#!/usr/bin/env bash # Create a Flatcar VM on Proxmox and bootstrap a Docker-based Gitea Actions runner. # Run this on the Proxmox host as root. set -Eeuo pipefail usage() { cat <<'EOF' Usage: VM_ID=9100 \ GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://gitea.example.com \ GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN='token' \ SSH_PUBLIC_KEY="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub)" \ ./create-flatcar-gitea-runner.sh Required environment variables: VM_ID Proxmox VM ID that does not already exist GITEA_INSTANCE_URL Gitea URL, including scheme GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN Repository, organization, or instance token SSH_PUBLIC_KEY SSH public key for the Flatcar core user Optional environment variables: VM_NAME VM name, default flatcar-gitea-runner CORES CPU cores, default 4 MEMORY_MB Memory in MiB, default 16384 DISK_SIZE Final disk size, default 100G BRIDGE Proxmox bridge, default vmbr0 DISK_STORAGE Storage for the VM disk, default local-lvm CLOUDINIT_STORAGE Storage for the Cloud-Init drive, default local-lvm SNIPPET_STORAGE Proxmox storage containing snippets, default local SNIPPET_DIR Host snippet directory, default /var/lib/vz/snippets FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL Flatcar image URL, default Stable amd64 current image FLATCAR_IMAGE_SHA256 Optional expected SHA256 for the downloaded image IMAGE_CACHE_DIR Host image cache, default /var/lib/vz/template/cache GITEA_RUNNER_NAME Runner name, default flatcar-gitea-runner-VM_ID GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS Runner labels, default ubuntu-latest:docker://node:20-bookworm GITEA_RUNNER_IMAGE Runner image, default docker.io/gitea/act_runner:latest The script uses DHCP for the VM network. The generated VM receives an Ignition configuration through Proxmox's user-data snippet mechanism. Do not reuse the snippet file or VM disk without removing the registration token first. EOF } die() { echo "ERROR: $*" >&2 exit 1 } require_command() { command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "required command not found: $1" } [[ "${1:-}" != "--help" && "${1:-}" != "-h" ]] || { usage; exit 0; } [[ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]] || die "run this script as root on the Proxmox host" for command_name in qm pvesm curl sha256sum jq; do require_command "$command_name" done : "${VM_ID:?VM_ID is required}" : "${GITEA_INSTANCE_URL:?GITEA_INSTANCE_URL is required}" : "${GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN:?GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN is required}" : "${SSH_PUBLIC_KEY:?SSH_PUBLIC_KEY is required}" VM_NAME="${VM_NAME:-flatcar-gitea-runner}" CORES="${CORES:-4}" MEMORY_MB="${MEMORY_MB:-16384}" DISK_SIZE="${DISK_SIZE:-100G}" BRIDGE="${BRIDGE:-vmbr0}" DISK_STORAGE="${DISK_STORAGE:-local-lvm}" CLOUDINIT_STORAGE="${CLOUDINIT_STORAGE:-local-lvm}" SNIPPET_STORAGE="${SNIPPET_STORAGE:-local}" SNIPPET_DIR="${SNIPPET_DIR:-/var/lib/vz/snippets}" FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL="${FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL:-https://stable.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/current/flatcar_production_proxmoxve_image.img}" IMAGE_CACHE_DIR="${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR:-/var/lib/vz/template/cache}" GITEA_RUNNER_NAME="${GITEA_RUNNER_NAME:-flatcar-gitea-runner-${VM_ID}}" GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS="${GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS:-ubuntu-latest:docker://node:20-bookworm}" GITEA_RUNNER_IMAGE="${GITEA_RUNNER_IMAGE:-docker.io/gitea/act_runner:latest}" [[ "$VM_ID" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || die "VM_ID must be numeric" [[ "$CORES" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || die "CORES must be numeric" [[ "$MEMORY_MB" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || die "MEMORY_MB must be numeric" [[ "$GITEA_INSTANCE_URL" =~ ^https?:// ]] || die "GITEA_INSTANCE_URL must begin with http:// or https://" if qm status "$VM_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1; then die "VM $VM_ID already exists; choose another VM_ID" fi storage_config="$(pvesm config "$SNIPPET_STORAGE" 2>/dev/null || true)" grep -Eq '(^|,)snippets(,|$)' <<<"$storage_config" || die "storage $SNIPPET_STORAGE is not configured for snippets. Enable it with: pvesm set $SNIPPET_STORAGE --content snippets" mkdir -p "$SNIPPET_DIR" "$IMAGE_CACHE_DIR" chmod 0750 "$SNIPPET_DIR" work_dir="$(mktemp -d /tmp/flatcar-runner.XXXXXX)" cleanup() { rm -rf "$work_dir" } trap cleanup EXIT image_path="$IMAGE_CACHE_DIR/$(basename "$FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL")" snippet_name="flatcar-gitea-runner-${VM_ID}-user-data" snippet_path="$SNIPPET_DIR/$snippet_name" if [[ -s "$image_path" ]]; then echo "Using cached Flatcar image: $image_path" else echo "Downloading Flatcar image: $FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL" curl --fail --location --retry 3 --output "$image_path.partial" "$FLATCAR_IMAGE_URL" mv "$image_path.partial" "$image_path" fi if [[ -n "${FLATCAR_IMAGE_SHA256:-}" ]]; then echo "Checking Flatcar image SHA256" printf '%s %s\n' "$FLATCAR_IMAGE_SHA256" "$image_path" | sha256sum --check --strict - fi runner_env="$work_dir/runner.env" cat >"$runner_env" <"$runner_unit" <"$snippet_path" chmod 0600 "$snippet_path" echo "Creating Proxmox VM $VM_ID" qm create "$VM_ID" \ --name "$VM_NAME" \ --ostype l26 \ --cores "$CORES" \ --memory "$MEMORY_MB" \ --net0 "virtio,bridge=$BRIDGE" \ --ipconfig0 ip=dhcp \ --agent enabled=1 \ --onboot 1 \ --scsihw virtio-scsi-single qm disk import "$VM_ID" "$image_path" "$DISK_STORAGE" qm set "$VM_ID" --scsi0 "$DISK_STORAGE:vm-${VM_ID}-disk-0" qm resize "$VM_ID" scsi0 "$DISK_SIZE" qm set "$VM_ID" --boot order=scsi0 qm set "$VM_ID" --ide2 "$CLOUDINIT_STORAGE:cloudinit" qm set "$VM_ID" --cicustom "user=${SNIPPET_STORAGE}:snippets/${snippet_name}" echo "Starting VM $VM_ID" qm start "$VM_ID" cat < 'systemctl status docker gitea-runner --no-pager' ssh core@ 'docker ps' Security note: the runner mounts /var/run/docker.sock so workflow jobs can launch Docker containers. Treat this VM as a dedicated CI trust boundary. EOF