Obtain shared runners token Gitlab API

Question

My goal is to automatically register a shared Gitlab runner on our hosted Gitlab. To do this, I need to obtain the runners token via the Gitlab API.

Unfortunately, I haven't found a point in the API to fetch the shared runners token. On the website, the token is shown in Admin area / Overview / Runners / Set up a shared Runner manually.

As far as I know, Gitlab has 3 different types of runners token:

Specific (assigned to projects)
Group (assigned to a group)
Shared (for unassigned projects)

I am able to access the runners_token in the project details and the group details but I haven't found a place to obtain the shared runners_token.

I am thankful for every help!

I'm not sure, But did you look for it in the [Runner's API](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/runners) ? — Amir Dadkhah, Jan 12 '20 at 10:54
Hey Severin, I was trying to do the same, but couldn't find the solution. Did you manage to find out how to obtain token for group ? I believe project token can be found in project->Settings->Repository->Deploy Token. — jlim, Oct 26 '20 at 20:10
Check out https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196524. TLDR: It is not implemented yet. — Severin Bühler, Oct 28 '20 at 08:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '22 at 13:42

Without an API endpoint that supports this, here's an alternative solution. The command has to be run on the server hosting your Gitlab instance. The line below will output the current shared runner registration token.

sudo gitlab-rails runner -e production "puts Gitlab::CurrentSettings.current_application_settings.runners_registration_token"

Obtain shared runners token Gitlab API

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