GitLab Runner: Step 4: Run your first pipeline

This documentation is part of the Getting started guide. View the full guide here: Connect your Stackhero GitLab Runner to GitLab.com, Stackhero for GitLab, or your own GitLab server and run your first pipeline in minutes.

👋 Welcome to the Stackhero documentation!

Stackhero provides a straightforward GitLab Runner cloud solution that makes running your GitLab CI/CD jobs efficient and hassle-free. Here is what you can expect:

• Unlimited CI/CD minutes: run your pipelines as often as you need, with no per-minute billing or unexpected charges.
• Multiple concurrent jobs: accelerate your development by running several jobs in parallel.
• The Docker executor with Docker-in-Docker support: easily build and push container images as part of your CI/CD process.
• Works seamlessly with both GitLab.com and self-managed GitLab instances.
• A private, dedicated infrastructure with fast NVMe/SSD storage ensures stable and predictable build performance.
• Available in 🇪🇺 Europe and 🇺🇸 USA regions to suit your team's needs.

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

Add a .gitlab-ci.yml file at the root of your repository to define your pipeline:

stages:
  - build
  - test

build:
  stage: build
  image: node:22
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run build

test:
  stage: test
  image: node:22
  script:
    - npm test

Commit and push your changes. GitLab triggers a pipeline, and your Stackhero runner executes the jobs. If you added tags when creating the runner, you can target them in your jobs like this:

build:
  stage: build
  tags:
    - stackhero
  image: node:22
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run build

Your pipelines now run on your dedicated runner, with unlimited build minutes and no usage limits to manage.