Steps is create self hosted git hub runner

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I want to create a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner on a Linux machine. I also want to run a simple workflow using this runner and check the runner’s status when it is online or offline.

[Ishimwekevin-5]

• You Can Create a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner on Linux By Following Steps

1. Prepare the Linux machine
   sudo apt update sudo apt install -y curl tar
2. Create a runner directory
   mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
3. Download the GitHub Actions runner
   curl -o actions-runner-linux-x64.tar.gz -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/latest/download/actions-runner-linux-x64.tar.gz
4. Extract the runner
   tar xzf actions-runner-linux-x64.tar.gz
5. Configure the runner
   Go to GitHub repo → Settings → Actions → Runners → New self-hosted runner
   Copy the configuration command and run it:
   ./config.sh --url https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO --token YOUR_TOKEN
6. Start the runner
   ./run.sh
   (Optional: install as a Service)
   sudo ./svc.sh install sudo ./svc.sh start

• Run a simple WOrkflow using the self-hosted runner
  Create this file in you repo:

.github/workflows/test-runner.yml
`name: Self-Hosted Runner Test

on: [push]

jobs:
test:
runs-on: self-hosted
steps:
- name: Print message
run: echo "Self-hosted runner is working!"
`
Push code to the repo, and GitHub will run this job on your Linux machine.

• Check the runner status (Online/Offline)
  Option 1: From GitHub UI ( Recommended)

• Go to Repo -> Settings -> Actions -> Runners

• Status Shows:

• 🟢 Idle / Online

• 🔴 Offline

Option 2: From the Linux machine
sudo ./svc.sh status

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[Rajveer-code]

You can do this in 3 steps:

1. Set up self-hosted runner (Linux)

Go to your repo → Settings → Actions → Runners → New self-hosted runner

Run the commands GitHub gives you, for example:

mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
curl -o runner.tar.gz -L
tar xzf runner.tar.gz
./config.sh --url --token
./run.sh
2. Use it in a workflow
runs-on: self-hosted

steps:

• run: echo "Running on self-hosted runner"

3. Check runner status
   Go to Settings → Actions → Runners
   You’ll see:
   🟢 Online → runner is active
   🔴 Offline → runner is not running
   TL;DR
   Install runner → run ./run.sh
   Use runs-on: self-hosted
   Check status in repo settings

That’s it 👍

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[dianecloud]

That cool

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