Binaries

If you don't want to use the DEB or RPM packages to install GitLab Runner, or are using an operating system without those package managers available, you can still install GitLab Runner manually using the binary downloads.

Run the following commands to download the Runner, give it permissions to execute, create a user for it, and then install and run it:

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/latest/binaries/gitlab-runner-linux-amd64sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runnersudo useradd --comment 'GitLab Runner' --create-home gitlab-runner --shell /bin/bashsudo gitlab-runner install --user=gitlab-runner --working-directory=/home/gitlab-runnersudo gitlab-runner start

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