Empty config after deploy

[Heyzi]

Can't get a working gitlab runner configuration, the final result is always empty. How can you figure out what's missing?
ansible and python:

ansible [core 2.15.13]
  config file = /builds/fu8xHyzy/0/devcloud-developer-service-rus/ide_team/devops/ansible-main/projects/gitlab-runner-installer/inventory/remote/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/home/ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /home/ansible/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/ansible
  ansible collection location = /home/ansible/ansible_collections
  executable location = /home/ansible/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.9.21 (main, Dec  5 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 11.5.0 20240719 (Red Hat 11.5.0-2)] (/home/ansible/bin/python3)
  jinja version = 3.1.5
  libyaml = True

my vars:

---
gitlab_runner_concurrent: 1
gitlab_runner_coordinator_url: "myurl"
gitlab_runner_registration_token: "mytoken"
gitlab_runner_registration_token_type: "registration-token"

gitlab_runner_sentry_dsn: ""

# GitLab TLS CA file
tls_ca_file: ""

gitlab_unregister_runner_executors_which_are_not_longer_configured: true

# default values for gitlab in container
gitlab_runner_container_install: true
gitlab_runner_container_image: gitlab-runner
gitlab_runner_container_tag: v17.7.0
gitlab_runner_container_name: gitlab-runner
gitlab_runner_container_mount_path: "/etc/gitlab-runner"
gitlab_runner_container_restart_policy: unless-stopped
gitlab_runner_container_latest_update: false
gitlab_runner_container_network: default

gitlab_runner_log_format: json
force_accept_gitlab_server_self_signed: true
gitlab_runner_show_config_diff: false
gitlab_runner_runners:
  - name: "Example Docker GitLab Runner"
    state: present
    executor: docker
    output_limit: 4096
    concurrent_specific: "1"
    docker_image: "dind:latest"
    tags:
      - test
    docker_volumes:
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
      - "/cache"
    docker_privileged: false
    docker_network_mode: bridge
    env_vars: []
    docker_services:
      - name: docker:20.10.12-dind
        command: ["--insecure-registry=10.0.0.0/24"]
    builds_dir: "/builds_dir"
    cache_dir: "/cache"
    feature_flags:
      - FF_TIMESTAMPS: true
      - FF_USE_FASTZIP: true
      - FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB: true

but in the end, my configuration looks like this:

root@testserver:~# cat /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml
log_level = "info"
log_format = "json"
check_interval = 0
  session_timeout = 1800

[guenhter]

Hi, it would be helpful to have the output of the Ansible run to see what steps were executed and ignored.

[Heyzi]

Hi, it would be helpful to have the output of the Ansible run to see what steps were executed and ignored.

