diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/jobs.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/jobs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4228520cd751e3fe8c3dc07beb4444719f950665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/jobs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+import click
+
+from . import bdt
+from ..release import get_gitlab_instance
+
+from ..log import verbosity_option, get_logger, echo_normal
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@click.command(epilog='''
+Examples:
+
+ 1. List running jobs on a runner defined by its description (macmini):
+
+ $ bdt gitlab jobs -vv macmini
+
+''')
+@click.argument('name')
+@click.option('-s', '--status', type=click.Choice(['running', 'success',
+ 'failed', 'canceled']),
+ default='running', show_default=True,
+ help='The status of jobs we are searching for - one of "running", ' \
+ '"success", "failed" or "canceled"')
+@verbosity_option()
+@bdt.raise_on_error
+def jobs(name, status):
+ """Lists jobs on a given runner
+ """
+
+ gl = get_gitlab_instance()
+ gl.auth()
+ user_id = gl.user.attributes['id']
+
+ # search for the runner to affect
+ the_runner = [k for k in gl.runners.list(all=True) if \
+ k.attributes['description'] == name]
+ if not the_runner:
+ raise RuntimeError('Cannot find runner with description = %s', name)
+ the_runner = the_runner[0]
+ logger.info('Found runner %s (id=%d)',
+ the_runner.attributes['description'], the_runner.attributes['id'])
+
+ jobs = the_runner.jobs.list(all=True, status=status)
+ logger.info('There are %d jobs running on %s', len(jobs), name)
+ for k in jobs:
+ echo_normal('** job %d: %s (%s), since %s, by %s [%s]' % \
+ (k.id, k.attributes['project']['path_with_namespace'],
+ k.attributes['name'], k.attributes['started_at'],
+ k.attributes['user']['username'], k.attributes['web_url']))
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/runners.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/runners.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0a0c4a9676536fd9e7b338aa3439c58b07d597c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/runners.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+
+import click
+
+from . import bdt
+from ..release import get_gitlab_instance
+
+from ..log import verbosity_option, get_logger
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+@click.command(epilog='''
+Examples:
+
+ 1. Disables the runner with description "macmini" for all active projects in group "bob":
+
+ $ bdt gitlab runners -vv bob disable macmini
+
+
+ 2. Enables the runner with description "linux-srv01" on all projects inside group "beat":
+
+ $ bdt gitlab runners -vv beat enable linux-srv01
+
+
+ 3. Enables the runner with description "linux-srv02" on a specific project:
+
+ $ bdt gitlab runners -vv bob/bob.extension enable linux-srv02
+
+''')
+@click.argument('target')
+@click.argument('cmd', type=click.Choice(['enable', 'disable']))
+@click.argument('name')
+@click.option('-d', '--dry-run/--no-dry-run', default=False,
+ help='Only goes through the actions, but does not execute them ' \
+ '(combine with the verbosity flags - e.g. ``-vvv``) to enable ' \
+ 'printing to help you understand what will be done')
+@verbosity_option()
+@bdt.raise_on_error
+def runners(target, cmd, name, dry_run):
+ """Enables and disables runners on whole gitlab groups or single projects
+ """
+
+ gl = get_gitlab_instance()
+ gl.auth()
+ user_id = gl.user.attributes['id']
+
+ if '/' in target: #it is a specific project
+ packages = [gl.projects.get(target)]
+ logger.debug('Found gitlab project %s (id=%d)',
+ packages[0].attributes['path_with_namespace'], packages[0].id)
+
+ else: #it is a group - get all projects
+ logger.warn('Retrieving group by name - may take long...')
