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Quick Start
GrammaTonic edited this page Mar 1, 2026
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Get your GitHub Actions self-hosted runner up and running in 5 minutes!
- Docker and Docker Compose installed
- GitHub repository with admin access
- GitHub personal access token
git clone https://github.com/GrammaTonic/github-runner.git
cd github-runner# Copy configuration example # Copy the example environment file into a working runner.env before editing cp config/runner.env.example config/runner.env # Edit with your settings nano config/runner.env
Minimal required configuration:
GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_personal_access_token_here GITHUB_REPOSITORY=your-username/your-repository
Choose your runner type:
# Standard runner (most common) docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.production.yml up -d # Chrome runner (for UI testing) docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.chrome.yml up -d # Check status docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.production.yml logs github-runner
- Go to your repository on GitHub
- Navigate to Settings β Actions β Runners
- Your runner should appear as "Online"
Create a simple workflow to test your runner:
# .github/workflows/test-runner.yml name: Test Self-Hosted Runner on: workflow_dispatch: jobs: test: runs-on: self-hosted steps: - name: Test runner run: | echo "π Self-hosted runner is working!" docker --version git --version
# Check logs docker compose logs runner # Verify token permissions curl -H "Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN" https://api.github.com/user
# Add user to docker group sudo usermod -aG docker $USER newgrp docker
# Clean up Docker
docker system prune -a -f- Production Setup - Scale for production use
- Troubleshooting - Fix common problems
- Use unique runner names to avoid conflicts
- Set resource limits to prevent resource exhaustion
- Enable monitoring for production deployments
- Regular cleanup prevents disk space issues
- Common Issues - Quick fixes
- Installation Guide - Detailed setup
- GitHub Issues - Report problems
- Quick start instructions, runner configuration, and troubleshooting synced with release v2.2.0
- Chrome runner and standard runner setup updated for diagnostics and health checks
- All workflow and test examples reflect current best practices for the new version
See Home and Chrome Runner Guide for full details.
β±οΈ Total setup time: ~5 minutes π You're ready to run workflows on your self-hosted runner!