2025-01-17T19:31:01.744441Z 01O PLAY [test-server] *************************************************
2025-01-17T19:31:01.777824Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:01.777825Z 01O TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
2025-01-17T19:31:03.354372Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:03.370921Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:03.370926Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Load platform-specific variables] ****************
2025-01-17T19:31:03.388733Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:03.394816Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:03.394821Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Validate GitLab Runner configurations] ***********
2025-01-17T19:31:03.428073Z 01O included: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/validate-runner-config.yml for test-server => (item=demo)
2025-01-17T19:31:03.448116Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:03.448121Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Check for deprecated settings: demo] *************
2025-01-17T19:31:03.469579Z 01O ok: [test-server] => (item=pre_clone_script)
2025-01-17T19:31:03.476416Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:03.476421Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Install Gitlab Runner (Container)] ***************
2025-01-17T19:31:03.510579Z 01O included: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/main-container.yml for test-server
2025-01-17T19:31:03.517773Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:03.517777Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Pull Image from Registry] ************
2025-01-17T19:31:04.292380Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:04.355210Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:04.355230Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Define Container volume Path] ********
2025-01-17T19:31:04.358730Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:04.365032Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:04.365034Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Delete runners which were removed in GitLab] ***
2025-01-17T19:31:05.373842Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:05.380047Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:05.380050Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : List configured runners as json] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.131113Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.137565Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.137567Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Initialze runner list] ***************************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.148853Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.154801Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.154803Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Create list of configured runners] ***************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.171506Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'arch': 'amd64', 'level': 'info', 'msg': 'Runtime platform', 'os': 'linux', 'pid': 6, 'revision': '3153ccc6', 'time': '2025-01-17T19:31:05Z', 'version': '17.7.0'}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.171890Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'ConfigFile': '/etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml', 'level': 'info', 'msg': 'Listing configured runners', 'time': '2025-01-17T19:31:05Z'}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.172785Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.178878Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.178880Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Print configured runners] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.191569Z 01O ok: [test-server] => {
2025-01-17T19:31:06.191572Z 01O     "registered_gitlab_runner_names": []
2025-01-17T19:31:06.191573Z 01O }
2025-01-17T19:31:06.197209Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.197210Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Register GitLab Runner] **************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.231641Z 01O included: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/register-runner-container.yml for test-server => (item={'name': 'demo', 'state': 'present', 'executor': 'shell', 'output_limit': 4096, 'concurrent_specific': '0', 'docker_image': '', 'tags': ['test'], 'run_untagged': False, 'protected': False, 'docker_privileged': False, 'locked': 'false', 'docker_network_mode': 'bridge', 'env_vars': [], 'feature_flags': [{'FF_TIMESTAMPS': True}, {'FF_USE_FASTZIP': True}, {'FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB': True}]})
2025-01-17T19:31:06.245485Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.245487Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Construct the runner command without secrets] ****
2025-01-17T19:31:06.283871Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.289914Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.289916Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Check if the configuration has changed since the last run] ***
2025-01-17T19:31:06.298606Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.304421Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.304422Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Unregister runner] *******************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.313100Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.318983Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.318987Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Windows) Unregister runner] *********************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.327618Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.333681Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.333682Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Unregister runner] *******************************
2025-01-17T19:31:06.341870Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:06.347853Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:06.347855Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : List configured runners as json] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:07.154398Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:07.160890Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.160897Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Initialze runner list] ***************************
2025-01-17T19:31:07.172473Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:07.178638Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.178643Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Create list of configured runners] ***************
2025-01-17T19:31:07.195531Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'arch': 'amd64', 'level': 'info', 'msg': 'Runtime platform', 'os': 'linux', 'pid': 6, 'revision': '3153ccc6', 'time': '2025-01-17T19:31:06Z', 'version': '17.7.0'}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.195834Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'ConfigFile': '/etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml', 'level': 'info', 'msg': 'Listing configured runners', 'time': '2025-01-17T19:31:06Z'}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.196249Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:07.202209Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.202210Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Print configured runners] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:07.214459Z 01O ok: [test-server] => {
2025-01-17T19:31:07.214462Z 01O     "registered_gitlab_runner_names": []
2025-01-17T19:31:07.214463Z 01O }
2025-01-17T19:31:07.220166Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.220167Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Register runner to GitLab] ***********************
2025-01-17T19:31:07.853482Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:07.859392Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.859394Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Unregister runners which are not longer configured] ***
2025-01-17T19:31:07.868829Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:07.874921Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:07.874922Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Create .gitlab-runner dir] ***********************
2025-01-17T19:31:08.128773Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:08.134763Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:08.134765Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Ensure config.toml exists] ***********************
2025-01-17T19:31:08.352816Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:08.358837Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:08.358838Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Set concurrent option] ***************************
2025-01-17T19:31:08.680802Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:08.686903Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:08.686905Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Set check_interval option] ***********************
2025-01-17T19:31:08.902841Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:08.908799Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:08.908800Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add listen_address to config] ********************
2025-01-17T19:31:08.922232Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:08.928114Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:08.928116Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add log_format to config] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:09.147180Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.153037Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.153038Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add log_level to config] *************************
2025-01-17T19:31:09.169557Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.175425Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.175427Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add sentry dsn to config] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:09.187943Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.193794Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.193796Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add session server listen_address to config] *****
2025-01-17T19:31:09.411479Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.416937Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.416939Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add session server advertise_address to config] ***
2025-01-17T19:31:09.639223Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.645293Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.645295Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Add session server session_timeout to config] ****
2025-01-17T19:31:09.864155Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:09.870072Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.870073Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Configure GitLab Runner] *************
2025-01-17T19:31:09.889519Z 01O included: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/config-runners-container.yml for test-server
2025-01-17T19:31:09.908380Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:09.908383Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Get existing config.toml] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:10.194420Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:10.200415Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:10.200418Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Get pre-existing runner configs] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:10.214137Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:10.220087Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:10.220091Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Create temporary directory] **********************
2025-01-17T19:31:10.504059Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:10.510084Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:10.510122Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Write config section for each runner] ************
2025-01-17T19:31:10.529491Z 01O included: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/config-runner-container.yml for test-server => (item=log_format = "json"
2025-01-17T19:31:10.529495Z 01O check_interval = 0
2025-01-17T19:31:10.529496Z 01O   session_timeout = 1800
2025-01-17T19:31:10.529497Z 01O )
2025-01-17T19:31:10.541084Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:10.541087Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Create temporary file conf[1/1]:] ****************
2025-01-17T19:31:10.750793Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:10.761228Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:10.761231Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Isolate runner configuration conf[1/1]:] *********
2025-01-17T19:31:11.358924Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:11.365107Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.365113Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Update config] ***********************************
2025-01-17T19:31:11.382073Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'name': 'test', 'state': 'present', 'executor': 'shell', 'output_limit': 4096, 'concurrent_specific': '0', 'docker_image': '', 'tags': ['test'], 'run_untagged': False, 'protected': False, 'docker_privileged': False, 'locked': 'false', 'docker_network_mode': 'bridge', 'env_vars': [], 'feature_flags': [{'FF_TIMESTAMPS': True}, {'FF_USE_FASTZIP': True}, {'FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB': True}]}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.383427Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:11.393409Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.393411Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Remove runner config conf[1/1]:] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:11.410034Z 01O skipping: [test-server] => (item={'name': 'demo', 'state': 'present', 'executor': 'shell', 'output_limit': 4096, 'concurrent_specific': '0', 'docker_image': '', 'tags': ['test'], 'run_untagged': False, 'protected': False, 'docker_privileged': False, 'locked': 'false', 'docker_network_mode': 'bridge', 'env_vars': [], 'feature_flags': [{'FF_TIMESTAMPS': True}, {'FF_USE_FASTZIP': True}, {'FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB': True}]}) 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.411333Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:11.417418Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.417420Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Assemble new config.toml] ************************
2025-01-17T19:31:11.727838Z 01O ok: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:11.733840Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:11.733846Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Container) Start the container] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:12.363637Z 01O changed: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:12.369901Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:12.369907Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Install GitLab Runner (Unix)] ********************
2025-01-17T19:31:12.379535Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:12.385773Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:12.385776Z 01O TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Install GitLab Runner (Windows)] *****************
2025-01-17T19:31:12.395163Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:12.416833Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:12.416834Z 01O RUNNING HANDLER [riemers.gitlab-runner : Restart_gitlab_runner] ****************
2025-01-17T19:31:12.426049Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:12.432021Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:12.432024Z 01O RUNNING HANDLER [riemers.gitlab-runner : Restart_gitlab_runner_macos] **********
2025-01-17T19:31:12.440831Z 01O skipping: [test-server]
2025-01-17T19:31:12.452122Z 01O 
2025-01-17T19:31:12.452124Z 01O PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
2025-01-17T19:31:12.452161Z 01O test-server    : ok=34   changed=7    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=16   rescued=0    ignored=0   

