Move runner logs to debug level and enable runner binary serving via orchestrator

This commit includes:
- Adjusted runner logs from `info` to `debug` for reduced deployment log verbosity while retaining visibility in CI.
- Added functionality to serve runner binaries directly from the orchestrator via HTTP.
- Introduced new `RUNNER_DIR` configuration to specify the binary directory, with default paths and URL composition.
- Updated HTTP routing to include runner file serving with validation and logging.
- Improved AMQP body logging with a utility for better error debugging.
- Updated task scripts for runner cross-building and serving, consolidating configurations and removing redundant files.

.mise/tasks/build/runner-cross

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 # Cross-build the workflow-runner for Linux and Illumos targets.
 # Requires: cross (https://github.com/cross-rs/cross)
-# Outputs:
+# Builds and stages runner binaries under target/runners for the orchestrator HTTP server.
-#  - target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/solstice-runner
+# Outputs (staged for serving by orchestrator):
-#  - target/x86_64-unknown-illumos/release/solstice-runner
+#  - target/runners/solstice-runner-linux
+#  - target/runners/solstice-runner-illumos
+#  - target/runners/solstice-runner (symlink to -linux by default)
 
 ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.." && pwd)
 cd "$ROOT_DIR"
@@ -19,6 +21,29 @@ cross build -p workflow-runner --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --release
 # Build Illumos runner
 cross build -p workflow-runner --target x86_64-unknown-illumos --release
 
+LIN_BIN="${ROOT_DIR}/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/solstice-runner"
+ILL_BIN="${ROOT_DIR}/target/x86_64-unknown-illumos/release/solstice-runner"
+SERVE_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/target/runners"
+mkdir -p "$SERVE_DIR"
+
+# Stage with orchestrator-expected filenames
+if [[ -f "$LIN_BIN" ]]; then
+  cp -f "$LIN_BIN" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-linux"
+  chmod +x "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-linux" || true
+fi
+if [[ -f "$ILL_BIN" ]]; then
+  cp -f "$ILL_BIN" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-illumos"
+  chmod +x "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-illumos" || true
+fi
+
+# Provide a generic solstice-runner as a convenience (symlink to linux)
+if [[ -f "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-linux" ]]; then
+  ln -sf "solstice-runner-linux" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner"
+fi
+
 echo "Built runner binaries:" >&2
-ls -l "${ROOT_DIR}/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/solstice-runner" 2>/dev/null || true
+ls -l "$LIN_BIN" 2>/dev/null || true
-ls -l "${ROOT_DIR}/target/x86_64-unknown-illumos/release/solstice-runner" 2>/dev/null || true
+ls -l "$ILL_BIN" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+echo "Staged for orchestrator serving under $SERVE_DIR:" >&2
+ls -l "$SERVE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true

.mise/tasks/run/orchestrator

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 # Run the Solstice Orchestrator with sensible local defaults
-export RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG:-info}
+# Default to info globally, but enable orchestrator debug to surface runner logs in CI
+export RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG:-info,orchestrator=debug}
 export ORCH_CONFIG=${ORCH_CONFIG:-examples/orchestrator-image-map.yaml}
 export AMQP_URL=${AMQP_URL:-amqp://127.0.0.1:5672/%2f}
 export AMQP_EXCHANGE=${AMQP_EXCHANGE:-solstice.jobs}
@@ -20,25 +21,16 @@ fi
 # Contact address for gRPC log streaming from guests (used in cloud-init)
 export ORCH_CONTACT_ADDR=${ORCH_CONTACT_ADDR:-$HOST_IP:50051}
 
