Using GitLab pipelines in the SourceCraft CI/CD

SourceCraft CI/CD workflows support pipelines with GitLab syntax.

This allows transferring projects from GitLab without any major CI/CD reconfiguration and reusing the extensive library of existing pipeline examples.

For more information, see GitLab pipelines in the SourceCraft CI/CD.

To use a GitLab pipeline in the SourceCraft CI/CD, do the following:

1. If you do not have a repository yet, create one.

2. Add the .sourcecraft/.gitlab-ci.yaml file with your GitLab pipeline contents to the repository main branch.

   Example of a GitLab pipeilne, .gilab-ci.yaml

   build-job:
     stage: build
     script:
       - echo "Hello, GitLab CI/CD!"
   
   test-job1:
     stage: test
     script:
       - echo "This job tests something"
   
   test-job2:
     stage: test
     script:
       - echo "This job tests something, but takes more time than test-job1."
       - echo "After the echo commands complete, it runs the sleep command for 20 seconds"
       - echo "which simulates a test that runs 20 seconds longer than test-job1"
       - sleep 20
   
   deploy-prod:
     stage: deploy
     script:
       - echo "This job deploys something."
   

   Supported GitLab pipeline syntax elements:

   • after_script
   • artifacts
   • before_script
   • image
   • include, also for remote files in other repositories and on websites
   • needs
   • rules
   • script
   • services
   • stage
   • stages
   • variables

   Alert

   SourceCraft does not support these GitLab pipeline syntax elements:

   • environment
   • pages
   • release
   • resource_group
   • trigger

3. Similarly, add .sourcecraft/ci.yaml to the main branch. To run a GitLab pipeline in the SourceCraft CI/CD, use a cube with gitlab_workflow, like this:

   on:
     push:
       - workflows: [sample-workflow]
         filter:
           branches: ["main"]
   
   workflows:
     sample-workflow:
       tasks:
         - name: demo-gitlab-ci
           cubes:
             - name: run-gitlab-workflow
               # Path to the GitLab pipeline configuration file
               gitlab_workflow: .sourcecraft/.gitlab-ci.yaml
   

   As you can see in the example, the CI process will automatically start after committing changes to the main branch.

4. Check the CI process:

   1. Under CI/CD on the repository page, go to CI/CD.

   2. Open a running workflow.

      The page that opens will display the workflow tasks, cubes (task steps), as well as statuses and execution results.

   3. In the bottom-right corner of the run-gitlab-workflow cube, click .

   4. Wait for the workflow to complete.

See also

• GitLab pipelines in the SourceCraft CI/CD
• Integration with GitHub Actions in SourceCraft
• Using GitHub Actions in SourceCraft CI/CD
• Setting up CI/CD to deploy an application to Yandex Serverless Containers using GitHub Actions
• Continuous integration and continuous deployment in SourceCraft
• Service connections SourceCraft