GitLab Runner: Introduction

This documentation is part of the Getting started guide. View the full guide here: Connect your Stackhero GitLab Runner to GitLab.com or a self-managed GitLab and run your first pipeline.

👋 Welcome to the Stackhero documentation!

Stackhero gives you an easy-to-use GitLab Runner cloud solution designed to handle your GitLab CI/CD jobs efficiently. Here is what you can look forward to:

• Unlimited CI/CD minutes: there is no per-minute billing, so your pipelines can run whenever you need them.
• Multiple concurrent jobs: run several jobs at the same time to speed up your entire pipeline.
• The Docker executor with Docker-in-Docker support: streamline building and pushing your container images.
• Compatible with GitLab.com as well as any self-managed GitLab instance.
• A private, dedicated VM powered by fast NVMe/SSD disks for consistent, reliable builds.
• Available in both 🇪🇺 Europe and 🇺🇸 USA regions.

Save time: you can connect your first GitLab Runner and start running pipelines in just a few minutes!

A GitLab Runner is the agent responsible for running your GitLab CI/CD jobs. Each time a pipeline is triggered, the runner picks up every job, executes it inside a clean Docker container, and then reports the results back to GitLab.

With Stackhero, your runner operates on a private, dedicated VM. There are no per-minute charges or usage quotas, and your CI/CD minutes are unlimited. Depending on your plan, your runner can handle dozens of concurrent jobs at once.

This guide walks you through connecting your Stackhero runner to GitLab in just a few minutes.