-# Auto-compose runner URLs if not provided, to match ci:vm-build behavior
+# Serve runner binaries directly from the orchestrator unless overridden
-# You must run a runner server in another terminal first:
+# Set RUNNER_DIR to a directory containing files:
-#   mise run run:runner-serve-multi   (serves on 8090/8091 by default)
+#   - solstice-runner            (generic)
-#   or: mise run run:runner-serve     (serves on 8089 by default)
+#   - solstice-runner-linux      (Linux-specific)
-if [[ -z "${SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS:-}" && -z "${SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL:-}" ]]; then
+#   - solstice-runner-illumos    (Illumos-specific)
-  # Multi-OS defaults
+export RUNNER_DIR=${RUNNER_DIR:-target/runners}
-  SOL_RUNNER_PORT_LINUX=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT_LINUX:-8090}
+# If user didn't provide external URLs, the orchestrator will compose URLs like
-  SOL_RUNNER_PORT_ILLUMOS=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT_ILLUMOS:-8091}
+#   http://$HOST_IP:${HTTP_PORT:-8081}/runners/solstice-runner[-linux|-illumos]
-  LINUX_URL="http://$HOST_IP:$SOL_RUNNER_PORT_LINUX/solstice-runner-linux"
+# automatically when RUNNER_DIR is set.
-  ILLUMOS_URL="http://$HOST_IP:$SOL_RUNNER_PORT_ILLUMOS/solstice-runner-illumos"
+# To force external URLs instead, set SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL(S) explicitly before running this task.
-  export SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS="$LINUX_URL $ILLUMOS_URL"
-  # Also set single-runner URL fallback if someone uses run:runner-serve
-  SOL_RUNNER_PORT=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT:-8089}
-  export SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL=${SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL:-"http://$HOST_IP:$SOL_RUNNER_PORT/solstice-runner"}
-  echo "Using default runner URLs:" >&2
-  echo "  SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS=$SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS" >&2
-  echo "  SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL=$SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL" >&2
-  echo "Override by exporting SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS or SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL before running this task." >&2
-fi
 
 # For Linux + libvirt users, customize via LIBVIRT_URI and LIBVIRT_NETWORK
 exec cargo run -p orchestrator --features libvirt -- \

.mise/tasks/run/runner-serve

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-# Serve the built workflow-runner binary over HTTP for local VMs to download.
-# This is intended for local development only.
-#
-# Env:
-#   SOL_RUNNER_PORT   - port to bind (default: 8089)
-#   SOL_RUNNER_BIND   - bind address (default: 0.0.0.0)
-#   SOL_RUNNER_BINARY - path to runner binary (default: target/debug/solstice-runner)
-#
-# The file will be exposed at http://HOST:PORT/solstice-runner
-
-ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.." && pwd)
-cd "$ROOT_DIR"
-
-command -v cargo >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "cargo is required" >&2; exit 127; }
-PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python3}
-if ! command -v "$PYTHON" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "python3 is required to run a simple HTTP server" >&2
-  exit 127
-fi
-
-# Build runner if not present
-BINARY_DEFAULT="$ROOT_DIR/target/debug/solstice-runner"
-export SOL_RUNNER_BINARY=${SOL_RUNNER_BINARY:-$BINARY_DEFAULT}
-if [[ ! -x "$SOL_RUNNER_BINARY" ]]; then
-  cargo build -p workflow-runner >/dev/null
-  if [[ ! -x "$SOL_RUNNER_BINARY" ]]; then
-    echo "runner binary not found at $SOL_RUNNER_BINARY after build" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-# Prepare serve dir under target
-SERVE_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/target/runner-serve"
-mkdir -p "$SERVE_DIR"
-cp -f "$SOL_RUNNER_BINARY" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner"
-chmod +x "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner" || true
-
-PORT=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT:-8089}
-BIND=${SOL_RUNNER_BIND:-0.0.0.0}
-
-echo "Serving solstice-runner from $SERVE_DIR on http://$BIND:$PORT (Ctrl-C to stop)" >&2
-exec "$PYTHON" -m http.server "$PORT" --bind "$BIND" --directory "$SERVE_DIR"

