Questions tagged [gitlab]
For questions about GitLab, an open source Git repository manager with issue tracking, wiki and continuous integration facilities.
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How can I make a build of an app that requires macos?
We are using Gitlab CI, how do we do a build of an application within it that requires it to be build on macos?
I'm talking about the Electon JS application. I have successfully built the windows and ...
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How can I delete Terraform assets and statefiles created in a pipeline using the remote GitLab backend?
Currently I have a detached pipeline which uses the Terraform with the remote Gitlab backend.
How can I after the pipeline has run delete BOTH the assets created and the statefile?
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MicroK8s does not authenticate with gitlab private registry
I have an instance of MicroK8s, I am currently migrating my applications. But I can't authenticate to Gitlab's private registry.
About my environment:
MicroK8s
Gitlab (with registry working securely)
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Gitlab ci variables disappearing in pipeline run
We have a large, fairly complex set of yaml files that defines pipeline configurations for multiple apps using gitlab ci. A single pipeline consists of a dozen or more separate yaml configs that use ...
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What is the URL I provide to docker or podman to pull down a GitLab registry image?
When I am at a repo's container registry, I can see this,
However it's not clear ohw that URL works, the URL provided is
gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/alpine-no-root
But I can't run
podman pull gitlab-...
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GitLab CI: How to properly push file to a repo using ci file?
I'm trying to setup a GitLab CI pipeline which runs a script (convert-inventory-format.sh) that update a yaml file. I would then like to commit that file to a Git repository and push it.
However, the ...
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Do Gitlab Personal Access Tokens grant permissions on repos you own, or all repos you have access to?
In Gitlab I can create a Personal Access Token for read_repository and write_repository permissions. Does this token grant access to just my projects in my namespace, or all projects that I have ...
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Why i cant include a .yml in CI/CD, using rules with mine variables?
Why my pipeline doesn't work? I just want include this .yml if "NATIVE_COMPILE" is "true".
variables:
NATIVE_COMPILE : "true"
include:
- project: 'pipelines/cicd'
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gitlab runner shell executor docker cache seems to be cleared after restarting systemd gitlab-runner unit
I am using docker with the shell executor (https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/shell.html) in order to more effectively cache docker images being built.
I ran into an issue where after cancelling ...
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how to reuse merge request pipeline coverage to be used in default branch pipeline by not collecting coverage again on default branch after mergingPR?
I have to run the code coverage pipeline again after merging the PR because, in the merge request, it shows diff code coverage from the default branch and I do not want to run the code coverage ...
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How to wait for gitlab downstream pipelines to finish before going to next stage?
I'm not sure this is the way to proceed, but I'm starting using downstream pipelines.
I have 3 projects :
Project A : web-frontend-1
Project B : web-frontend-2
Project C : global-e2e-testing
I'm ...
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Gitlab runner tons of errors when trying to use shell executor
I installed the runners using the docker executor, but then later realized I actually needed the shell executor for layer caching... However now I just keep running into so many errors trying to get ...
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Estimate storage space for a git server
How to estimate the space a git repository will take on a source version control server?
For example, given k commits every day, with x kB of code per commit, my repository will take n GB of server ...
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Need to run a GitLab pipeline job if a prior job succeeds
I have a project in GitLab that has jobs in the pipeline to build the image, run unit tests and push the built image to a repository. I would like to set it up with the following conditions:
The push ...
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Selfhosted GitLab and Docker Swarm: How does Docker Swarm update images automatically?
I'm using Docker Swarm for container orchestration on a unbuntu server and for the past few months I have been running into a weird problem. To preface: I didn't set up the system, just took it over. ...
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Gitlab Runner setup issues on Mac Mini with M2 processor
I have a pair of Mac Minis with M2 processors that I am trying to setup as runners on a locally hosted gitlab setup. For a variety of other systems I simply followed the instructions on the runners ...
