Gitlab runner docker host setting - docker

How should i enter the "host" value for the host params?
https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration.html#the-runners-section
Thanks in advance!
I tried tcp://0.0.0.0:2375, 0.0.0.0:2375, 0.0.0.0, etc and all result in errors.
[runners.docker]
host = tcp://0.0.0.0:2375
tls_verify = false
image = "docker:latest"
The runner toml config file should be accepted without any error

You should leave it blank, if you run the command on your PC.
The format is 'ip-address:port-number'.
You can set the value of the host to 127.0.0.1:2375
[runners.docker]
host=127.0.0.1:2375

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Can I change the port a GitLab runner uses to pull from my self-hosted GitLab instance?

I have two virtual machines both running docker. On one, I am hosting a GitLab instance according to https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/docker.html. On the other, I have a GitLab runner running inside a container https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/docker.html.
Due to some port constraints, I am running the GitLab instance on non-standard ports (4443 instead of 443, for instance).
I am able to successfully register the runner, and GitLab can send a job that the runner will pick up. However, when that runner pulls the git repo it is apparently looking at the wrong port for that git pull:
My GitLab is on port 4443 not port 443. The GitLab runner config has the correct port in the url field and is, again, able to connect and receive jobs.
concurrent = 1
check_interval = 0
[session_server]
session_timeout = 1800
[[runners]]
name = "runner1"
url = "https://vm-pr01:4443/"
token = "egZUzK44hYVrhy6DTfey"
tls-ca-file = "/etc/gitlab-runner/certs/cert.crt"
executor = "docker"
[runners.custom_build_dir]
[runners.cache]
[runners.cache.s3]
[runners.cache.gcs]
[runners.cache.azure]
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "docker:20.10.16"
privileged = true
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/cache"]
shm_size = 0
Finally, I did try to change the GitLab ssh port according to this question:
Gitlab with non-standard SSH port (on VM with Iptable forwarding)
But that wasn't effective after restarting GitLab.
Are there other angles to try? My last thought was to host my own docker image with the correct ports changed in SSH config but I imagine there's a better way.
Use the clone_url configuration for the runner to change this.
[[runners]]
# ...
clone_url = "https://hostname:port"
Make sure the scheme matches your instance (http or https).
For whatever reason, the default clone url will not precisely respect the setting from url (scheme and port are assumed) so you must provide both url and clone_url in your configuration scenario.

GitLab with Docker runner on localhost: how to expose host to container?

I'm learning to use GitLab CI.
Just now I'm using GitLab on localhost (external_url "http://localhost"). And I've registered a Docker runner with vanilla ubuntu:20.04 image and tried to run some test job on it.
Alas, it tries to clone my repo from localhost repository in the container, but cannot do it, because my localhost's port 80 is not visible from container.
Running with gitlab-runner 13.5.0 (ece86343)
on docker0 x8pHJPn7
Preparing the "docker" executor
Using Docker executor with image ubuntu:20.04 ...
Pulling docker image ubuntu:20.04 ...
Using docker image sha256:d70eaf7277eada08fca944de400e7e4dd97b1262c06ed2b1011500caa4decaf1 for ubuntu:20.04 with digest ubuntu#sha256:fff16eea1a8ae92867721d90c59a75652ea66d29c05294e6e2f898704bdb8cf1 ...
Preparing environment
Running on runner-x8phjpn7-project-6-concurrent-0 via gigant...
Getting source from Git repository
Fetching changes with git depth set to 50...
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /builds/root/ci_fuss/.git/
fatal: unable to access 'http://localhost:80/root/ci_fuss.git/': Failed to connect to localhost port 80: Connection refused
Uploading artifacts for failed job
Uploading artifacts...
WARNING: report.xml: no matching files
ERROR: No files to upload
Cleaning up file based variables
ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1
How can I can my Docker runner to expose host's localhost:80 as container's localhost:80?
Well, i have coped with this stuff.
I have added network_mode = "host"to my runner configuration in /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml to make my docker use host network connections.
Also I've added --pull_policy="if-not-present" to first search for container image locally, then in remote repo.
[[runners]]
name = "docker0"
url = "http://localhost/"
token = "TTBRFis_W_yJJpN1LLzV"
executor = "docker"
[runners.custom_build_dir]
[runners.cache]
[runners.cache.s3]
[runners.cache.gcs]
[runners.cache.azure]
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "exposed_ctr:latest"
privileged = false
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/cache"]
shm_size = 0
network_mode = "host"
pull_policy = "if-not-present"

