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-## Deployment notes
+## Deployment Notes
 ### Gitea
+
+#### Build gitea/act_runner Docker Container
+1. To build the `act_runner` container from Gitea, in another directory run:
+```
+git clone https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
+cd act_runner
+docker build -t cerc/act-runner:local .
+```
+
+#### Deploy Gitea Stack
 1. `cd ./gitea`
+1. Build the task executor container: `docker build -t cerc/act-runner-task-executor:local -f Dockerfile.task-executor .`
 1. Run the script `./run-this-first.sh`
 1. Bring up the gitea cluster `docker compose up -d`
 1. Run the script `./initialize-gitea.sh`