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diff --git a/doc/ci/runners/build_cloud/windows_build_cloud.md b/doc/ci/runners/build_cloud/windows_build_cloud.md index e01de723055..8d57ecf27ed 100644 --- a/doc/ci/runners/build_cloud/windows_build_cloud.md +++ b/doc/ci/runners/build_cloud/windows_build_cloud.md @@ -1,155 +1,9 @@ --- -stage: Verify -group: Runner -info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments +redirect_to: '../runner_cloud/windows_runner_cloud.md' +remove_date: '2022-02-05' --- -# Build Cloud runners for Windows (beta) **(FREE)** +This document was moved to [another location](../runner_cloud/windows_runner_cloud.md). -GitLab Build Cloud runners for Windows are in [beta](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/gitlab-the-product/#beta) -and shouldn't be used for production workloads. - -During this beta period, the [shared runner pipeline quota](../../../user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration.md#shared-runners-pipeline-minutes-quota) -applies for groups and projects in the same manner as Linux runners. This may -change when the beta period ends, as discussed in this [related issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/30834). - -Windows runners on GitLab.com autoscale by launching virtual machines on -the Google Cloud Platform. This solution uses an -[autoscaling driver](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/custom-executor-drivers/autoscaler/tree/master/docs/readme.md) -developed by GitLab for the [custom executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/custom.html). -Windows runners execute your CI/CD jobs on `n1-standard-2` instances with -2 vCPUs and 7.5 GB RAM. You can find a full list of available Windows packages in -the [package documentation](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/shared-runners/images/gcp/windows-containers/blob/main/cookbooks/preinstalled-software/README.md). - -We want to keep iterating to get Windows runners in a stable state and -[generally available](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/gitlab-the-product/#generally-available-ga). -You can follow our work towards this goal in the -[related epic](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2162). - -## Configuration - -The full contents of our `config.toml` are: - -NOTE: -Settings that aren't public are shown as `X`. - -```toml -concurrent = X -check_interval = 3 - -[[runners]] - name = "windows-runner" - url = "https://gitlab.com/" - token = "TOKEN" - executor = "custom" - builds_dir = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\builds" - cache_dir = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\cache" - shell = "powershell" - [runners.custom] - config_exec = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\autoscaler.exe" - config_args = ["--config", "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\config.toml", "custom", "config"] - prepare_exec = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\autoscaler.exe" - prepare_args = ["--config", "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\config.toml", "custom", "prepare"] - run_exec = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\autoscaler.exe" - run_args = ["--config", "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\config.toml", "custom", "run"] - cleanup_exec = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\autoscaler.exe" - cleanup_args = ["--config", "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\config.toml", "custom", "cleanup"] -``` - -The full contents of our `autoscaler/config.toml` are: - -```toml -Provider = "gcp" -Executor = "winrm" -OS = "windows" -LogLevel = "info" -LogFormat = "text" -LogFile = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\autoscaler.log" -VMTag = "windows" - -[GCP] - ServiceAccountFile = "PATH" - Project = "some-project-df9323" - Zone = "us-east1-c" - MachineType = "n1-standard-2" - Image = "IMAGE" - DiskSize = 50 - DiskType = "pd-standard" - Subnetwork = "default" - Network = "default" - Tags = ["TAGS"] - Username = "gitlab_runner" - -[WinRM] - MaximumTimeout = 3600 - ExecutionMaxRetries = 0 - -[ProviderCache] - Enabled = true - Directory = "C:\\GitLab-Runner\\autoscaler\\machines" -``` - -## Example `.gitlab-ci.yml` file - -Below is a sample `.gitlab-ci.yml` file that shows how to start using the runners for Windows: - -```yaml -.shared_windows_runners: - tags: - - shared-windows - - windows - - windows-1809 - -stages: - - build - - test - -before_script: - - Set-Variable -Name "time" -Value (date -Format "%H:%m") - - echo ${time} - - echo "started by ${GITLAB_USER_NAME}" - -build: - extends: - - .shared_windows_runners - stage: build - script: - - echo "running scripts in the build job" - -test: - extends: - - .shared_windows_runners - stage: test - script: - - echo "running scripts in the test job" -``` - -## Limitations and known issues - -- All the limitations mentioned in our [beta - definition](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/#beta). -- The average provisioning time for a new Windows VM is 5 minutes. - This means that you may notice slower build start times - on the Windows runner fleet during the beta. In a future - release we intend to update the autoscaler to enable - the pre-provisioning of virtual machines. This is intended to significantly reduce - the time it takes to provision a VM on the Windows fleet. You can - follow along in the [related issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/custom-executor-drivers/autoscaler/-/issues/32). -- The Windows runner fleet may be unavailable occasionally - for maintenance or updates. -- The Windows runner virtual machine instances do not use the - GitLab Docker executor. This means that you can't specify - [`image`](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#image) or [`services`](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#services) in - your pipeline configuration. -- For the beta release, we have included a set of software packages in - the base VM image. If your CI job requires additional software that's - not included in this list, then you must add installation - commands to [`before_script`](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#before_script) or [`script`](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#script) to install the required - software. Note that each job runs on a new VM instance, so the - installation of additional software packages needs to be repeated for - each job in your pipeline. -- The job may stay in a pending state for longer than the - Linux runners. -- There is the possibility that we introduce breaking changes which will - require updates to pipelines that are using the Windows runner - fleet. +<!-- This redirect file can be deleted after 2022-02-05. --> +<!-- Before deletion, see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/documentation/#move-or-rename-a-page --> |