Running gitlab-runner with multiple docker daemons

I'm trying to have several gitlab runners using different docker daemons on the same host
Currently using gitlab-runner 10.7.0 and docker 19.03.3. The goal is to maximize the usage of resources. Since I have two SSD disks on the machine, I want the runners to use both of them. The only way I found to have some runners use one disk while some others use the other disk is to have two docker daemons, one running on each disk.
I have one docker daemon running on unix:///var/run/docker-1.sock and one on unix:///var/run/docker-2.sock. They use each a dedicated bridge created manually. The (systemd) startup command line looks like /usr/bin/dockerd --host unix:///var/run/docker_socket/docker-%i.sock --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock --pidfile /var/run/docker-%i.pid --data-root /data/local%i/docker/ --exec-root /data/local%i/docker_run/ --bridge docker-%i --fixed-cidr 172.%i0.0.1/17
The gitlab_runner mounts /var/run/docker_socket/ and runs on docker-1.sock.
I tried having one per docker daemon but then two jobs runs on the same runner although the limit is set to 1 (and also there are some sometimes errors appearing like ERROR: Job failed (system failure): Error: No such container: ...)
After registration the config.toml looks like:
concurrent = 20
check_interval = 0
[[runners]]
name = "[...]-large"
limit = 1
output_limit = 32768
url = "[...]"
token = "[...]"
executor = "docker"
[runners.docker]
host = "unix:///var/run/docker-1.sock"
tls_verify = false
image = "debian:jessie"
memory = "24g"
cpuset_cpus = "1-15"
privileged = false
security_opt = ["seccomp=unconfined"]
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/var/run/docker-1.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"]
shm_size = 0
[runners.cache]
[[runners]]
name = "[...]-medium-1"
limit = 1
output_limit = 32768
url = "[...]"
token = "[...]"
executor = "docker"
[runners.docker]
host = "unix:///var/run/docker-2.sock"
tls_verify = false
image = "debian:jessie"
memory = "12g"
cpuset_cpus = "20-29"
privileged = false
security_opt = ["seccomp=unconfined"]
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/var/run/docker-2.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"]
shm_size = 0
[runners.cache]
The two docker daemons are working fine. Tested with docker --host unix:///var/run/docker-<id>.sock ps
The current solution seems to be kind of OK but there are random errors in the gitlab_runner logs:
ERROR: Appending trace to coordinator... error couldn't execute PATCH against http://[...]/api/v4/jobs/223116/trace: Patch http://[...]/api/v4/jobs/223116/trace: read tcp [...] read: connection reset by peer runner=0ec8a845
Other people tried this, apparently with some success:
This one seems to list the whole set of options needed to properly run each instance of dockerd : Is it possible to start multiple docker daemons on the same machine. What are yours?
This other https://www.jujens.eu/posts/en/2018/Feb/25/multiple-docker/, does not speak about the possible extra bridge config.
NB: Docker documentation says the feature is experimental: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/#run-multiple-daemons

gitlab runner - network_mode = "host"

I want to setup CI/CD in GitLab.
So i installed docker and the gitlab-runner on linux, created a config for a runner and started everything. So far so good.
The runner works, and docker works.
But i am using the linux subsystem from windows, so i need to run the docker container with parameter "--network host" otherwise they not gonna work.
So right now i try to configure the gitlab-runner to use the host network via the "network_mode" parameter. But it does not work. I get the same error as if i would run a docker container directly and without the "--network host".
The error:
WARNING: Preparation failed: Error response from daemon: oci runtime error: container_linux.go:265: starting container process caused "process_linux.go:368: container init caused \"process_linux.go:351: running prestart hook 0 caused \\"error running hook: exit status 1, stdout: , stderr: time=\\\\"2019-04-12T18:42:33+02:00\\\\" level=fatal msg=\\\\"failed to add interface vethfc7c8d1 to sandbox: failed to get link by name \\\\\\\\"vethfc7c8d1\\\\\\\\": Link not found\\\\" \\n\\"\"" (executor_docker.go:423:16s) job=123project=123 runner=123
This is my config:
concurrent = 1
check_interval = 0
[session_server]
session_timeout = 1800
[[runners]]
name = "MyHostName"
url = "https://my.gitlab.url/"
token = "SoMeFaNcYcOdE-e"
executor = "docker"
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "beevelop/ionic:latest"
privileged = true
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/cache"]
shm_size = 0
network_mode = "host"
[runners.cache]
[runners.cache.s3]
[runners.cache.gcs]
My question is how do i force the gitlab runner to create the containers to use the host network like with the docker parameter: "--network host"
I was unable to solve the problem directly, but i found an alternative way which is a lot better.
I configured the GitLab Container Registry
of the repository to upload and white list a custom docker image and then enabled the Shared Runners of my company. The custom image i uploaded was created via a Dockerfile using docker for windows, avoiding the struggle of the buggy docker in the linux subsystem of windows. Now i can execute my CI pipeline flawlessly and have full control over the used image and do not have to keep my local machine running.

GitLab Runner - Docker executor in LXD container

I try to run GitLab Runner with docker executor inside LXD container.
Have it done half way through but still not functioning properly.
Did anybody happen to have it up and running and could share how to do it ?
You have to set your docker container to run as privileged.
Check the runner config.toml file and set like this:
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "docker:stable"
privileged = true
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock", "/cache"]
shm_size = 0
[runners.cache]
Insecure = false
Also make sure that you have launched your LXC container with the paramaters:
lxc launch --verbose IMAGE CONTAINER_NAME -c security.nesting=true -c security.privileged=true
Plus check the LXC profile to be set like this:
config:
raw.lxc: |-
lxc.apparmor.profile = unconfined
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = a
lxc.mount.auto=proc:rw sys:rw
lxc.cap.drop=
description: Default LXD profile
devices:
eth0:
name: eth0
nictype: bridged
parent: lxdbr0
type: nic
root:
path: /
pool: lxd-pa
type: disk
name: default
In case that even those settings won't change the docker container behavior, try to disable apparmor on the LXC container
Problem sorted out by doing everything by below steps
install lxd container as per https://stgraber.org/2016/04/13/lxd-2-0-docker-in-lxd-712/
install gitlab-runner as per https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/linux-repository.html
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_docker_build.html

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