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Unsecure container registry declaration in Gitlab CI/CD
I have the following .gitlab-ci.yml file :
stages:
- publish
- deploy
variables:
TAG_LATEST: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:latest
TAG_COMMIT: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:$...
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What is the point of starting pipeline when MR creating?
Can you explain what the point of starting pipeline for source branch again when I do MR in default branch? I mean, when I did git push before in my feature branch which I want to merge with master, ...
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Is it possible to declare variables in a YAML file and to recover those variables in the .gitlab-ci.yml and use them in a matrix job?
I am configuring a Gitlab C/I that will trigger several child pipelines in another project.
Each one of the child projects and pipelines needs two variables (foo and bar) and I want to trigger them in ...
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Can mirroring at import time be controlled on a group by group basis?
I have multiple groups under which I am importing applications from a separate bitbucket/stash. When I import, there is a checkbox for mirroring. When I check the checkbox, I expect mirroring to take ...
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Error registering container in Gitlab
I'm trying to register a container in a project, I thought it was a passing problem, but it persisted. I created a new project still holds. I never got around to using Gitlab's registry for containers....
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Why Maven ignore logging options?
Can you explain why maven ignores log options and output info log level instead of warning?
$ mvn ${MAVEN_CLI_OPTS} clean install test -Drevision=${MAVEN_REVISION} -Dchangelist=${MAVEN_CHANGELIST} -...
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How to edit a GitLab managed Terraform state file?
I seem to have encountered a long-standing Terraform issue, where I have attempted to create an AWS RDS Cluster without having specified skip_final_snapshot = true,
however any attempt to extricate ...
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How to configure Gitlab/Docker/AWS?
I have a Gitlab project, hosted in my company's Gitlab account. I have written an .gitlab-ci.yaml file which gather the image image: python:3.10.9-bullseye, install the python dependencies and run the ...
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How to trigger pipeline if any 1 of x repos is merged to main branch
I am using a locally hosted version of GitLab Omnibus, and I stay up to date with the most current versions.
Here's an example of what I'm trying to do.
I have five repositories. They are not in the ...
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GitLab file variable with a dot or period `.` in its name?
I have a file called .auto.tfvars that I want to use to set some Terraform variables in an CI run, however when I try to add it, I get a popup called,
Variables key can contain only letters, digits ...
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Can you use the Secure File API if the container doesn't have bash? Like Alpine?
GitLab offers a Project-level Secure Files, the API has you add this to your .gitlab-ci.yml,
test:
variables:
SECURE_FILES_DOWNLOAD_PATH: './where/files/should/go/'
script:
- curl --silent ...
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Are webhooks needed in Gitlab for triggering a build on tags push
I would like to trigger a Build on Gitlab when a Git Tag is pushed to the repository. At the same time I would like to increment the version number on a file located on the repository before building ...
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How to deploy a Docker image from DockerHub to AWS Beanstalk using Gitlab CI/CD?
I am not very familiar with Gitlab CI/CD, Docker (Hub) and AWS but I am trying to deploy a Docker image from Docker Hub to an AWS Beanstalk environment (so basically as a new version to a running ...
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How does GitLab handle stranded (orphaned) artifacts in Object Store?
If I have a two minio clusters,
one running in production and,
one running as a hot-backup streaming with mc mirror,
And, if I have a point-in-time-backup running gitaly-backup. What happens if new ...
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What is the Manifest Digest in GitLab and how do I find out more information about the manifest?
GitLab provides for a "Manifest Digest",
What exactly is the Manifest Digest, a digest of, and how do I get access to this manifest to see how it's different from other images..
this ...
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What is the GitLab "Digest" on the container registry next to the images, why is different for two duplicated images
The GitLab container registry has a bunch of Digests, you can see them here,
Normally, I would expect them to represent the image's own digest, however, they don't, when I look at them here locally ...
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Why is my Gitlab shell executor only returning "0 0"?
All the sudden my self-hosted runner set to use the shell executor started returning "0 0" which is causing the pipeline to incorrectly "succeed" at every step without executing ...
