fix: use runuser for systemctl --user tasks in gitea_runner role

The become_user pattern with sudo doesn't reliably connect to the
user's D-Bus session, causing systemd user timers (docker-prune,
runner-healthcheck) to silently fail to enable. This led to stale
Docker images accumulating and filling the disk on CI runners.

Switch all systemctl --user invocations to use runuser with explicit
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR and DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variables,
which correctly connects to the user's systemd session.

Affected tasks: prune timer, healthcheck timer, gitea-runner service,
rootless Docker daemon start/enable/restart, runner service restart.

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Co-Authored-By: Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
Emil Simeonov
2026-08-24 04:36:21 +02:00
co-authored by Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
parent d6549de2e0
commit d16f53dfd7
5 changed files with 65 additions and 73 deletions
@@ -212,22 +212,20 @@
- not gitea_runner_rootless_docker_check.stat.exists
- name: Start rootless Docker daemon (systemd user service)
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl --user start docker
become: true
become_user: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
environment:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: "/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}"
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: "unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}/bus"
ansible.builtin.command: >
runuser -u {{ gitea_runner_service_user }} --
env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid | default(0) }}/bus
systemctl --user start docker
changed_when: true
when: gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup
- name: Enable rootless Docker daemon (systemd user service)
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl --user enable docker
become: true
become_user: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
environment:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: "/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}"
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: "unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}/bus"
ansible.builtin.command: >
runuser -u {{ gitea_runner_service_user }} --
env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid | default(0) }}/bus
systemctl --user enable docker
changed_when: true
when: gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup
@@ -257,12 +255,11 @@
when: gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup
- name: Reload systemd user daemon if network config changed
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl --user daemon-reload
become: true
become_user: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
environment:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: "/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}"
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: "unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}/bus"
ansible.builtin.command: >
runuser -u {{ gitea_runner_service_user }} --
env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid | default(0) }}/bus
systemctl --user daemon-reload
changed_when: true
when:
- gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup
@@ -300,12 +297,11 @@
when: gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup
- name: Restart rootless Docker if config changed
ansible.builtin.command: systemctl --user restart docker
become: true
become_user: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
environment:
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: "/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}"
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS: "unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}/bus"
ansible.builtin.command: >
runuser -u {{ gitea_runner_service_user }} --
env XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid }}
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/{{ gitea_runner_uid | default(0) }}/bus
systemctl --user restart docker
changed_when: true
when:
- gitea_runner_docker_rootless_setup