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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 ()– choose one of the following options
   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)