Simple script to install + run an GH org runner on an AWS EC2 instance.

ec2_install_gh_runner.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash
set -e

if [[ $# -ne 2 ]] ; then
  echo "usage: $0 <GH org url eg https://github.com/tensor-hq> <GH runner token>"
  exit 1
fi

ORGURL="$1"
TOKEN="$2"

# Add other system deps here
# perl-Digest-SHA = for shasum below
# gcc = for cc + cargo installs
# openssl-devel = some cargo packages need it (anchor)
sudo yum install -y tmux perl-Digest-SHA htop git gcc openssl-devel

# Install docker
sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker -y 
sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo docker info

# Install npm/yarn
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm install 16
npm install yarn -g

# Install rust
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
source "$HOME/.cargo/env"

# Download the runner binary
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.294.0.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.294.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.294.0.tar.gz
echo "a19a09f4eda5716e5d48ba86b6b78fc014880c5619b9dba4a059eaf65e131780  actions-runner-linux-x64-2.294.0.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.294.0.tar.gz

# Configure + start runner
./config.sh --url $ORGURL --token $TOKEN --unattended
sudo ./svc.sh install
sudo ./svc.sh start

# Set up cron tab to clean up docker images >1h old every 5 minute (adjust accordingly)
(crontab -l ; echo '*/5 * * * * docker system prune -af --filter "until=1h"') | crontab