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In Gitlab is there a way to automatically change a tag on a ticket when an MR is created and/or when a deployment is completed
In Gitlab we have a flow where our tickets go from "In Progress" to "Code Review" when an MR is created and from "Code Review" to "Ready for Testing" when a ...
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Retry modified GitLab pipeline without actually modifying it (replay pipeline in Jenkins)
Is there a way to retry modified GitLab pipeline without actually modifying it (making commits) similar to replaying Jenkins pipelines?
It's useful for debugging main branch pipelines.
My goal is to ...
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Run GitLab job only if variable is provided
I have two jobs in my gitlab ci pipeline 'job a' and 'job b'. I want only 'job a' to run if variable x is provided and run 'job b' if variable b isn't provided.
Something like this.
job a:
rule:
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Gitlab - Don't allow merge of MR on pipeline job fail
Working on some code analysis tests that run on create of merge request in Gitlab.
.gitlab-ci.yml
test:drupal-deprecations:
rules:
# Only run when a merge request is made
- if: '$...
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How to change value of pre-defined variable in GitLab to all lowercase
My environment requires the use of the predefined variable CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE in .gitlab-ci.yml; however, this variable is in all caps, which makes my build job fail. I've tried several ways to ...
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Cron job to run every three weeks on a Monday - for a GitLab CI Job schedule
I need to stagger the running of three separate scripts using cron.
I want them to run every three weeks on Monday at noon.
So I need three cron statements to assign to each of the three scripts.
(yes ...
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When pipelines with retries on `retry:when` `api_failure` condition are rerun?
What api failures are caught by retry:when api_failure in below pipeline?
test:
script: some api call
retry:
max: 2
when: api_failure
Does gitlab detect any api call failure inside ...
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GitLab CI runner: remote: You are not allowed to download code from this project
Inside of one of my runner's logs, when I try to replay it, I'm getting the following error,
Reinitialized existing Git repository in /builds/users/repo/.git/
remote: You are not allowed to download ...
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When running terraform from Gitlab CI, terraform asks me for the "The address of the REST endpoint"
When I run terraform apply using the Terraform files in my GitLab CI Pipeline (I didn't write them) I get the following,
Initializing the backend...
address
The address of the REST endpoint
Can ...
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gitlab runner storage full
I've my own gitlab runners with docker executors. After a month Ive found that the storage is almost full on all runners due to runner cache. Mostly docker volumes taking all space.
I've tried ...
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Base image for GitLab Kubernetes executor
I'd like to use Kubernetes executor for GitLab Runner. What is the recommended base image for such an executor's image?
I'd expect this GitLab Kubernetes executor's container to connect to GitLab ...
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What is `file_store` in the `ci_job_artifacts`?
Where is this field defined and what does it mean? I can't find any information about it.
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How can I create a path into GitLab Object Storage from the ci_job_artifacts table?
Gitlab has an internal PostgreSQL database. There is a client wrapper for psql called gitlab-psql that I connect to it with. This allows me to query job artifacts through the table ci_job_artifacts. ...
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What is the GitLab proj_id_hash for the bucket structure in the object store?
In this document covering the Feature Bucket, it says, the Bucket Structure for the Job Artifacts is
/artifacts/<proj_id_hash>/<date>/<job_id>/<artifact_id>
In the above, what ...
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What is a GitLab locked artifact?
In the table ci_job_artifacts there is a column called locked. What does this column do? It's not documented in the Job Artifacts API? It's currently a smallint and it has 3 possible values: 0, 1, 2.
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Does GitLab support searching logs across jobs for specific strings?
I need to find all jobs that failed in a specific fashion, a few methods are viable
One method that would be viable is finding where GitLab stores its log files, and searching them with something ...
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Where does GitLab omnibus store ci log files?
When viewing a raw CI log file, such as this one
https://acmeco.net/acmeco/acmeco/angular-ui/-/jobs/334040/raw
I can see content such as
net/http: request canceled (Client.Timeout exceeded while ...
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