hetzner-machine-provider

This is a provider for gitlab custom runners. It uses the Hetzner Cloud API to create and delete servers for using them inside the ci. So, the CI behaves like in github actions with their "per-job" VMs.

Usage

Environment variables options used in ci config file:

• HCLOUD_SERVER_TYPE: The server type to use, for example ccx12, defaults to auto
• HCLOUD_SERVER_ARCHITECTURE: The architecture to use for the server, only being used if HCLOUD_SERVER_TYPE is set to auto, defaults to amd64
• HCLOUD_SERVER_LOCATION: The location to use, defaults to fsn1
• HMP_SERVER_WAIT_DEADLINE: The time to wait for the server to be ready, defaults to 5m
• HMP_ADDITIONAL_AUTHORIZED_KEYS: Additional authorized keys to add to the server, defaults to "". Separate multiple keys with a newline (\n).

Image Selection

You can set the image to use by setting the image property in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. If you don't set it, it will default to ubuntu-22.04.

Also, some special image selectors are available:

• :latest-Suffix: Will be used to filter the images and selects the one with the highest os version. Example: ubuntu:latest
• label#-Prefix: Will be used to filter with label selectors. That is used for snapshots. The snapshot with the latest creation date will be selected. See docs for examples.

Runner Configuration

You need to configure the following environment variable for your gitlab runner:

• HCLOUD_TOKEN: The API token for the Hetzner Cloud API, must have the permissions to create and delete servers

Furthermore, you need to configure the runner to use the custom executor. Here is an example configuration:

concurrent = 4
check_interval = 0
shutdown_timeout = 0

[session_server]
  session_timeout = 1800
  ...
[[runners]]
  ...
  executor = "custom"
  builds_dir = "/builds"
  cache_dir = "/cache"
  [runners.custom]
    config_exec = "/<path-to-hmp>/hmp"
    config_args = ["configure"]
    prepare_exec = "/<path-to-hmp>/hmp"
    prepare_args = ["prepare"]
    run_exec = "/<path-to-hmp>/hmp"
    run_args = ["exec"]
    cleanup_exec= "/<path-to-hmp>/hmp"
    cleanup_args = ["cleanup"]
  ...