diff --git a/gitea-runner/config/.template_info.env b/gitea-runner/config/.template_info.env
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+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE FOR YOUR SERVICE!
+# This file is replaced from the template whenever there is an update.
+# Edit the service.env file to make changes.
+
+
+# Template to use - always required!
+TEMPLATE=gitea-runner
+REQUIRES_HOST_ROOT=false
+REQUIRES_DOCKER=true
+REQUIRES_DOCKER_ROOT=true
diff --git a/gitea-runner/config/service.env b/gitea-runner/config/service.env
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+# Service settings specific to this server 
+# (can also override anything in the .template_info.env file in the template to make it specific to this server)
+
+# $HOME etc expanded on remote server by bash.
+GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY="${HOME}/.gitea-runner"
+ACT_RUNNER_VERSION="0.2.11"
+GITEA_URL="https://gitea.jde.nz"
+GITEA_TOKEN="GITEA_TOKEN"
+GITEA_RUNNER_NAME="${SERVER}-${SERVICE}"
+GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS="ubuntu-latest:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-22.04:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-20.04:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-18.04:docker://node:16-buster"
diff --git a/gitea-runner/destroy.sh b/gitea-runner/destroy.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/destroy.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY"
+
+# Call uninstall script first
+./uninstall.sh
+
+echo "Destroyed ${CONTAINER_NAME}."
diff --git a/gitea-runner/install.sh b/gitea-runner/install.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/install.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "TEMP_DIR" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY" "ACT_RUNNER_VERSION"
+
+echo "Downloading act_runner ${ACT_RUNNER_VERSION}..."
+wget https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/releases/download/v${ACT_RUNNER_VERSION}/act_runner-${ACT_RUNNER_VERSION}-linux-amd64 -O "${TEMP_DIR}/act_runner"
+
+chmod +x "${TEMP_DIR}/act_runner" || _die "Failed to download ${TEMP_DIR}/act_runner"
+
+ACT_RUNNER="${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/act_runner"
+
+mkdir -p "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}" || _die "Failed to create ${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}"
+cp "${TEMP_DIR}/act_runner" "$ACT_RUNNER" || _die "Failed to copy ${TEMP_DIR}/act_runner to ${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/act_runner"
+
+${ACT_RUNNER} --version || _die "Failed to run ${ACT_RUNNER}"
+${ACT_RUNNER} generate-config > "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/config.yaml" || _die "Failed to generate config.yaml"
+
+${ACT_RUNNER} --config "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/config.yaml" \
+    register --no-interactive \
+    --instance GITEA_URL \
+    --token "${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+    --name "${GITEA_RUNNER_NAME}" \
+    --labels "${GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS}"
+
+
+./start.sh || _die "Failed to start"
+
+echo "Installation complete for service ${SERVICE}."
diff --git a/gitea-runner/start.sh b/gitea-runner/start.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/start.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY"
+
+# START SCRIPT
+# The start script is required for all templates.
+# It is used to start the service on the server.
+# It is called with the path to the server specific env file as an argument.
+
+CONFIG_FILE="${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/config.yaml"
+
+"${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/act_runner" daemon --config "${CONFIG_FILE}" || _die "Failed to start act_runner"
+
+echo "act_runner started"
+
+
diff --git a/gitea-runner/status.sh b/gitea-runner/status.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/status.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY"
+
+
+# check if the act_runner process is running
+if ! pgrep -f "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/act_runner" > /dev/null; then
+    echo "act_runner is not running"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "act_runner is running"
+exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitea-runner/stop.sh b/gitea-runner/stop.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/stop.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY"
+
+# kill the act_runner process
+pkill -f "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}/act_runner"
+
+echo "act_runner stopped"
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/gitea-runner/uninstall.sh b/gitea-runner/uninstall.sh
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+++ b/gitea-runner/uninstall.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${AGENT_PATH}/common.sh"
+_check_required_env_vars "SERVER" "SERVICE" "GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY"
+
+echo "Uninstalling service ${SERVICE}..."
+
+./stop.sh || _die "Failed to stop act_runner"
+
+rm -rf "${GITEA_RUNNER_DIRECTORY}"
+
+
+echo "Service ${SERVICE} uninstalled."
+echo "Note: This does NOT remove the local data folder. Use destroy for that."