Gitlab Runner Wrapper is a Windows Service that download the gitlab runner binary, configure it and install it on start.
When you have a pool of windows VM that will be use as a pool of gitlab runner, the service will configure and register the runner on your gitlab instance when windows boot.
Once the project is build, you will have 4 files:
- gitlab-runner-wrapper.exe
- gitlab-runner-wrapper.exe.config
- Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.dll
- System.Management.Automation.dll
Edit the gitlab-runner-wrapper.exe.config file with your gitlab server url, the runner registration token and the tags you want to assign to your runner.
Upload the files on your server and install the service:
New-Service -Name GitlabRunnerWrapper -BinaryPathName C:\Users\localadmin\gitlab-runner-wrapper\gitlab-runnner-wrapper.exe -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service GitlabRunnerWrapperThat all, the service will create the directory C:\Gitlab-Runner, download the gitlab-runner.exe, configure it with the parameter in the gitlab-runner-wrapper.exe.config file and start the service.
You should be able to see the new agent on the gitlab admin now.