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 the Linux distributions and
has been primarily tested on OS/machines that the QEMU project
has available to act as runners, namely:
* Ubuntu 20.04 on aarch64
* Ubuntu 18.04 on s390x
But, it should work on all other Linux distributions. Earlier
versions were tested on FreeBSD too, so chances of success are
high.
Signed-off-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
---
docs/devel/ci.rst | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
scripts/ci/setup/.gitignore | 1 +
scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template | 12 ++++++
4 files changed, 131 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 35c6b5e269..bbd89e54d7 100644
--- a/docs/devel/ci.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/ci.rst
@@ -56,3 +56,60 @@ 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``
+ * 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..98dab92bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+- 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: 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: Set the Operating System for gitlab-runner
+ set_fact:
+ gitlab_runner_os: "{{ ansible_facts[\"system\"]|lower }}"
+ - debug:
+ msg: gitlab-runner OS is {{ gitlab_runner_os }}
+
+ - name: Set the architecture for gitlab-runner
+ set_fact:
+ gitlab_runner_arch: "{{
ansible_to_gitlab_arch[ansible_facts[\"architecture\"]] }}"
+ - debug:
+ msg: gitlab-runner arch is {{ gitlab_runner_arch }}
+
+ - name: Download the matching gitlab-runner
+ get_url:
+ dest: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
+ url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/v{{
gitlab_runner_version }}/binaries/gitlab-runner-{{ 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 --tag-list {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }},{{
ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --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..e48089761f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# The version of the gitlab-runner to use
+gitlab_runner_version: 13.12.0
+# 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
+# A mapping of the ansible to gitlab architecture nomenclature
+ansible_to_gitlab_arch:
+ x86_64: amd64
+ aarch64: arm64
+ s390x: s390x
+# A unique token made available by GitLab to your project for registering
runners
+gitlab_runner_registration_token: PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN