gitea-runner/{{.Version}}`, and artifact filenames change with the new project name. Existing download URLs break.
- **Metrics namespace**: changed from `act_runner` to `gitea_runner` (e.g. `act_runner_jobs_total` → `gitea_runner_jobs_total`); existing monitors/dashboards must be updated.
- **ldflags version path**: `gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/internal/pkg/ver.version` → `gitea.com/gitea/runner/internal/pkg/ver.version`. Affects anyone building with custom ldflags.
- **Kubernetes example resource names**: `act-runner` / `act-runner-vol` → `runner` / `runner-vol`. Users who copied the manifests verbatim will see resource churn on apply.
- **s6 service name**: `scripts/s6/act_runner/` → `scripts/s6/gitea-runner/` (image-internal; only matters for downstream image overrides).

Unchanged: YAML config field names, env vars (`GITEA_*`), CLI flags/subcommands, registration file format.
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Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/pulls/850
Reviewed-by: Zettat123 <39446+zettat123@noreply.gitea.com>
Reviewed-by: silverwind <2021+silverwind@noreply.gitea.com>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
2026-04-30 20:12:51 +00:00

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# Gitea Runner
## Installation
### Prerequisites
Docker Engine Community version is required for docker mode. To install Docker CE, follow the official [install instructions](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/).
### Download pre-built binary
Visit [here](https://dl.gitea.com/gitea-runner/) and download the right version for your platform.
### Build from source
```bash
make build
```
### Build a docker image
```bash
make docker
```
## Quickstart
Actions are disabled by default, so you need to add the following to the configuration file of your Gitea instance to enable it:
```ini
[actions]
ENABLED=true
```
### Register
```bash
./gitea-runner register
```
And you will be asked to input:
1. Gitea instance URL, like `http://192.168.8.8:3000/`. You should use your gitea instance ROOT_URL as the instance argument
and you should not use `localhost` or `127.0.0.1` as instance IP;
2. Runner token, you can get it from `http://192.168.8.8:3000/admin/actions/runners`;
3. Runner name, you can just leave it blank;
4. Runner labels, you can just leave it blank.
The process looks like:
```text
INFO Registering runner, arch=amd64, os=darwin, version=0.1.5.
WARN Runner in user-mode.
INFO Enter the Gitea instance URL (for example, https://gitea.com/):
http://192.168.8.8:3000/
INFO Enter the runner token:
fe884e8027dc292970d4e0303fe82b14xxxxxxxx
INFO Enter the runner name (if set empty, use hostname: Test.local):
INFO Enter the runner labels, leave blank to use the default labels (comma-separated, for example, ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest):
INFO Registering runner, name=Test.local, instance=http://192.168.8.8:3000/, labels=[ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest ubuntu-22.04:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-22.04 ubuntu-20.04:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-20.04].
DEBU Successfully pinged the Gitea instance server
INFO Runner registered successfully.
```
You can also register with command line arguments.
```bash
./gitea-runner register --instance http://192.168.8.8:3000 --token <my_runner_token> --no-interactive
```
If the registry succeed, it will run immediately. Next time, you could run the runner directly.
### Run
```bash
./gitea-runner daemon
```
### Run with docker
```bash
docker run -e GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://your_gitea.com -e GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=<your_token> -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --name my_runner gitea/runner:nightly
```
Mount a volume on `/data` if you want the registration file and optional config to survive container recreation (see [scripts/run.sh](scripts/run.sh)).
### Configuration
The runner is configured with a YAML file. Generate a starting point (this matches what ships in the tree):
```bash
./gitea-runner generate-config > config.yaml
```
Pass it with `-c` / `--config` on any command that loads configuration (`register`, `daemon`, `cache-server`):
```bash
./gitea-runner -c config.yaml register
./gitea-runner -c config.yaml daemon
./gitea-runner -c config.yaml cache-server
```
Every option is described in [config.example.yaml](internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml) (the same content `generate-config` prints).
#### Without a config file
If you omit `-c`, built-in defaults apply (same as an empty YAML document). A small set of **deprecated** environment variables can still override parts of that default config, but **only when no `-c` path was given**; they are ignored if you use a config file:
| Variable | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| `GITEA_DEBUG` | If true, sets log level to `debug` |
| `GITEA_TRACE` | If true, sets log level to `trace` |
| `GITEA_RUNNER_CAPACITY` | Concurrent jobs (integer) |
| `GITEA_RUNNER_FILE` | Registration state file path (default `.runner`) |
| `GITEA_RUNNER_ENVIRON` | Extra job env vars as comma-separated `KEY:VALUE` pairs |
| `GITEA_RUNNER_ENV_FILE` | Path to an env file merged into job env (same idea as `runner.env_file` in YAML) |
Prefer a YAML file for all settings.
#### Registration vs config labels
If `runner.labels` is set in the YAML file, those labels are used during `register` and the `--labels` CLI flag is ignored.
#### External cache (`actions/cache`)
If `cache.external_server` is set, you must set `cache.external_secret` to the same value on this runner and on the standalone cache server. Run the server with `gitea-runner cache-server` using a config that defines `cache.external_secret` (and matching `cache.dir` / host / port as needed). Flags `--dir`, `--host`, and `--port` on `cache-server` override the file.
#### Official Docker image
Besides `GITEA_INSTANCE_URL` and `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN`, the image entrypoint supports optional variables such as `CONFIG_FILE` (passed through as `-c`), `GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS`, `GITEA_RUNNER_EPHEMERAL`, `GITEA_RUNNER_ONCE`, `GITEA_RUNNER_NAME`, `GITEA_MAX_REG_ATTEMPTS`, `RUNNER_STATE_FILE`, and `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE`. See [scripts/run.sh](scripts/run.sh) for exact behavior.
For a fuller container-oriented walkthrough, see [examples/docker](examples/docker/README.md).
### Example Deployments
Check out the [examples](examples) directory for sample deployment types.