[Heyzi]

• verbose play

TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : Update config] *******************************************************************************************************************************
task path: /home/ansible/roles/riemers.gitlab-runner/tasks/config-runner-container.yml:19
skipping: [test-server] => (item={'name': 'demo', 'state': 'present', 'executor': 'shell', 'output_limit': 4096, 'concurrent_specific': '0', 'docker_image': '', 'tags': ['test'], 'run_untagged': False, 'protected': False, 'docker_privileged': False, 'locked': 'false', 'docker_network_mode': 'bridge', 'env_vars': [], 'feature_flags': [{'FF_TIMESTAMPS': True}, {'FF_USE_FASTZIP': True}, {'FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB': True}]})  => {
    "ansible_index_var": "gitlab_runner_index",
    "ansible_loop_var": "gitlab_runner",
    "changed": false,
    "false_condition": "('name = \"'+gitlab_runner.name|default(ansible_hostname+'-'+gitlab_runner_index|string)+'\"') in runner_config",
    "gitlab_runner": {
        "concurrent_specific": "0",
        "docker_image": "",
        "docker_network_mode": "bridge",
        "docker_privileged": false,
        "env_vars": [],
        "executor": "shell",
        "feature_flags": [
            {
                "FF_TIMESTAMPS": true
            },
            {
                "FF_USE_FASTZIP": true
            },
            {
                "FF_LOG_IMAGES_CONFIGURED_FOR_JOB": true
            }
        ],
        "locked": "false",
        "name": "demo",
        "output_limit": 4096,
        "protected": false,
        "run_untagged": false,
        "state": "present",
        "tags": [
            "test"
        ]
    },
    "gitlab_runner_index": 0,
    "skip_reason": "Conditional result was False"