ocsGitHub Runner Timeout

If you need to run a job for longer than six hours, there are a couple of options.

• Self-Hosted Runners: You can use self-hosted runners, which allow you to bypass the six hour limit. Self-hosted runners will give you more control over the environment and can run jobs for longer periods

• Timeout Configuration: You can specify a larger timeout value in your workflow configuration using the timeout-minutes parameter. However, this might not work for GitHub hosted runners due to the enforced time limit

How to create self hosted runner in GitHub

Set Up Your Self-Hosted Runner

1. Access your repository on GitHub.

2. Navigate to Settings > Actions > Runners.

3. Click Add runner and follow the instructions to download and configure the runner application on your machine1.

Register the Runner

1. Run the provided registration command on your machine to connect it to your GitHub repository.

2. This will involve running a script that registers your machine as a self-hosted runner1.

Configure Your Workflow:

1. In your workflow YAML file, specify the runs-on key to use your self-hosted runner.

   Here is an example yaml file with runs-on self-hosted and the timeout settings.

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   jobs:
     build:
       runs-on: self-hosted
       timeout-minutes: 720 # Example for 12 hours
       steps:
         - name: Checkout code
           uses: actions/checkout@v2
         # Add your steps here