Unspecified runner is added instead of updating existing one

[justfortherec]

After updating this role today, an additional runner has been installed which I have not defined.

The vars say:

runner_name: hiccup-notebook
gitlab_runner_runners:
  - name: '{{ runner_name }}'
    tags:
      - python3
      - host-iron
    executor: shell

The runner hiccup-notebook had previously been installed with gitlab-runner v1.2.3. Today I am trying to update it to the latest version and have subsequently updated gitlab-runner to v1.6.17.

After running the playbook I see in Gitlab are two runners on the same host:

• hiccup-notebook on version 12.10.1 with tags python3 and host-iron
• lxc-gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook-1 on version 13.2.1 without any tags.

12.10.1 is the old version I am trying to update from. 13.2.1 is the version I want the runner hiccup-notebook to be updated to.

The name of the unexpected runner seems to be automatically picked up from the hostname lxc-gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook. Note that this runner is also missing the tags.

Both runners show up in the log when running the playbook:

TASK [riemers.gitlab-runner : (Windows) Write config section for each runner] *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
skipping: [gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook] => (item=concurrent = 16
check_interval = 0

[session_server]
  session_timeout = 1800

)
skipping: [gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook] => (item=

  name = "hiccup-notebook"
  limit = 0
  url = "https://gitlab....com/"
  environment = []
  token = "t0kEn"
  executor = "shell"
  output_limit = 4096
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]

)
skipping: [gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook] => (item=

  name = "lxc-gitlab-runner-hiccup-notebook-1"
  output_limit = 4096
  url = "https://gitlab....com/"
  token = "t0kEn"
  executor = "shell"
  [runners.custom_build_dir]
  [runners.cache]
    [runners.cache.s3]
    [runners.cache.gcs]
)

Where does this additional runner come from and how can I avoid it?

Also, how can I make sure the originally installed runner is updated?

[riemers]

An update for the package should be "ok" but any other things like removal or updates may not always work since you need to do api calls for example to remove a runner. This is not something that is in this role. Also there are multiple changes coming in now and then on this role mostly pull request so sometimes it might cause a hickup that i am un aware off. For me the volume is pretty high since i have more things like this :)

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