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How to setup Gitea Runner in 5 minutes using docker-compose

docker-compose.yml

services:
  runner:
    image: gitea/act_runner:latest-dind-rootless
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true
    environment:
      GITEA_INSTANCE_URL: https://gitea.my-domain.com
      GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN: n73HEsTX71NMoVFJoMVSCEpin2IeihDnJZHELnNs
      GITEA_RUNNER_NAME: myrunner
      DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/user/1000/docker.sock
    volumes:
      - ./data:/data
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

Now create the data directory and make sure it’s owned by the user running the scripts:

mkdir -p data && chown -R 1000:1000 data

Now you can start the runner with

docker-compose up

The startup script will automatically register the runner and place the configuration in the data directory.

Setup up autostart

You can now use our script from Create a systemd service for your docker-compose project in 10 seconds to setup systemd-based autostart:

curl -fsSL https://techoverflow.net/scripts/create-docker-compose-service.sh | sudo bash /dev/stdin