Installing the Runner agent
This section will be most helpful if you follow along and install and register a runner on your own computer. You will find that the installation steps will differ slightly depending on your system type: Windows, macOS, Linux with a supported package manager, or a generic Linux system. Regardless of platform, the same two-step process holds:
- Install the GitLab Runner agent.
- Register a runner with GitLab.
Installing GitLab Runner
As previously mentioned, the method of installation will differ slightly depending on your operating system. For major Linux distributions, the documentation (https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/linux-repository.html) will direct you to add the runner repository to your system, and then use your native package manager to install the gitlab-runner
package. For Windows, macOS, and other Linux distros, you will use curl
to get the program directly from GitLab, make it executable, then install and start the runner...