Document that the runner can only be run when Docker is present #10

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opened 2022-12-31 15:40:22 +00:00 by delvh · 2 comments
delvh commented 2022-12-31 15:40:22 +00:00 (Migrated from gitea.com)

At the moment, I had happily gotten rid of Docker on my system.
Imagine my surprise, when I just tried it out, and despite being nowhere mentioned, running fails with cannot ping the docker daemon.

I can see three ways going forward:

  • Drop the dependency on Docker (not sure if possible)
  • Make the setup with Docker optional (again, not sure if possible, if yes that would be preferred)
  • Document that you need the Docker daemon running to deploy this runner.

But having neither of them is not a good design.

At the moment, I had happily gotten rid of Docker on my system. Imagine my surprise, when I just tried it out, and despite being nowhere mentioned, running fails with `cannot ping the docker daemon`. I can see three ways going forward: - Drop the dependency on Docker (not sure if possible) - Make the setup with Docker optional (again, not sure if possible, if yes that would be preferred) - Document that you need the Docker daemon running to deploy this runner. But having neither of them is not a good design.
lunny commented 2023-01-01 06:48:47 +00:00 (Migrated from gitea.com)

I think currently we can chose the third.

And new act runner version supports run without docker dependency but not released. That means you can chose run with or without docker. I think we can upgrade to that version once it released.

I think currently we can chose the third. And new `act` runner version supports run without docker dependency but not released. That means you can chose run with or without docker. I think we can upgrade to that version once it released.
wolfogre commented 2023-01-03 02:10:44 +00:00 (Migrated from gitea.com)

@xinyu Could you please help improve the README?

@xinyu Could you please help improve the README?
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