• Installing GitLab Runner
• Upgrading to GitLab Runner 10

Install GitLab Runner on FreeBSD

Installing GitLab Runner

Here are the steps to install and configure GitLab Runner under FreeBSD:

1. Create the gitlab-runner user and group:

   sudo pw group add -n gitlab-runner
   sudo pw user add -n gitlab-runner -g gitlab-runner -s /usr/local/bin/bash
   sudo mkdir /home/gitlab-runner
   sudo chown gitlab-runner:gitlab-runner /home/gitlab-runner
   

2. Download the binary for your system:

   # For amd64
   sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-amd64
   
   # For i386
   sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-386
   

   You can download a binary for every available version as described in Bleeding Edge - download any other tagged release.

3. Give it permissions to execute:

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
   

4. Create an empty log file with correct permissions:

   sudo touch /var/log/gitlab_runner.log && sudo chown gitlab-runner:gitlab-runner /var/log/gitlab_runner.log
   

5. Create the rc.d directory in case it doesn’t exist:

   mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/rc.d
   

6. Create the gitlab_runner script inside rc.d:

   Bash users can do the following:

      sudo bash -c 'cat > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitlab_runner' << "EOF"
      #!/bin/sh
      # PROVIDE: gitlab_runner
      # REQUIRE: DAEMON NETWORKING
      # BEFORE:
      # KEYWORD:
   
      . /etc/rc.subr
   
      name="gitlab_runner"
      rcvar="gitlab_runner_enable"
   
      user="gitlab-runner"
      user_home="/home/gitlab-runner"
      command="/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner"
      command_args="run"
      pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
   
      start_cmd="gitlab_runner_start"
   
      gitlab_runner_start()
      {
         export USER=${user}
         export HOME=${user_home}
         if checkyesno ${rcvar}; then
            cd ${user_home}
            /usr/sbin/daemon -u ${user} -p ${pidfile} ${command} ${command_args} > /var/log/gitlab_runner.log 2>&1
         fi
      }
   
      load_rc_config $name
      run_rc_command $1
      EOF
   

   If you are not using bash, create a file named /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitlab_runner and include the following content:

      #!/bin/sh
      # PROVIDE: gitlab_runner
      # REQUIRE: DAEMON NETWORKING
      # BEFORE:
      # KEYWORD:
   
      . /etc/rc.subr
   
      name="gitlab_runner"
      rcvar="gitlab_runner_enable"
   
      user="gitlab-runner"
      user_home="/home/gitlab-runner"
      command="/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner"
      command_args="run"
      pidfile="/var/run/${name}.pid"
   
      start_cmd="gitlab_runner_start"
   
      gitlab_runner_start()
      {
         export USER=${user}
         export HOME=${user_home}
         if checkyesno ${rcvar}; then
            cd ${user_home}
            /usr/sbin/daemon -u ${user} -p ${pidfile} ${command} ${command_args} > /var/log/gitlab_runner.log 2>&1
         fi
      }
   
      load_rc_config $name
      run_rc_command $1
   

7. Make the gitlab_runner script executable:

   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitlab_runner
   

8. Register a runner

9. Enable the gitlab-runner service and start it:

   sudo sysrc gitlab_runner_enable=YES
   sudo service gitlab_runner start
   

   If you don’t want to enable the gitlab-runner service to start after a reboot, use:

   sudo service gitlab_runner onestart
   

Upgrading to GitLab Runner 10

To upgrade GitLab Runner from a version prior to 10.0:

1. Stop GitLab Runner:

   sudo service gitlab_runner stop
   

2. Optionally, preserve the previous version of GitLab Runner just in case:

   sudo mv /usr/local/bin/gitlab-ci-multi-runner{,.$(/usr/local/bin/gitlab-ci-multi-runner --version| grep Version | cut -d ':' -f 2 | sed 's/ //g')}
   

3. Download the new GitLab Runner and make it executable:

   # For amd64
   sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-amd64
   
   # For i386
   sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gitlab-runner-downloads/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-386
   
   sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
   

4. Edit /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitlab_runner and change:

   command="/usr/local/bin/gitlab-ci-multi-runner run"
   

   to:

   command="/usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner run"
   

5. Start GitLab Runner:

   sudo service gitlab_runner start
   

6. After you confirm all is working correctly, you can remove the old binary:

   sudo rm /usr/local/bin/gitlab-ci-multi-runner.*