add changes to runner configuration file so that the runner can run against the host directly, without relying on Docker

host-as-runner-config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+- name: More advanced setup, to use host itself as runner
+  hosts: gitrunner
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: true
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Ensure required repositories are enabled
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        name:
+          - dnf-plugins-core
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
+
+    - name: Install required packages with error handling
+      ansible.builtin.dnf:
+        name:
+          - mock
+          - anaconda
+          - lorax
+          - make
+          - git
+          - gcc
+          - gcc-c++
+          - cmake
+          - clang
+          - clang-tools-extra
+          - python3
+          - python3-pip
+          - python3-devel
+          - python3-setuptools
+          - python3-wheel
+          - nodejs
+          - npm
+          - ruby
+          - ruby-devel
+          - rust
+          - cargo
+          - go
+          - perl
+          - perl-Module-Build
+          - perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker
+          - gettext
+          - wget
+          - curl
+          - unzip
+          - tar
+          - gzip
+          - bzip2
+          - xz
+          - vim
+          - which
+          - procps-ng
+          - findutils
+          - coreutils
+          - diffutils
+          - patch
+          - shadow-utils
+          - util-linux
+          - grep
+          - sed
+          - bash
+          - zsh
+          - openssh-clients
+          - openssl
+          - ca-certificates
+          - libarchive
+          - libtool
+          - automake
+          - autoconf
+          - libffi-devel
+          - openssl-devel
+          - zlib-devel
+          - bison
+          - flex
+          - gdb
+          - strace
+          - ltrace
+          - valgrind
+        state: present
+        update_cache: true
+        allow_downgrade: false
+
+    - name: Clean dnf cache
+      ansible.builtin.command: dnf clean all
+      changed_when: true
+
+    - name: Remove dnf cache directory
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: /var/cache/dnf
+        state: absent

host_setup.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@
 
     - name: Set hostname to configured value (if needed)
       ansible.builtin.hostname:
-        name: fedora-cloud
+        name: act
       when:
-        - current_hostname.stdout != "fedora-cloud"
+        - current_hostname.stdout != "act"

runner_setup.yml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
           runner:
             file: "/var/lib/act_runner/.runner"
-            capacity: 1
+            capacity: 4
             timeout: 3h
             shutdown_timeout: 0s
             insecure: false
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@
             fetch_interval: 2s
             github_mirror: ''
             labels:
-              - "fedora-cloud-42:docker://git.phyllo.me/roots/fedora-iso-creation:42"
+              - "fedora-cloud-42:docker://git.phyllo.me/devops/fedora-runner-image:latest"
               - "ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest"
               - "ubuntu-latest-full:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest-full"
+              - "fedora-cloud-42:host"
 
           cache:
             enabled: true
-            dir:
+            dir: /var/lib/act_runner/.act-runner/actcache
             host: ""
             port: 0
             external_server: ""
@@ -75,13 +76,14 @@
             docker_timeout: 0s
 
           host:
-            workdir_parent:
+            workdir_parent: /var/lib/act_runner/act-runner/workdir
 
         dest: /etc/act_runner/config.yaml
         owner: "act_runner"
         group: "act_runner"
         mode: "0755"
         backup: true
+      register: config_file
 
     - name: Check if runner is already registered
       ansible.builtin.stat:
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@
         --name fedora-bios-0
       when: not runner_registered.stat.exists
       changed_when: true
+      notify: restart act runner service
 
     - name: Create Act Runner service file
       ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -116,8 +119,9 @@
           [Install]
           WantedBy=multi-user.target
         dest: /etc/systemd/system/act_runner.service
-        mode: "0755"
+        mode: "0644"
         backup: true
+      notify: restart act runner service
 
     - name: Ensure act_runner service is enabled and started
       ansible.builtin.systemd: