Self-hosted runners set up in bulk

Question

I can't see a way to do it, but fingers crossed I missed something.

Is there a way to easily make 32 repositories use my self-hosted runners without going through each and every step of each and every repository to add `runs-on`? Because if I have to do that grunt work, I'm already considering using Jenkins and webhooks instead of Bitbucket Pipelines.

I'd be happy with a script that can add the `runs-on` automatically for me, while also aware of YAML anchors so it doesn't add it at merge points and just to definitions.

Theodora Boudale · Answer

Hi Radu,

The app needs to be owned by a user. You can also add multiple users as contributors:

* https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manage-app-contributors/

Each of these contributors will need to login to the Forge CLI with their own API tokens in order to use the access you've granted them.

The ownership of the app can also be transferred if the owner plans to leave the company:

* https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manage-app-contributors/#transfer-app-ownership

Kind regards,
Theodora

Radu Cristescu · Answer

@SyahrulRegarding Forge apps (private, unpublished): do they have to be owned by me and use my own API token?

What happens if the owner's account disappears because "just won the lottery and quit"?

Radu Cristescu · Answer

Ha... I totally missed those. "Ensure execution on Self-hosted runners" is on the short list of examples.

And just below: "standardised and reusable ‘blocks’ of CI/CD workflows".

It might be just what I need. I'll investigate further. It should be way better than mass repo edits or uprooting everything and moving to Jenkins or another platform.

Thank you