Quick EC2 Hosted Github Action Runner (Packer/Docker -- Free)

boot.sh

#!/bin/bash -e

cd /home/ubuntu
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner

curl -O -L curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.272.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.272.0.tar.gz
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.272.0.tar.gz

INSTANCE_ID=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id)
GH_REPO=https://github.com/meetrics-io/*****************
GH_ACTION_TOKEN=****************************************

export RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT=1
./config.sh --unattended --url $GH_REPO --token $GH_ACTION_TOKEN --name $INSTANCE_ID --work "_work"

sudo ./svc.sh install
sudo ./svc.sh start

dependencies.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -x

apt-get -y update
apt-get install -y make git sudo

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh

sudo usermod -a -G sudo ubuntu
echo "%sudo ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee -a /etc/sudoers

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.26.2/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod o+rw /var/run/docker.sock

whoami
docker --version
docker-compose --version

github-runner.json

{
  "min_packer_version": "0.12.0",
  "variables": {
    "aws_region": "us-east-1"
  },
  "builders": [
    {
      "name": "github-runner-ubuntu-18.04-ami",
      "ami_name": "github-runner-ami-{{isotime | clean_resource_name}}",
      "ami_description": "Github Runner (Ubuntu 18.04 - HVM/EBS)",
      "instance_type": "t3.medium",
      "region": "{{user `aws_region`}}",
      "type": "amazon-ebs",
      "profile": "*****************YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_HERE*****************",
      "user_data_file": "./boot.sh",
      "source_ami_filter": {
        "filters": {
          "virtualization-type": "hvm",
          "architecture": "x86_64",
          "name": "ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server-*",
          "block-device-mapping.volume-type": "gp2",
          "root-device-type": "ebs"
        },
        "owners": [
          "099720109477"
        ],
        "most_recent": true
      },
      "ssh_username": "ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "provisioners": [
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "inline": ["export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH >> /etc/profile"],
      "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} sudo -S -E bash '{{.Path}}'"
    },
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "execute_command": "{{.Vars}} bash '{{.Path}}'",
      "script": "./dependencies.sh"
    }
  ]
}

hosted-github-ec2-runner.md

build AMI

packer build github-runner.json