The registration-token method is being deprecated:
https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/runners/new_creation_workflow/
As a result we can drop a bunch of the descriptive stuff as that is
entered on the web UI. We don't need a secondary runner if we just
create one with both aarch64 and aarch32 tags.
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Message-ID: <20251001170947.2769296-8-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
index 7350f6cff4a..7025935487a 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/gitlab-runner.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
tasks:
- debug:
msg: 'Checking for a valid GitLab registration token'
- failed_when: "gitlab_runner_registration_token == 'PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN'"
+ failed_when: "gitlab_runner_authentication_token == 'PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN'"
- name: Create a group for the gitlab-runner service
group:
@@ -95,15 +95,7 @@
# Register Runners
- name: Register the gitlab-runner
- command: "/usr/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\"] }})'"
-
- # The secondary runner will still run under the single gitlab-runner service
- - name: Register secondary gitlab-runner
- command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --registration-token {{ gitlab_runner_registration_token }} --executor shell --tag-list aarch32,{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"]|lower }}_{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} --description '{{ ansible_facts[\"distribution\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"distribution_version\"] }} {{ ansible_facts[\"architecture\"] }} ({{ ansible_facts[\"os_family\"] }})'"
- when:
- - ansible_facts['distribution'] == 'Ubuntu'
- - ansible_facts['architecture'] == 'aarch64'
- - ansible_facts['distribution_version'] == '24.04'
+ command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner register --non-interactive --url {{ gitlab_runner_server_url }} --token {{ gitlab_runner_authentication_token }} --executor shell"
- name: Install the gitlab-runner service using its own functionality
command: "/usr/bin/gitlab-runner install --user gitlab-runner --working-directory /home/gitlab-runner"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
index 4b355fb80fd..e9ddc05f3b0 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
+++ b/scripts/ci/setup/vars.yml.template
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ 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
+# A unique token made obtained from GitLab for each runner
+# see: https://gitlab.com/PROJECT/REPO/-/runners/new
+gitlab_runner_authentication_token: PLEASE_PROVIDE_A_VALID_TOKEN
--
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