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Running a Github Actions worker:

To create your own github actions worker, follow these instructions:

  1. Go to the repository, organization, or enterprise where you want to add the runner.
  2. Navigate to Settings > Actions > Runners.
  3. Click Add runner to start the setup process.

Create a directory for your runner

mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner

Download the latest runner package

curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.0.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.319.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.0.tar.gz

Extract the installer

tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.319.0.tar.gz

Configure the runner

./config.sh --url https://github.com/your-repo-owner/your-repo-name --token YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN

Run the runner

./run.sh

Then, your runner will pick up jobs it can.