GitHub runner in LXD container

create storage pool for runners - run only onces
```
$ lxc storage create docker btrfs
```
create lxc container for your runner, where X is just the next number or whatever you want to use
```
$ lxc launch ubuntu/22.04 gh-runner-X 
```

create storage volume for the runner

$ lxc storage volume create docker gh-runner-X

attach volume to the container

$ lxc config device add gh-runner-X docker disk pool=docker source=gh-runner-X path=/var/lib/docker

extra config to run docker inside container

$ lxc config set gh-runner-X security.nesting=true security.syscalls.intercept.mknod=true security.syscalls.intercept.setxattr=true

restart container
```
$ lxc restart gh-runner-X
```
enter container
```
$ lxc exec gh-runner-X bash
```

update

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb -y

add Docker GPG key

$ curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

add docker repository

$ echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null 

install docker

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y

test docker, this should enter new docker container, type exit to exit :)
```
$ docker run -it ubuntu bash
```
go through Create self-hosted runner on GitHub
on config.sh run edit config.sh and comment first line with exit 1
create systemd service file by running
```
$ ./svc.sh install
```

edit created file and add vars to [Service] section

Environment="COMPOSER_HOME=/root"
Environment="HOME=/root"
Environment="COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1"

reboot container
```
$ reboot
```

enter container and verify if runner is working

$ lxc exec gh-runner-X bash
$ systemctl status <your service name file> 

Update for runner to be used with Go

edit /root/actions-runner/runsvc.sh and add line to the top of the file export HOME=/root

GitHub runner in LXD container

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