GitHub Actions runner images for AWS

GitHub Actions Runner images for AWS, to be used with RunsOn, or for your own usage.

Official images are replicated and published every 15 days.

Supported images

Linux

Those images are very close to 1-1 compatible with official GitHub Actions runner images. Some legacy or easily available through actions software has been removed to ensure faster boot times and lower disk usage.

• ubuntu22-full-x64
• ubuntu22-full-arm64
• ubuntu24-full-x64
• ubuntu24-full-arm64

Windows

Those images are lacking the Hyper-V (and related tooling) framework for Windows, because virtualization on AWS is only available on bare-metal instances. Some legacy or easily available through actions software has been removed to ensure faster boot times and lower disk usage.

• windows22-full-x64
• windows25-full-x64

GPU

Those use the Linux images as base, and include NVidia GPU drivers, cuda toolkit, and container toolkit, version 12.

• ubuntu22-gpu-x64
• ubuntu24-gpu-x64

Supported regions

• North Virginia (us-east-1)
• Ohio (us-east-2)
• Oregon (us-west-2)
• Ireland (eu-west-1)
• London (eu-west-2)
• Paris (eu-west-3)
• Frankfurt (eu-central-1)
• Mumbai (ap-south-1)
• Tokyo (ap-northeast-1)
• Singapore (ap-southeast-1)
• Sydney (ap-southeast-2)

Find the AMI

For the x86_64 image, search for:

• name: runs-on-v2.2-<IMAGE_ID>-*
• owner: 135269210855

For instance, for the ubuntu22-full-x64 image, search for:

• name: runs-on-v2.2-ubuntu22-full-x64-*
• owner: 135269210855

Notes

• SSH daemon is disabled by default, so be sure to enable it in a user-data script if needed.