v0.3.0-4: rootless Podman improvements

- Add btrfs storage.conf for gitea-runner user
- Add gitea-runner-podman.service dependency to runner service
- Auto-allocate subuid/subgid ranges via usermod (min 524288)
- Add systemd-container dep for loginctl enable-linger
- Use sysusers_create_package in %pre for proper user creation
- Track /var/lib/gitea/runners dir in %files
- Use runuser instead of sudo in setup script
- Add After=systemd-logind.service to podman service
- Fix SELinux volume label (:Z -> :z) in config.yaml

config.yaml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ container:
   # Whether to use privileged mode or not when launching task containers (privileged mode is required for Docker-in-Docker).
   privileged: false
   # And other options to be used when the container is started (eg, --add-host=my.gitea.url:host-gateway).
-  options: -v /var/cache/act-runner/pnpm-store:/cache/pnpm-store:Z
+  options: -v /var/cache/act-runner/pnpm-store:/cache/pnpm-store:z
   # The parent directory of a job's working directory.
   # If it's empty, /workspace will be used.
   workdir_parent:

gitea-act-runner-setup

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ chown gitea-runner:gitea-runner "$RUNNER_DIR"
 systemctl enable --now gitea-runner-podman.service
 
 cd "$RUNNER_DIR"
-sudo -u gitea-runner gitea-act-runner register -c "$CONFIG"
+runuser -u gitea-runner -- gitea-act-runner register -c "$CONFIG"

gitea-act_runner.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           gitea-act_runner
 Version:        0.3.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        Gitea act runner service.
 License:        MIT
 Group:          System Environment/Base
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ Source11:       config.yaml
 Source12:       gitea-act-runner-setup
 Source13:       gitea-act-runner.sysusers
 Source14:       gitea-runner-podman.service
+Source15:       storage.conf
 
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
-Requires:       shadow-utils
 Requires:       podman
+Requires:       systemd-container
 %{?systemd_requires}
 
 ExclusiveArch:  x86_64 aarch64
@@ -48,21 +49,26 @@ install -m 755 %{SOURCE12} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/gitea-act-runner-setup
 
 install -d -m 750 %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners
 
+# Podman storage config for gitea-runner user — uses native btrfs driver
+# instead of overlayfs for better performance on btrfs filesystems
+install -d -m 750 %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners/.config/containers
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE15} %{buildroot}%{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners/.config/containers/storage.conf
+
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}/var/cache/act-runner/pnpm-store
 
-%post
+%pre
 %sysusers_create_package gitea-act-runner %{SOURCE13}
 
+%post
 if [ $1 -eq 1 ]; then
     loginctl enable-linger gitea-runner || :
 fi
 
-if ! grep -q "gitea-runner" /etc/subuid; then
+if ! grep -q "^gitea-runner:" /etc/subuid 2>/dev/null; then
-    LAST_ID=$(tail -n 1 /etc/subuid | cut -d: -f2)
+    NEXT=$(awk -F: '{n=$2+$3} END{print n+0}' /etc/subuid 2>/dev/null)
-    [ -z "$LAST_ID" ] && START_ID=100000 || START_ID=$((LAST_ID + 65536))
+    [ "$NEXT" -lt 524288 ] && NEXT=524288
-
+    END=$((NEXT + 65535))
-    echo "gitea-runner:$START_ID:65536" >> /etc/subuid
+    usermod --add-subuids "$NEXT-$END" --add-subgids "$NEXT-$END" gitea-runner 2>/dev/null || :
-    echo "gitea-runner:$START_ID:65536" >> /etc/subgid
 fi
 
 %systemd_post gitea-act_runner@.service
@@ -89,13 +95,24 @@ fi
 %{_sysusersdir}/gitea-act-runner.conf
 
 %defattr(-,gitea-runner,gitea-runner,750)
+%dir %{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/gitea
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/gitea/runners
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/gitea/runners/runner1.yaml
 
