Deploy GitHub self-hosted runners to Azure

Folder structure

• .github/workflows - GitHub Actions workflows
  • vm-deploy.yml - GitHub Actions workflow for deploying the GitHub self-hosted runner on a VM
  • container-deploy.yml - GitHub Actions workflow for deploying the GitHub self-hosted runner as container
• docs - Documentation
• src - Source code
  • vm - Scripts for deploying GitHub self-hosted runner on a VM
  • container - Scripts for deploying GitHub self-hosted runner as container
  • utils - Utilities to cleanup GitHub self-hosted runners, trigger the GitHub Actions workflows, ...

Architecture

VM

Container

Remark: Azure Kubernetes Service is a better option for hosting your containers.

Credits

Kudos to Marcus Young for his excellent work around packaging GitHub self-hosted runners as containers.