gce-github-runner

Ephemeral GCE GitHub self-hosted runner.

Usage

jobs:
create-runner:
runs-on: ubuntu-latestoutputs:
label: ${{ steps.create-runner.outputs.label }}steps:
- id: create-runneruses: related-sciences/gce-github-runner@v0.11with:
token: ${{ secrets.GH_SA_TOKEN }}project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}image_project: ubuntu-os-cloudimage_family: ubuntu-2004-ltstest:
needs: create-runnerruns-on: ${{ needs.create-runner.outputs.label }}steps:
- run: echo "This runs on the GCE VM"

• create-runner creates the GCE VM and registers the runner with unique label
• test uses the runner
• the runner VM will be automatically shut down after the workflow via self-hosted runner hook

Inputs

See inputs and descriptions here.

The GCE runner image should have at least:

• gcloud
• git
• (optionally) GitHub Actions Runner (see actions_preinstalled parameter)

Example Workflows

• Test Workflow: Test workflow.

Self-hosted runner security with public repositories

From GitHub's documentation:

We recommend that you only use self-hosted runners with private repositories. This is because forks of your repository can potentially run dangerous code on your self-hosted runner machine by creating a pull request that executes the code in a workflow.

EC2/AWS action

If you need EC2/AWS self-hosted runner, check out machulav/ec2-github-runner.