+ group = gl.groups.get(target)
+ logger.debug('Found gitlab group %s (id=%d)', group.attributes['path'],
+ group.id)
+ logger.warn('Retrieving all projects (with details) from group ' \
+ '%s (id=%d)...', group.attributes['path'], group.id)
+ packages = [gl.projects.get(k.id) for k in \
+ group.projects.list(all=True, simple=True)]
+ logger.info('Found %d projects under group %s', len(packages),
+ group.attributes['path'])
+
+ # search for the runner to affect
+ the_runner = [k for k in gl.runners.list(all=True) if \
+ k.attributes['description'] == name]
+ if not the_runner:
+ raise RuntimeError('Cannot find runner with description = %s', name)
+ the_runner = the_runner[0]
+ logger.info('Found runner %s (id=%d)',
+ the_runner.attributes['description'], the_runner.attributes['id'])
+
+ for k in packages:
+ logger.info('Processing project %s (id=%d)',
+ k.attributes['path_with_namespace'], k.id)
+
+ if cmd == 'enable':
+
+ #checks if runner is not enabled first
+ enabled = False
+ for l in k.runners.list(all=True):
+ if l.id == the_runner.id: #it is there already
+ logger.warn('Runner %s (id=%d) is already enabled for project %s',
+ l.attributes['description'], l.id,
+ k.attributes['path_with_namespace'])
+ enabled = True
+ break
+
+ if not enabled: #enable it
+ if not dry_run:
+ k.runners.create({'runner_id': the_runner.id})
+ logger.info('Enabled runner %s (id=%d) for project %s',
+ the_runner.attributes['description'], the_runner.id,
+ k.attributes['path_with_namespace'])
+
+
+ elif cmd == 'disable':
+
+ #checks if runner is not already disabled first
+ disabled = True
+ for l in k.runners.list(all=True):
+ if l.id == the_runner.id: #it is there already
+ logger.debug('Runner %s (id=%d) is enabled for project %s',
+ l.attributes['description'], l.id,
+ k.attributes['path_with_namespace'])
+ disabled = False
+ break
+
+ if not disabled: #enable it
+ if not dry_run:
+ k.runners.delete(the_runner.id)
+ logger.info('Disabled runner %s (id=%d) for project %s',
+ the_runner.attributes['description'], the_runner.id,
+ k.attributes['path_with_namespace'])
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 32af26cf0a6eacd964adc465e3667d6fcefd4b59..f5fdc7b3731619c9a812b8246d213fedfaa62f76 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ test:
#- bdt gitlab visibility -vv bob/bob.devtools
- bdt gitlab getpath --help
#- bdt gitlab getpath -vv bob/bob.devtools .gitignore
+ - bdt gitlab runners --help
+ - bdt gitlab jobs --help
- bdt ci --help
- bdt ci base-build --help
- bdt ci build --help
diff --git a/doc/linux.rst b/doc/linux.rst
index cba254333e82c29d2d9719dabfe398ea50007225..5ad04d8f6347cfbfc29b4e8b2319f14af4f1c9e3 100644
--- a/doc/linux.rst
+++ b/doc/linux.rst
@@ -166,3 +166,12 @@ The `docker-cleanup.sh` is:
# Unused image leafs
echo "Removing unused image leafs..."
docker rmi $(docker images --filter "dangling=true" -q --no-trunc)
+
+
+Conda and shared builds
+=======================
+
+To avoid problems with conda and using shared builders, consider creating the
+directory ``~gitlab-runner/.conda`` and touching the file
+``environments.txt`` in that directory, setting a mode of ``444`` (i.e., make
+it read-only).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae8e42e99dbb11d0c3cbcda696cc5368a3ebb28b..2e852fa1440d33e3c4c3c188c450cb6c018bdb05 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ setup(
'release = bob.devtools.scripts.release:release',
'changelog = bob.devtools.scripts.changelog:changelog',
'lasttag = bob.devtools.scripts.lasttag:lasttag',
+ 'runners = bob.devtools.scripts.runners:runners',
+ 'jobs = bob.devtools.scripts.jobs:jobs',
'visibility = bob.devtools.scripts.visibility:visibility',
'getpath = bob.devtools.scripts.getpath:getpath',
],