From 55e7de19a44bbc9f1fc02fc4cb354faae85ae8ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Greve <please@refre.ch>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:05:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] automate the runner setup

---
 runner_setup.yml | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runner_setup.yml b/runner_setup.yml
index 870887a..312ad2f 100644
--- a/runner_setup.yml
+++ b/runner_setup.yml
@@ -1,38 +1,42 @@
 ---
-- name: Initial one-time setup
+- name: Initial one-time setup for the Act Runner, Gitea's Action runner
   hosts: gitrunner
   become: yes
-  vars:
-    runner_name: "act_runner"
+  vars:    
     gitea_runner_version: "0.2.13"
+    # Token has to be generated here https://git.phyllo.me/user/settings/actions/runners and paste here, like:
+    # registration_token: "asdlkhgalsdhlgksdahklds"
+    registration_token: ""
     
   tasks:
     - name: Create act runner user
-      user:
-        name: "{{ runner_name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.user:
+        name: "act_runner"
         system: yes
         shell: /bin/bash
-        home: "/var/lib/{{ runner_name }}"
-        create_home: no
+        home: "/var/lib/act_runner"
+        create_home: yes
+        state: present
 
     - name: Create /etc/act_runner directory
-      file:
-        path: /etc/"{{ runner_name }}"
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /etc/act_runner
         state: directory
-        owner: "{{ runner_name }}"
-        group: "{{ runner_name }}"
+        owner: "act_runner"
+        group: "act_runner"
         mode: '0755'
 
     - name: Install Act Runner
-      uri:
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
         url: "https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/releases/download/v{{ gitea_runner_version }}/act_runner-{{ gitea_runner_version }}-linux-amd64"
         dest: "/usr/local/bin/act-runner"
         mode: '0755'
-        status_code: 200
-        follow_redirects: all
-    
-    - name: Creat Act Runner configuration file
-      copy:
+        force: "{{ (ansible_facts['cmdline']['force'] is defined) | default(false) }}"
+      retries: 3
+      delay: 5
+
+    - name: Create Act Runner configuration file
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
         content: |
           log:
             # The level of logging, can be trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@
             # If it's empty when registering, it will ask for inputting labels.
             # If it's empty when execute `daemon`, will use labels in `.runner` file.
             labels:
-              - "rocky-10:host:local"
+              - "rocky-latest:host:local"
 
           cache:
             # Enable cache server to use actions/cache.
@@ -129,22 +133,30 @@
             # If it's empty, $HOME/.cache/act/ will be used.
             workdir_parent:
         dest: /etc/act_runner/config.yaml
-        mode: '0644'
+        owner: "act_runner"
+        group: "act_runner"
+        mode: '0755'
+        backup: yes
 
-    - name: Register the runner with Gitea
-      command: >
+    - name: Check if runner is already registered
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: /var/lib/act_runner/.runner
+      register: runner_registered
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Register the runner with Gitea (if not already registered)
+      ansible.builtin.command: >
         /usr/local/bin/act-runner register 
-        --no-interactive 
+        --no-interactive
         --config /etc/act_runner/config.yaml 
         --instance https://git.phyllo.me 
         --token {{ registration_token }}
-      args:
-        chdir: /var/lib/{{ runner_name }}
-      become_user: "{{ runner_name }}"
+        --name rl-bios-0
+      when: not runner_registered.stat.exists
       changed_when: true
 
     - name: Create Act Runner service file
-      copy:
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
         content: |
           [Unit]
           Description=Gitea Actions Runner
@@ -152,8 +164,8 @@
           
           [Service]
           Type=simple
-          User={{ runner_name }}
-          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/act_runner daemon --config /etc/act_runner/config.yaml
+          User=act_runner
+          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/act-runner daemon --config /etc/act_runner/config.yaml
           ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
           WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/act_runner
           TimeoutSec=0
@@ -164,11 +176,12 @@
           [Install]
           WantedBy=multi-user.target
         dest: /etc/systemd/system/act-runner.service
-        mode: '0644'
+        mode: '0755'
+        backup: yes
 
     - name: Ensure act-runner service is enabled and started
-      systemd:
+      ansible.builtin.systemd:
         name: act-runner
         enabled: yes
         state: started
-        daemon_reload: yes
+        daemon_reload: yes
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