Anka GitLab Runner (Deprecated)

This Anka Gitlab Runner has been deprecated and replaced with the Anka Custom Executor you can load into the official Gitlab Runner.

Official Anka GitLab Runner Usage Guide

For a list of compatible versions between GitLab and GitLab Runner, see the compatibility section.

This is a lightly modified version of the official gitlab-runner. See the VERSION file for information on which version of the core gitlab-runner we're using.

Anka GitLab Runner Registration Example

Official GitLab Runner Documentation

./anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 register --non-interactive \
--url "http://anka.gitlab:8093" \
--registration-token 48EZAzxiF92TsqAVmkph \
--ssh-host host.docker.internal \
--ssh-user anka \
--ssh-password admin \
--name "localhost shared runner" \
--anka-controller-address "https://anka.controller:8090/" \
--anka-template-uuid d09f2a1a-e621-463d-8dfd-8ce9ba9f4160 \
--anka-tag v1 \
--executor anka \
--anka-controller-instance-name "triggered by shared runner" \ # Defaults to "Anka Gitlab Runner Name: localhost shared runner" in Controller Instances Name column
--anka-controller-external-id "http://test123.com" \           # Defaults to full job URL. Example: http://anka.gitlab:8093/root/gitlab-examples/-/jobs/28
--anka-root-ca-path /Users/hostUser/anka-ca-crt.pem \
--anka-cert-path /Users/hostUser/anka-gitlab-crt.pem \
--anka-key-path /Users/hostUser/anka-gitlab-key.pem \
--clone-url "http://anka.gitlab:8093" \
--tag-list "localhost-shared,localhost,iOS"

Example gitlab-ci.yml

test:
  tags:
    - localhost-shared
  stage: test
  variables:
    # Only use these variables to override the defaults you set when you register the runner.
    ANKA_TEMPLATE_UUID: "c0847bc9-5d2d-4dbc-ba6a-240f7ff08032"
    ANKA_TAG_NAME: "base"
    ANKA_NODE_GROUP: "larger-vm-pool"
    # ANKA_CONTROLLER_INSTANCE_NAME: "" # Defaults to "Anka Gitlab Runner Name: localhost shared runner" in Controller Instances Name column
    # ANKA_CONTROLLER_EXTERNAL_ID: "" # Defaults to full job URL. Example: http://anka.gitlab:8093/root/gitlab-examples/-/jobs/28
  script:
    - hostname
    - echo "Echo from inside of the VM!"

Variable interpolation in your YAML

Gitlab level variables set under the Project, Group, Instance, etc, can be used in your gitlab-ci.yml. These are set using $ before the variable's name:

build:
  stage: build
  variables:
    ANKA_TEMPLATE_UUID: "$DEFAULT_ANKA_TEMPLATE_UUID"

Development Setup and Details

brew install xz
go get gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner
make deps
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/go/bin" # To load in gox

# Build a single binary for testing
make runner-bin-host

# Build all binaries for linux and darwin (make sure docker daemon experimental = true)
make runner-and-helper-bin-host

Test your changes manually with ./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 --debug --log-level debug run:

Try our https://github.com/veertuinc/getting-started scripts to run Gitlab locally inside of a docker container

export GITLAB_HOSTNAME="anka.gitlab";
export GITLAB_DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME="anka.gitlab";
export GITLAB_PORT="8093";
export GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD="kLF2Cx2XmaWdBwcKAmWRD/Ew9eifMCnyPUFnUPlk6Lw=";
export GITLAB_EXAMPLE_PROJECT_NAME="gitlab-examples";
export GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN="token-string-here123";
export GITLAB_EXAMPLE_PROJECT_ID=$(curl -s --request GET -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN" "http://$GITLAB_HOSTNAME:$GITLAB_PORT/api/v4/projects" | jq -r ".[] | select(.name==\"$GITLAB_EXAMPLE_PROJECT_NAME\") | .id");
export SHARED_REGISTRATION_TOKEN="$(docker exec -i $GITLAB_DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME bash -c "gitlab-rails runner -e production \"puts Gitlab::CurrentSettings.current_application_settings.runners_registration_token\"")";
export PROJECT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=$(docker exec -i $GITLAB_DOCKER_CONTAINER_NAME bash -c "gitlab-rails runner -e production \"puts Project.find_by_id($GITLAB_EXAMPLE_PROJECT_ID).runners_token\"");

The gitlab-rails will take a few minutes to do the query. Be patient.

