pipeline

Self hosted pipeline

prerequisites:

Ubuntu 20.04

desktop environment, e.g. ubuntu-desktop

VMware Workstation (not VMware Player)

Vagrant

GitHub Actions runner

setting up

0. ubuntu desktop

apt install ubuntu-desktop

1. VMware Workstation prerequisites

sudo apt install gcc build-essential

2. VMware Workstation

https://www.vmware.com/de/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html

curl https://download3.vmware.com/software/wkst/file/VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle -o VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle
./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle

3. Vagrant - DO NOT USE OS PACKAGE MANAGER

https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/installation

4. Vagrant VMware Utilities

https://www.vagrantup.com/docs/providers/vmware/vagrant-vmware-utility

curl https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant-vmware-utility/1.0.20/vagrant-vmware-utility_1.0.20_x86_64.deb -o vagrant-vmware-utility_1.0.20_x86_64.deb

5. GitHub Actions runner

https://github.com/actions/runner/releases

cd github_actions_runner/actions-runner
curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.278.0.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.278.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.278.0.tar.gz

6. github_actions_runner/.env

ORGANIZATION=    github organization
REPOSITORY_NAME= github repository name
GITHUB_TOKEN=    github developer token

7. [OPTIONAL] VMs number ./vagrant/Vagrantfile

replace 5 with desired VMs number

...
  (1..5).each do |i|
    config.vm.define "node-#{i}" do |node|
      node.vm.hostname = "node-#{i}"
...

8. Deployment

cd ./vagrant
vagrant up