install_notes/windows10/gitea_runner.md

Gitea Runner on Windows 10

Setup

1. Download .exe from https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/releases
2. Register runner
3. Move .exe and .runner to C:\Program Files\gitea\
4. Add C:\Program Files\gitea\runner.bat

   cd "C:\Program Files\gitea"
   act_runner-0.2.6-windows-amd64.exe daemon
   

5. Add startup task with task scheduler. Program: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Arguments: /k "C:\Program Files\gitea\runner.bat"
   • Disable auto-stop after 3 days
   • Run whether user is logged in or not
6. From admin powershell change the execution policy Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine
7. Download nvm-setup.exe from https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases and install
   • Verify installation with nvm ls which should say No installations recognized.
8. nvm list available to determine the latest LTS version
9. Install the latest LTS version nvm install 20.11.1 (replace version)
10. nvm use 20.11.1 to select what was just installed
11. Download and install git (64b) from https://git-scm.com/download/win (default settings are fine)
12. Edit environment variables and add C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin to user Path permanently

Updating

Just download a new .exe and update the path in runner.bat