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Starting the Virtual Machines

Simon Støvring edited this page Feb 28, 2023 · 2 revisions

After installing Tartelet, adding your GitHub Credentials, and creating your first virtual machine, you are now ready to start running the fleet of virtual machines.

First off, make sure you understand what a fleet of virtual machines mean by referring to the Terminology table. Essentially, the fleet of virtual machines are the virtual machines running the GitHub Actions runners.

Starting the Fleet of Virtual Machines

Once Tartelet is installed and configured, you can select Tartelet's menu bar item to start the virtual machines as shown in the screenshow below.

Tartelet's menu bar item with the Start option highlighted

Selecting Start will launch one or two virtual machines, depending on the number of virtual machines you have configured Tartelet to run in the settings. Each virtual machine will register itself as a runner on your GitHub organization.

Once the virtual machines are booted and the runner has started, you should see them under your GitHub's organization settings as shown on the screenshot below.

Organization settings listed two self-hosted GitHub runners

Stopping the Fleet of Virtual Machines

Select Tartelet's menu bar item followed by Stop to shutdown all virtual machines. Note that this will cancel any jobs that are in progress.

Tartelet's menu bar item with the Stop option highlighted