Do you need self hosted runners for GitHub, and simply want to have the same runners as GitHub's Hosted Runners without any more fuzz? Look no further. This image is continuously updated with the same cadence as the GitHub Hosted Runners, with the same application versions installed. The image can be used both as a standalone virtual machine or as a Virtual Machine Scale Set.

No, this is simply a virtual machine image built from the GitHub runners repository and contains no call home functionality or similar.

Can you access my virtual machine?

No, you control everything yourself.

What do I need to configure on the GitHub side?

Please follow this guide for configuring things.