This role will install the official GitLab Runner (fork from haroldb) with updates. Needed something simple and working, this did the trick for me. Open for changes though.

This role requires Ansible 2.0 or higher.

gitlab_runner_package_name Since Gitlab 10.x The package name of gitlab-ci-multi-runner has been renamed to gitlab-runner. In order to install a version >= 10.x you will need to define this variable gitlab_runner_package_name: gitlab-runner.

gitlab_runner_concurrent The maximum number of global jobs to run concurrently. Defaults to the number of processor cores.

gitlab_runner_registration_token The GitLab registration token. If this is specified, a runner will be registered to a GitLab server.

gitlab_runner_coordinator_url The GitLab coordinator URL. Defaults to https://gitlab.com/ci.

gitlab_runner_description The description of the runner. Defaults to the hostname.

gitlab_runner_executor The executor used by the runner. Defaults to shell.

gitlab_runner_concurrent_specific The maximum number of jobs to run concurrently on this specific runner. Defaults to 0, simply means don't limit.

gitlab_runner_docker_image The default Docker image to use. Required when executor is docker.

gitlab_runner_tags The tags assigned to the runner, Defaults to an empty list.

gitlab_runner_cache_type Variables to set s3 as a shared cache server. If set it requires variables listed below: gitlab_runner_cache_s3_server_address gitlab_runner_cache_s3_access_key gitlab_runner_cache_s3_access_key gitlab_runner_cache_s3_bucket_name gitlab_runner_cache_s3_insecure gitlab_runner_cache_cache_shared

gitlab_runner_extra_options The extra options to the runner. For example:
gitlab_runner_extra_options: '--maximum-timeout=3600'

See the config for more options

- hosts: all
  remote_user: root
  vars_files:
    - vars/main.yml
  roles:
    - { role: riemers.gitlab-runner }

Inside vars/main.yml

gitlab_runner_registration_token: 'HUzTMgnxk17YV8Rj8ucQ'
gitlab_runner_description: 'Example GitLab Runner'
gitlab_runner_tags:
  - node
  - ruby
  - mysql
gitlab_runner_docker_volumes:
  - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
  - "/cache"