How can i wait for a bitbucket runner to get online?

Question

Hallo community,

I am currently facing the problem not being able to determine when the bitbucket runner comes online.

My situation:

I am connecting to Azure in order to start a VM there. (Windows 10)

On this VM i have executed the necessary scripts to connect the runner with Bitbucket.

On bitbucket i have created a windows repository runner.

When i start my pipeline everything works out of the box, but sometimes my pipeline            fails because the runner is not online at this moment.

My problem:

The unconsistency for the runner to come online makes it hard to time the steps properly. It takes between 120 - 500 sec.

Main Question:

Is it possible to directly wait for the runner to come online, or do i have to increase the delay time to such a high amount just to be sure?

This would be around 500 seconds just to be sure?!

I hope that I am not the only one facing this issue and would be glad to get some respones.

Theodora Boudale · Accepted Answer

Hi Dominik,

The runner needs to be online when a build gets triggered, it is not possible to wait for the runner to come online.

You mentioned that the runner takes 120 - 500 sec to come online. Are you executing the preconfigured command to start the runner manually? And does it take 120 - 500 sec from the moment you execute the command until you see the runner as online?

Do you trigger the build manually, or do you have a script that triggers the pipelines build? I'm trying to understand what you mean by increasing the delay time; are you starting the runner and then triggering a pipelines build from the same script?

Kind regards,
Theodora