.mise/tasks/run/runner-serve-multi

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-# Serve cross-built workflow-runner binaries for Linux and Illumos on two ports.
-# Intended for local development only.
-# Env:
-#   SOL_RUNNER_BIND           - bind address (default: 0.0.0.0)
-#   SOL_RUNNER_PORT_LINUX     - port for Linux runner (default: 8090)
-#   SOL_RUNNER_PORT_ILLUMOS   - port for Illumos runner (default: 8091)
-#   PYTHON                    - python interpreter (default: python3)
-#
-# Exposes:
-#   http://HOST:PORT/solstice-runner-linux
-#   http://HOST:PORT/solstice-runner-illumos
-
-ROOT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.." && pwd)
-cd "$ROOT_DIR"
-
-PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python3}
-command -v "$PYTHON" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "python3 is required" >&2; exit 127; }
-
-# Ensure cross-built artifacts exist
-if [[ ! -x "$ROOT_DIR/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/solstice-runner" || ! -x "$ROOT_DIR/target/x86_64-unknown-illumos/release/solstice-runner" ]]; then
-  echo "Cross-built runner binaries not found; building with cross..." >&2
-  "$ROOT_DIR/.mise/tasks/build/runner-cross"
-fi
-
-SERVE_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/target/runner-serve-multi"
-rm -rf "$SERVE_DIR"
-mkdir -p "$SERVE_DIR"
-cp -f "$ROOT_DIR/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/solstice-runner" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-linux"
-cp -f "$ROOT_DIR/target/x86_64-unknown-illumos/release/solstice-runner" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-illumos"
-chmod +x "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-linux" "$SERVE_DIR/solstice-runner-illumos" || true
-
-BIND=${SOL_RUNNER_BIND:-0.0.0.0}
-PORT_LIN=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT_LINUX:-8090}
-PORT_ILL=${SOL_RUNNER_PORT_ILLUMOS:-8091}
-
-echo "Serving from $SERVE_DIR" >&2
-
-set +e
-"$PYTHON" -m http.server "$PORT_LIN" --bind "$BIND" --directory "$SERVE_DIR" &
-PID_LIN=$!
-"$PYTHON" -m http.server "$PORT_ILL" --bind "$BIND" --directory "$SERVE_DIR" &
-PID_ILL=$!
-set -e
-
-trap 'kill $PID_LIN $PID_ILL 2>/dev/null || true' INT TERM EXIT
-
-echo "Linux runner:   http://$BIND:$PORT_LIN/solstice-runner-linux" >&2
-echo "Illumos runner: http://$BIND:$PORT_ILL/solstice-runner-illumos" >&2
-
-# Wait on background servers
-wait

TODO.txt

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-- Make RabbitMQ Messages Print nicely
+
-- move runner logs to debug level so they can be logged in the CI job but don't spam the deployed version
+
-- Make Orchestrator serve the runner binaries so no external server is needed
+
 - Make orchestrator detect the address it will be reachable by checking the libvirt config or on illumos use it's external IP
 - Make VM reachable IP of the orchestrator configurable in case the setup on illumos gets more complicated (via config file)
 - Make the forge-integration task use fnox secrets
-
-
-Testing repo commit status

crates/common/src/mq.rs

@@ -16,6 +16,41 @@ use tracing::{error, info, instrument, warn};
 
 use crate::messages::{JobRequest, JobResult};
 
