GitLab Quick Start Guide

How to register Runners

Once you have your Runner client installed, you can go through the process of registering it. There are two ways of doing this: in the administrator panel (only in self-hosted GitLab) or in project settings. The former creates a global shared Runner that can be assigned to multiple different projects or even made available to any project on the instance that needs a Runner. The latter method creates Runners that are tied specifically to a particular project/repository. There are also group runners, which can be assigned to a group of projects, but they are beyond the scope of this book.