Execute powershell script with gitlab-runner on local windows machine

Question

I do have following setup:

a win PC with gitlab-runner installed (working)
a powershell script running on the same PC is starting an application
a gitlab server to connect this local PC and starting the powershell script

Now when starting the powershell script directly from the local PC, the application starts and terminates after done - working as expected. When starting the same powershell script with the gitlab server (yml-file) then I can see that the application has been started (new process in taskmanager) but it is not running as well it never terminates.

When manually end the task I see that gitlab terminates again.

Question:

what could be the root cause?
is it possible to run the powershell script with gitlab-runner? I think there is a way with the command "exec". How does the command looks like when calling the powershell script?
is it possible to run the application not in the background in order to see whats going on?
others?

thanks in advance

SaturnIC · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-28 07:56:30Z

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I think there is a bug with the gitlab runner on windows. No matter which shell you configure in the config.toml the runner will always use cmd.exe for an exec local run.

answered Sep 28, 2021 at 7:56

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adam.hendry · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-16 22:59:25Z

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Specify the --shell argument to override the default cmd.exe shell:

> gitlab-runner exec shell your_job --shell pwsh

If you run this locally in your project, it outputs to .builds/, so add this to your .gitignore because git will see it and think you might want to add a submodule.

answered May 16, 2022 at 22:59

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