Installing GitLab Runner on Ubuntu and CentOS

Step 1

Add the GitLab official repository to your servers package manager.

Debian/Ubuntu

curl -L https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/runner/gitlab-runner/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

RHEL/CentOS

curl -L https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/runner/gitlab-runner/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash

Step 2

Install the GitLab Runner service.

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install gitlab-runner

RHEL/CentOS

sudo yum install gitlab-runner

Step 3

Test that the GitLab Runner is running

Debian/Ubuntu/RHEL/Centos

sudo service gitlab-runner status

GitLab Runner is running successfully

Step 4

Now you can use your new GitLab Runner. See my article on setting up CI/CD for a full stack app with GitLab runner, at

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