How to run CI/CD jobs on a GKE-hosted GitLab runner¶

This short guide shows you how to run CI jobs on product's GKE-hosted GitLab runner using tags. For an explanation of why you might want to do this see the explanation on GKE-hosted runners.

Prerequisites¶

Ensure that the product in question has been configured with a GKE-hosted GitLab runner. See GKE GitLab Runners for more information.

Steps¶

Add the GKE_RUNNER_TAG CI/CD variable to a job definition. For example:

.gitlab-ci.yml

dummy-job:
  stage: test
  script: echo "I am a dummy job!"
  tags:
    - $GKE_RUNNER_TAG

Summary¶

In this guide, you learnt how to run CI jobs on a product's GKE-hosted GitLab runner.