+/// Pretty-print an AMQP message body for logs.
+/// - If valid UTF-8 JSON, pretty-format it.
+/// - If valid UTF-8 text, return as-is.
+/// - Otherwise, return a hex preview with ASCII sidecar.
+pub fn pretty_amqp_body(data: &[u8]) -> String {
+    // Try JSON first when it looks like JSON
+    let looks_json = data.iter().skip_while(|b| b.is_ascii_whitespace()).next().map(|b| *b == b'{' || *b == b'[').unwrap_or(false);
+    if looks_json {
+        if let Ok(v) = serde_json::from_slice::<serde_json::Value>(data) {
+            if let Ok(s) = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&v) {
+                return s;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // UTF-8 fallback
+    if let Ok(s) = std::str::from_utf8(data) {
+        return s.to_string();
+    }
+
+    // Hex + ASCII fallback (preview up to 256 bytes)
+    let max = 256.min(data.len());
+    let mut hex = String::with_capacity(max * 2);
+    let mut ascii = String::with_capacity(max);
+    for &b in &data[..max] {
+        hex.push_str(&format!("{:02x}", b));
+        ascii.push(if b.is_ascii_graphic() || b == b' ' { b as char } else { '.' });
+    }
+    if data.len() > max {
+        format!("<{} bytes> hex:{}… ascii:{}…", data.len(), hex, ascii)
+    } else {
+        format!("<{} bytes> hex:{} ascii:{}", data.len(), hex, ascii)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct MqConfig {
     pub url: String,
@@ -276,7 +311,7 @@ where
                                 }
                             }
                             Err(e) => {
-                                warn!(error = %e, "failed to deserialize JobRequest; dead-lettering");
+                                warn!(error = %e, body = %pretty_amqp_body(&d.data), "failed to deserialize JobRequest; dead-lettering");
                                 channel
                                     .basic_nack(tag, BasicNackOptions { requeue: false, multiple: false })
                                     .await

crates/forge-integration/src/main.rs

@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ async fn consume_job_results(state: Arc<AppState>) -> Result<()> {
                             .into_diagnostic()?;
                     }
                     Err(e) => {
-                        warn!(error = %e, "failed to parse JobResult; acking");
+                        warn!(error = %e, body = %common::mq::pretty_amqp_body(&d.data), "failed to parse JobResult; acking");
                         channel
                             .basic_ack(tag, lapin::options::BasicAckOptions { multiple: false })
                             .await

crates/orchestrator/src/grpc.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use miette::{IntoDiagnostic as _, Result};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use tonic::{Request, Response, Status};
-use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 
 use common::runner::v1::{
     Ack, LogItem,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl Runner for RunnerSvc {
         let mut got_end: bool = false;
         let mut seq: i64 = 0;
 
-        info!("runner log stream opened");
+        debug!("runner log stream opened");
         while let Some(item) = stream
             .next()
             .await
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl Runner for RunnerSvc {
             if req_id.is_none() {
                 match uuid::Uuid::parse_str(&item.request_id) {
                     Ok(u) => {
-                        info!(request_id = %u, "runner log stream identified");
+                        debug!(request_id = %u, "runner log stream identified");
                         req_id = Some(u)
                     }
                     Err(_) => {
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ impl Runner for RunnerSvc {
                     common::runner::v1::log_item::Event::Log(chunk) => {
                         if chunk.stderr {
                             lines_stderr += 1;
-                            info!(request_id = %item.request_id, line = %chunk.line, "runner:stderr");
+                            debug!(request_id = %item.request_id, line = %chunk.line, "runner:stderr");
                         } else {
                             lines_stdout += 1;
-                            info!(request_id = %item.request_id, line = %chunk.line, "runner:stdout");
+                            debug!(request_id = %item.request_id, line = %chunk.line, "runner:stdout");
                         }
                         // Best effort: persist the line if we have a parsed UUID
                         if let Some(id) = req_id {
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ impl Runner for RunnerSvc {
                         repo_url = Some(end.repo_url);
                         commit_sha = Some(end.commit_sha);
                         got_end = true;
-                        info!(exit_code, success, "runner log stream received End");
+                        debug!(exit_code, success, "runner log stream received End");
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        info!(lines_stdout, lines_stderr, got_end, "runner log stream closed");
+        debug!(lines_stdout, lines_stderr, got_end, "runner log stream closed");
         // Publish final status if we have enough context
         if let (Some(id), Some(repo), Some(sha)) =
             (req_id.as_ref(), repo_url.as_ref(), commit_sha.as_ref())

