main.yml

# based on official docs
# https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/linux-manually.html
# https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/register/index.html
- name: Add gitlab-runner user
  user:
    name: gitlab-runner
    state: present
    shell: /bin/bash
    groups: docker
    createhome: yes
    comment: "Gitlab Runner node"
    # salted gitlab_runner_user_pwd with `mkpasswd --method=sha-512`
    password: '$6$Vwnnb1h.oCcWSdb$xfVs707VVgVLNHE2CQ022uhfUcFWP5HcQJxqnJMVroW69HjTcpMWu7LtS7Rrt7dEsROtdsUpVzJQkHEq6gSNu0'

- name: download gitlab-runner package
  get_url:
    url: https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/{{gitlab_runner_version}}/binaries/gitlab-runner-linux-amd64
    dest: /tmp/gitlab-runner-linux-amd64-{{gitlab_runner_version}}
    owner: gitlab-runner

- name: uninstall existing gitlab-runner service
  shell: |
    set +e
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner unregister --name {{gitlab_ci_runner_name}}
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner stop
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner uninstall
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner status
    set -e
    rm /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
  args:
    removes: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner

- name: install gitlab-runner service
  shell: |
    set -e
    cp /tmp/gitlab-runner-linux-amd64-{{gitlab_runner_version}} /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner install --user=gitlab-runner --working-directory=/home/gitlab-runner
  args:
    creates: /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner

- name: start gitlab-runner service
  command: gitlab-runner start

- name: register shell executor gitlab-runner {{gitlab_ci_runner_name}} into gitlab CI {{gitlab_ci_url}}
  command: |
    /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive \
      --name {{gitlab_ci_runner_name}} \
      --url {{gitlab_ci_url}} \
      --registration-token {{gitlab_shared_runners_registration_token}} \
      --env "NEXUS_LOGIN=backbone-builder" \
      --env "NEXUS_PASSWORD=backbone-pwd" \
      --limit 1 \
      --executor=shell