sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/api-runner.service [Unit] Description=GitHub Self-Hosted Runner After=network.target

[Service]

Change these paths to your runner's installation directory

ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/runners/api/run.sh User=ubuntu WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/runners/api Environment="RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT=1"

If you want to restart the service automatically in case of failure

Restart=always RestartSec=10

[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl start api-runner sudo systemctl enable api-runner sudo systemctl status api-runner