-%dir %attr(0750,gitea-runner,gitea-runner) /var/cache/act-runner
+%dir %{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners/.config
-%dir %attr(0750,gitea-runner,gitea-runner) /var/cache/act-runner/pnpm-store
+%dir %{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners/.config/containers
+%config(noreplace) %{_sharedstatedir}/gitea/runners/.config/containers/storage.conf
+
+%dir /var/cache/act-runner
+%dir /var/cache/act-runner/pnpm-store
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 06 2026 Zoran Pericic <zpericic@netst.org> - 0.3.0-4
+- Add Podman btrfs storage.conf for gitea-runner user
+- Add dependency on gitea-runner-podman.service
+- Use usermod --add-subuids for subuid/subgid allocation
+- Add systemd-container dependency for loginctl enable-linger
+
 * Mon Mar 17 2025 Zoran Pericic <zpericic@netst.org> - 0.3.0-2
 - Add gitea-runner-podman.service for rootless Podman API socket

gitea-act_runner@.service

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Act runner is a runner for Gitea
-After=network.target
+After=network.target gitea-runner-podman.service
+Requires=gitea-runner-podman.service
 ConditionPathExists=/var/lib/gitea/runners/%i/.runner
 StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 StartLimitBurst=3

gitea-runner-podman.service

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Podman API socket for Gitea Act Runner
-After=network.target
+After=network.target systemd-logind.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=exec

storage.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Podman storage configuration for gitea-runner user
+# ==================================================
+#
+# PREREQUISITE: /var/lib/gitea must be a separate Btrfs mount point.
+# This ensures all runner workloads (container images, layers, build cache)
+# stay on the Btrfs partition, isolated from the system root filesystem.
+#
+# Example /etc/fstab entry (recommended mount options for CI workloads):
+#   /dev/sdXN  /var/lib/gitea  btrfs  noatime,compress=zstd:1,space_cache=v2,autodefrag,discard=async,commit=120  0 0
+#
+# Mount option breakdown:
+#   noatime        - Skip access time updates on reads, reduces write I/O
+#   compress=zstd:1 - Transparent compression; level 1 is fast with good ratio,
+#                     can reduce container image storage by up to 50%
+#   space_cache=v2 - Faster free-space tracking for frequent allocate/delete
+#                     cycles typical of container image churn
+#   autodefrag     - Background defrag for small random writes (build artifacts)
+#   discard=async  - Async TRIM for SSDs (omit this for spinning disks)
+#   commit=120     - Flush data every 120s instead of 30s — reduces write
+#                     overhead; acceptable for CI data that can be rebuilt
+#
+# WHY BTRFS DRIVER?
+# - Fast snapshots: Gitea runners frequently pull and remove images. The btrfs
+#   driver uses subvolumes, which is faster than OverlayFS on XFS.
+# - Layer deduplication: When multiple runners use similar base images (e.g.
+#   node, go), Btrfs deduplicates them automatically, saving disk space.
+# - Resource isolation: Since /var/lib/gitea is a separate mount, heavy runner
+#   I/O won't slow down the system root on XFS.
+#
+# INSTALLATION:
+# This file is installed to:
+#   /var/lib/gitea/runners/.config/containers/storage.conf
+# Podman reads it automatically when running as the gitea-runner user.
+#
+# INITIALIZATION (run as gitea-runner after install):
+#   podman system reset
+#   podman info | grep -E "store|graphRoot"
+# Verify: storage.driver must be "btrfs" and graphRoot must point
+# inside /var/lib/gitea/runners/
+#
+# All values below are commented out as examples. Uncomment and adjust
+# to match your environment.
+
+# [storage]
+# driver = "btrfs"
+#
+# # Podman will automatically create subdirectories here
+# graphroot = "/var/lib/gitea/runners/.local/share/containers/storage"
+
+# [storage.options]
+# # Optional: add quotas here if you want to limit disk space for runners