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1. Deploy virtual server in Portal (skip this section if you already have a server)
   1. See article for instructions
2. Install Docker engine on server ()
   1. Step by step (official instructions) 

      1.  Set up the repository

         Code Block
         language bash
         $: sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core $: sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo

         
         

      2. Install Docker Engine

         Code Block
         language bash
         $: sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

         
         

   2. Convenience script (official instructions) - recommended only for testing and development purposes

      Code Block
      language bash
      curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh sudo sh get-docker.sh

      
      

3. Start docker container with latest version of gitlab runner (official instructions)

   Code Block
   language bash
   $: docker run -d --name gitlab-runner --restart always \ -v /srv/gitlab-runner/config:/etc/gitlab-runner \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \ gitlab/gitlab-runner:latest

   
   

4. Configure GitLab runner to connect to your repository
   1. In your GitLab repository, go to Settings → CI/CD → Runners
   2. You will need URL and registration token from Set up a specific runner for a project section

   3. Call following on the server with running docker container

      Code Block
      language bash
      docker exec -it gitlab-runner gitlab-runner register --docker-privileged

      
      

   4. You will be prompted to fill-in following parameters:
      1. URL from step 4.c.
      2. Token from step 4.c.
      3. Description
      4. Tags for the runner (can leave this blank for the moment).
      5. Specify docker executor
      6. Specify a default Docker image (e.g. alpine:latest)