Documentation issues on creating a Kubernetes Gitlab CI runner - runner token

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Hi,

https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/kubernetes.html

This page refers to install a kubernetes runner. My issue is with the token field.

I have the registration token, which the documentation says it's not the same as the token I should put there. It also says that the token is generated after the runner being registered and that it will be put in /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml

My question is, how can I check /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml if I'm yet to create the kubernetes ConfigMapwith the toml file?

On this page there is also no info on how to register kubernetes runners: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/register/

What am I missing?

Thanks

Edited Jan 23, 2026 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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