crates/orchestrator/src/http.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use axum::{extract::Path, http::StatusCode, response::{IntoResponse, Response}, routing::get, Router};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tracing::{info, warn};
+use tokio::fs;
+use tracing::{debug, info, warn};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::persist::Persist;
@@ -9,12 +11,14 @@ use crate::persist::Persist;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct HttpState {
     persist: Arc<Persist>,
+    runner_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-pub fn build_router(persist: Arc<Persist>) -> Router {
+pub fn build_router(persist: Arc<Persist>, runner_dir: Option<PathBuf>) -> Router {
-    let state = HttpState { persist };
+    let state = HttpState { persist, runner_dir };
     Router::new()
         .route("/jobs/{request_id}/logs", get(get_logs))
+        .route("/runners/{name}", get(get_runner))
         .with_state(state)
 }
 
@@ -43,8 +47,43 @@ async fn get_logs(
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn serve(addr: SocketAddr, persist: Arc<Persist>, shutdown: impl std::future::Future<Output = ()>) {
+async fn get_runner(
-    let app = build_router(persist);
+    Path(name): Path<String>,
+    axum::extract::State(state): axum::extract::State<HttpState>,
+) -> Response {
+    let Some(dir) = state.runner_dir.as_ref() else {
+        return (StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "runner serving disabled").into_response();
+    };
+    // Basic validation: prevent path traversal; allow only simple file names
+    if name.contains('/') || name.contains('\\') || name.starts_with('.') {
+        return StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response();
+    }
+    let path = dir.join(&name);
+    if !path.starts_with(dir) {
+        return StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response();
+    }
+    match fs::read(&path).await {
+        Ok(bytes) => {
+            debug!(path = %path.display(), size = bytes.len(), "serving runner binary");
+            (
+                StatusCode::OK,
+                [
+                    (axum::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/octet-stream"),
+                    (axum::http::header::CONTENT_DISPOSITION, &format!("attachment; filename=\"{}\"", name)),
+                ],
+                bytes,
+            )
+                .into_response()
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            debug!(error = %e, path = %path.display(), "runner file not found");
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND.into_response()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn serve(addr: SocketAddr, persist: Arc<Persist>, runner_dir: Option<PathBuf>, shutdown: impl std::future::Future<Output = ()>) {
+    let app = build_router(persist, runner_dir);
     info!(%addr, "http server starting");
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(addr).await.expect("bind http");
     let server = axum::serve(listener, app);

crates/orchestrator/src/main.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use hypervisor::{JobContext, RouterHypervisor, VmSpec};
 use scheduler::{SchedItem, Scheduler};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tokio::sync::Notify;
+use std::net::SocketAddr as _;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(
@@ -29,6 +30,10 @@ struct Opts {
     #[arg(long, env = "ORCH_CONFIG")]
     config: Option<PathBuf>,
 
+    /// Directory to serve runner binaries from (filenames are requested via /runners/{name})
+    #[arg(long, env = "RUNNER_DIR")]
+    runner_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Global max concurrency for VM provisioning/execution
     #[arg(long, env = "MAX_CONCURRENCY", default_value_t = 2)]
     max_concurrency: usize,
@@ -144,6 +149,25 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let orch_contact =
         std::env::var("ORCH_CONTACT_ADDR").unwrap_or_else(|_| opts.grpc_addr.clone());
 
+    // Compose default runner URLs served by this orchestrator (if runner_dir configured)
+    let (runner_url_default, runner_urls_default) = if opts.runner_dir.is_some() {
+        // Derive host from ORCH_CONTACT_ADDR (host:port) and port from HTTP_ADDR
+        let http_host = orch_contact.split(':').next().unwrap_or("127.0.0.1");
+        let http_port = opts
+            .http_addr
+            .rsplit(':')
+            .next()
+            .unwrap_or("8081");
+        let base = format!("http://{}:{}/runners", http_host, http_port);
+        let linux_url = format!("{}/{}", base, "solstice-runner-linux");
+        let illumos_url = format!("{}/{}", base, "solstice-runner-illumos");
+        let single_url = format!("{}/{}", base, "solstice-runner");
+        info!(linux = %linux_url, illumos = %illumos_url, "serving runner binaries via orchestrator HTTP");
+        (single_url, format!("{} {}", linux_url, illumos_url))
+    } else {
+        (String::new(), String::new())
+    };
+
     // Scheduler
     let sched = Scheduler::new(
         router,
@@ -161,11 +185,17 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         }
     });
 
