Install GitLab Runner on FreeBSD

Note: The FreeBSD version is also available as a bleeding edge release. Make sure that you read the FAQ section which describes some of the most common problems with GitLab Runner.
Important: If you are using or upgrading from a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, read how to upgrade to the new version. If you want to install a version prior to GitLab Runner 10, visit the old docs.

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://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-amd64

# For i386
sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/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 rc.d script: 

    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

  7. Make it executable: 

    sudo chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitlab_runner
  8. Register the Runner

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

    sudo sysrc -f /etc/rc.conf "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 the Runner: 

    sudo service gitlab_runner stop

  2. Optionally, preserve the previous version of the 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 Runner and make it executable: 

    # For amd64
sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-freebsd-amd64

# For i386
sudo fetch -o /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/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 the 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.*