GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on Kubernetes

📚 Learn to efforlessly deploy a GitHub Actions self-hosted runner on Kubernetes using Helm.

Why run a self-hosted GitHub actions runner?

Self-hosted runners are ideal for use-cases where you need to run workflows in a highly customizable environment with more granular control over hardware requirements, security, operating system, and software tools than GitHub-hosted runners provides.

Table of contents

1. Deploy Kubernetes Cluster (optional) - If you already have an existing K8s cluster, you can skip this step.
2. Deploy Action Runner Controller using Helm
   1. What is an actions-runner-controller?
   2. Installation of cert-manager
   3. Create GitHub PAT (Personal Access Token)
   4. Installation of actions-runner-controller
3. Deploy a self-hosted runner tied to a specific repository.
4. Create a workflow to test your self-hosted runner
5. Clean-up Kubernetes Cluster (optional)