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* actions: document the `--disableupdate` runner param * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: hubwriter <hubwriter@github.com> * actions: remove `$` prompt, suggestion from code review * actions: make relative url absolute * actions: put version guards around autoscaling content * Update content/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/about-self-hosted-runners.md Co-authored-by: hubwriter <hubwriter@github.com> Co-authored-by: hubwriter <hubwriter@github.com>
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Select the operating system image and architecture of your self-hosted runner machine.
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You will see instructions showing you how to download the runner application and install it on your self-hosted runner machine.
Open a shell on your self-hosted runner machine and run each shell command in the order shown.
{% note %}
Note: On Windows, if you want to install the self-hosted runner application as a service, you must open a shell with administrator privileges. We also recommend that you use
C:\actions-runneras the directory for the self-hosted runner application so that Windows system accounts can access the runner directory.{% endnote %}
The instructions walk you through completing these tasks:
- Downloading and extracting the self-hosted runner application.
- Running the
configscript to configure the self-hosted runner application and register it with {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}. Theconfigscript requires the destination URL and an automatically-generated time-limited token to authenticate the request.- On Windows, the
configscript also asks if you would like to install the self-hosted runner application as a service. For Linux and macOS, you can install a service after you finish adding the runner. For more information, see "Configuring the self-hosted runner application as a service."
- On Windows, the
- Running the self-hosted runner application to connect the machine to {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %}.
{% ifversion fpt or ghec or ghes > 3.2 %}
- If you are setting up a cluster of runners, you can install another tool to automatically scale your runners. For more information, see "Autoscaling with self-hosted runners." {% endif %}