How to manually setup Gitlab Runner for Docker

Create Docker Private Network for Builds

docker network create gitlab-runner

Run Docker in Docker

docker run -d --name gitlab-dind --privileged --restart always --network gitlab-runner -v /var/lib/docker tiredofit/docker-dind:latest

Run GitLab Runner

docker run -d --name gitlab-runner --restart always --network gitlab-runner -v /config:/etc/gitlab-runner -e DOCKER_HOST=tcp://gitlab-dind:2375 tiredofit/gitlab-runner:latest

• You can also use the docker-compose.yml for the above commands

Configure Gitlab Runner

docker run -it --rm -v /var/local/docker/gitlab-runner/config:/etc/glab-runner tiredofit/gitlab-runner
register
--executor docker
--docker-image docker:git
--docker-volumes /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

There are also additional environment variables.. TBC