Ephemeral GCE GitHub self-hosted runner based on https://github.com/related-sciences/gce-github-runner
For more context see Running Github runners in GCE VMs
jobs: create-runner: uses: gitpod-io/gce-github-runner/.github/workflows/create-vm.yml@secrets secrets: runner_token: ${{ secrets.GH_SA_TOKEN }} gcp_credentials: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }} test: needs: [create-runner] runs-on: ${{ needs.create-runner.outputs.label }} steps: - run: echo "This runs on the GCE VM" delete-runner: if: always() needs: - create-runner - test uses: gitpod-io/gce-github-runner/.github/workflows/delete-vm.yml@secrets secrets: gcp_credentials: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }} with: runner-label: ${{ needs.create-runner.outputs.label }} machine-zone: ${{ needs.create-runner.outputs.machine-zone }}
create-runnercreates the GCE VM and registers the runner with unique labeltestuses the runnerdelete-runnerwaits for the end of the steps execution and then shutdowns the GCE VM, removing the runner from the GitHub runner
See inputs and descriptions here.