'FATAL: Failed to start gitlab-runner: "launchctl" failed with stderr: Load failed: 5: Input/output error

After installing and registering gitlab-runner, when I'm running gitlab-runner start I get this error message. What will be the reason for this ?

Runtime platform                                    arch=amd64 os=darwin pid=65915 revision=c1edb478 version=14.0.1
FATAL: Failed to start gitlab-runner: "launchctl" failed with stderr: Load failed: 5: Input/output error
macosgitlabcontinuous-integration


Solution 1:[1]

gitlab-runner uninstall
gitlab-runner install
gitlab-runner start

fixed it for me, as stated here: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/osx.html#upgrade-the-service-file

Solution 2:[2]

I installed with brew and getting same error when I tried

gitlab-runner start

I have to start the runner service with brew and it worked

brew services restart gitlab-runner

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Solution 3:[3]

cd ~

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitlab-runner

gitlub-runner start

worked for me

Solution 4:[4]

I had this on an M1 Mac. I had to install the M1 specific version of the GitLab Runner: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/26561

Solution 5:[5]

Seeming your runner running in a non-sudo, bring the gitlab-runner daemon can't write log to the path that requires sudo permission. For example, the path in my Mac OS "/usr/local/var/log/gitlab-runner.out.log".

Steps to redirect log output:

  1. gitlab-runner uninstall followed by gitlab-runner install to get a clean "plist" as a basis.
  2. Edit /Users/<username>/Library/LaunchAgents/gitlab-runner.plist, and find the two XML-keys containing output paths for log files. A good path is /Users/<username>/.gitlab-runner/<log-file-name>
  3. gitlab-runner start

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Solution 1 Kelteseth
Solution 2 Adiii
Solution 3 Bawantha
Solution 4 Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen
Solution 5 Pianosaurus

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