+    // Determine runner URLs to inject into cloud-init
+    let runner_url_env = std::env::var("SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| runner_url_default.clone());
+    let runner_urls_env = std::env::var("SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS").unwrap_or_else(|_| runner_urls_default.clone());
+
     // Consumer: enqueue and ack-on-accept
     let cfg_clone = cfg.clone();
     let mq_cfg_clone = mq_cfg.clone();
     let tx_for_consumer = sched_tx.clone();
     let persist_for_consumer = persist.clone();
+    let runner_url_for_consumer = runner_url_env.clone();
+    let runner_urls_for_consumer = runner_urls_env.clone();
     // Start consumer that can be shut down cooperatively on ctrl-c
     let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel::<()>();
     let consumer_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -176,6 +206,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             let cfg = cfg_clone.clone();
             let persist = persist_for_consumer.clone();
             let orch_contact_val = orch_contact.clone();
+            let runner_url_in = runner_url_for_consumer.clone();
+            let runner_urls_in = runner_urls_for_consumer.clone();
             async move {
                 let label_resolved = cfg.resolve_label(job.runs_on.as_deref()).unwrap_or(&cfg.default_label).to_string();
                 let image = match cfg.image_for(&label_resolved) {
@@ -201,7 +233,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     disk_gb,
                     network: None, // libvirt network handled in backend
                     nocloud: image.nocloud,
-                    user_data: Some(make_cloud_init_userdata(&job.repo_url, &job.commit_sha, job.request_id, &orch_contact_val)),
+                    user_data: Some(make_cloud_init_userdata(&job.repo_url, &job.commit_sha, job.request_id, &orch_contact_val, &runner_url_in, &runner_urls_in)),
                 };
                 if !spec.nocloud {
                     warn!(label = %label_resolved, "image is not marked nocloud=true; cloud-init may not work");
@@ -221,9 +253,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Start HTTP server
     let http_addr: std::net::SocketAddr = opts.http_addr.parse().into_diagnostic()?;
     let persist_for_http = persist.clone();
+    let runner_dir_for_http = opts.runner_dir.clone();
     let (http_shutdown_tx, http_shutdown_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel::<()>();
     let http_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
-        crate::http::serve(http_addr, persist_for_http, async move {
+        crate::http::serve(http_addr, persist_for_http, runner_dir_for_http, async move {
             let _ = http_shutdown_rx.await;
         }).await;
     });
@@ -278,10 +311,9 @@ fn make_cloud_init_userdata(
     commit_sha: &str,
     request_id: uuid::Uuid,
     orch_addr: &str,
+    runner_url: &str,
+    runner_urls: &str,
 ) -> Vec<u8> {
-    // Allow local dev to inject one or more runner URLs that the VM can fetch.
-    let runner_url = std::env::var("SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URL").unwrap_or_default();
-    let runner_urls = std::env::var("SOLSTICE_RUNNER_URLS").unwrap_or_default();
     let s = format!(
         r#"#cloud-config
 write_files:
@@ -396,6 +428,8 @@ mod tests {
             "deadbeef",
             req_id,
             "127.0.0.1:50051",
+            "http://127.0.0.1:8081/runners/solstice-runner",
+            "http://127.0.0.1:8081/runners/solstice-runner-linux http://127.0.0.1:8081/runners/solstice-runner-illumos",
         );
         let s = String::from_utf8(data).unwrap();
         assert!(s.contains("#cloud-config"));