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Azure pipeline checkout repository from another project
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This post can be an extend to my previous post on variables and templates reuse
In fact, in addition to the variables and templates, I also need to reuse some non native Azure pipeline yaml files, for example some Python scripts defined in the shared template. If we use the same technic shown by the previous blog, the pipeline will throw error saying that it cannot find the Python script. This is because we need to checkout the remote repository at first before using the native pipeline yaml files.
Azure pipeline reuse variables in template from another repository
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In my project, I have several Azure pipelines that share some same variables, instead of declaring them in each pipeline, I would like to refactor it by using some central places to store the shared variables.
Azure pipeline predefined variables
The official doc gives an explanation of all the predefined variables, but it lacks of some concrete examples. Hereunder some examples for my preferred variables.
Using Gitlab integrated CICD for Python project on Windows
Gitlab ships with its own free CICD which works pretty well. This post will give you an example of the CICD file .gitlab-ci.yml for a Python project running on Gitlab Windows runner.
Migrate Gitlab in docker
This post will walk you through the steps to migrate Gitlab from one docker container to another. The steps need you to know how to install a new Gitlab container and how to backup and restore Gitlab container, because the migration is just a restoration of a backup to another container.
Update Gitlab in docker
Gitlab has several methods to update to newer version depending on the type of the original installation and the Gitlab version. This post will show you the way for docker version of Gitlab, which is the simplest among others.
Backup and restore Gitlab in docker
Gitlab hosts everything about the code including the docs and the pipeline data, etc. It's crucial to back it up. You can also use restore to migrate the Gitlab to another server. This post will show you how to backup and restore the Gitlab-CE docker version.
Install Gitlab Runner on Windows by Powershell PsRemoting
Gitlab runner can be installed on Windows OS. For people like me who is more familiar with Windows, we would like to use Windows as a Gitlab runner. This post will give you a simplified procedure (winrm PsRemoting full command line) about its installation with some tips and tricks that I haven't seen anywhere on the Internet.
Setup HTTPS for Gitlab
Gitlab-CE default installation goes with HTTPS disable. We need to generate a SSL certificate, and bind it to the HTTPS of Gitlab-CE.