./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 stop; ./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 unregister -n "localhost shared runner"; ./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 unregister -n "localhost specific runner"; rm -f ./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64; make runner-bin-host && \
./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 register --non-interactive \
--url "http://$GITLAB_HOSTNAME:$GITLAB_PORT/" \
--registration-token $SHARED_REGISTRATION_TOKEN \
--ssh-user anka \
--ssh-password admin \
--name "localhost shared runner" \
--anka-controller-address "http://anka.controller:8090/" \
--anka-template-uuid 5d1b40b9-7e68-4807-a290-c59c66e926b4 \
--anka-tag v1 \
--executor anka \
--anka-controller-instance-name "triggered by shared runner" \
--anka-controller-external-id "http://test123share.com" \
--anka-controller-http-headers "{ \"HOST\": \"testing123.com\", \"Content-Type\": \"test\" }" \
--clone-url "http://$GITLAB_HOSTNAME:$GITLAB_PORT" \
--tag-list "localhost-shared,localhost,iOS" && \
./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 register --non-interactive \
--url "http://$GITLAB_HOSTNAME:$GITLAB_PORT" \
--registration-token $PROJECT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN \
--ssh-user anka \
--ssh-password admin \
--name "localhost specific runner" \
--anka-controller-address "http://anka.controller:8090/" \
--anka-template-uuid 5d1b40b9-7e68-4807-a290-c59c66e926b4 \
--anka-tag v1 \
--executor anka \
--anka-controller-instance-name "triggered by project runner" \
--anka-controller-external-id "http://test123proj.com" \
--anka-controller-http-headers "{ \"HOST\": \"testing123.com\", \"Content-Type\": \"test\" }" \
--clone-url "http://$GITLAB_HOSTNAME:$GITLAB_PORT" \
--tag-list "localhost-specific,localhost,iOS" && \
./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 stop; ./out/binaries/anka-gitlab-runner-darwin-amd64 --debug --log-level debug run -c $HOME/.gitlab-runner/anka-config.toml

When adding new options/flags, add them to testRegisterCommandRun

Change Log

Changes we made from the offical gitlab-runner repo:

• executors/anka
• common/version.go
  • var NAME -> anka-gitlab-runner
  • prometheus Name -> anka_gitlab...
• main.go:
  • Added anka executor import
  • Added Veertu as author and changed Usage
• commands/exec.go:
  • Added anka executor import
• network/trace.go + common/trace.go + common/network.go:
  • Added IsJobSuccessful function
• common/config.go:
  • Added AnkaConfig struct
  • Added Anka and PreparationRetries to RunnerSettings struct
• commands/config.go:
  • getDefaultConfigFile: config.toml -> anka-config.toml (allows multiple gitlab-runners on same host)
• Makefile:
  • Modified NAME ENV in to be anka-gitlab-runner
  • Fixed PKG = so it doesn't try to use anka-gitlab-runner as the repo name
  • Removed platforms and archs we don't build for
• commands/register.go:
  • Added several imports
  • We duplicated askSSHLogin, renamed it to askAnkaSSHLogin, then added it to the exectorFns so it prompts
  • Added askAnka
  • Updated the description for s.Name, Token, TagList to remove any confusion as to what they're for (they're for gitlab, not anka executor)
  • Changed Invalid executor specified message/Paniclns to include the executor name
• commands/service_test.go
  • gitlab-runner -> anka-gitlab-runner
• commands/service.go:
  • Updated defaultServiceName + defaultDescription with anka name
  • runServiceInstall Fatal message update: anka-gitlab-runner
  • Printing a message to RunServiceControl when a command is successful
• commands/unregister.go:
  • Added a failure if you don't specify the runner to unregister
  • Disabled all-runners
• commands/user_mode_warning.go:
  • gitlab-runner -> anka-gitlab-runner
• common/build.go
  • Added Retries logic to support the new --preparation-retries option
• common/const.go
  • PreparationRetries = 0
  • const PreparationRetries -> var
  • shortened TraceForceSendInterval for when users cancel jobs in the UI to 10s
• VERSION
  • Added {gitlab runner version}/{anka executor version}
• ci/version
  • Modified echo to just show version
• build-and* script for building, tagging, and pushing to veertu/ dockerhub