Gitlab CI Variables Setter CLI

CLI tool to allow setting/getting pipeline variables on Gitlab CI.

Supports Gitlab API v4, available since Gitlab 9.0.

Installation

Install the tool globally for ease of use, by running the following command

$ npm install -g gitlab-ci-variables-cli

Usage

Set one variable (glci set)

Run the following command, where:

• gitlab-token is your Gitlab personal access token
• gitlab-project-url is your project url on gitlab, e.g. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce
• key is the variable you want to set
• value is the value of the variable you want to set

$ glci set --token <gitlab-token> --url <gitlab-project-url> --key <key> --value <value>
Set <key> = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variable on Gitlab CI.

Set several variables (glci setAll)

Put all required variable key/values on a properties file named gitlab.env.yml, e.g:

AWS_CREDENTIALS: |
    [canary]
    aws_access_key_id = AKIA1234
    aws_secret_access_key = verySecretKey
NPM_INSTALL_TOKEN: 123456789

Note that the value for AWS_CREDENTIALS is a multi line string (with spaces and no tabs).

Run the following command from the directory that contains the properties file.

$ glci setAll --token <gitlab-token> --url <gitlab-project-url>
Set AWS_CREDENTIALS = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Set NPM_INSTALL_TOKEN = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variables on Gitlab CI.

• gitlab-token is your Gitlab personal access token
• gitlab-project-url is your project url on gitlab, e.g. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce

Get all variables (glci getAll)

Download all variable key/value pairs to a properties file.

Run the following command:

$ glci getAll --token <gitlab-token> --url <gitlab-project-url> --output result.yml
Downloaded variables from Gitlab CI.
Saved variables to result.yml

• gitlab-token is your Gitlab personal access token
• gitlab-project-url is your project url on gitlab, e.g. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce

Note that if you do not specify output, then the properties file will be saved to gitlab.env.yml in the current directory.

For all usages

--do-not-force

By default, existing variables on Gitlab CI will be overridden. If you wish to ignore existing variables, add a --do-not-force option, e.g:

$ glci setAll --token <gitlab-token> --url <gitlab-project-url> --do-not-force
Skipping AWS_CREDENTIALS, already set for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Skipping NPM_INSTALL_TOKEN, already set for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variables on Gitlab CI.

--url

If your working directory is a git repository of your project, the --url option can be omitted, e.g:

$ glci set --token <gitlab-token> --key <key> --value <value>
No URL specified, using git remote `origin`.
Set <key> = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variable on Gitlab CI.

Omitting --url will derive the URL from the remote named origin.

--token

This project supports .gitlabrc files using rc. If --token is not specified, this project can use a .gitlabrc, e.g:

token = this-is-my-gitlab-token

$ glci setAll --url <gitlab-project-url>
Using token from .gitlabrc.
Set AWS_CREDENTIALS = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Set NPM_INSTALL_TOKEN = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variables on Gitlab CI.

Alternatively, you can also set a GITLAB_TOKEN environment variable:

$ export GITLAB_TOKEN=this-is-my-gitlab-token
$ glci set --url <gitlab-project-url> --key <key> --value <value>
Using token from environment variable GITLAB_TOKEN.
Set <key> = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variable on Gitlab CI.

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Essentially, if your project is a git repository, and you have a .gitlabrc file or a GITLAB_TOKEN env variable, this tool can be invoked simply as:

$ glci setAll
Using token from .gitlabrc.
No URL specified, using git remote `origin`.
Set AWS_CREDENTIALS = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Set NPM_INSTALL_TOKEN = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variables on Gitlab CI.

$ glci set --key <key> --value <value>
Using token from environment variable GITLAB_TOKEN.
No URL specified, using git remote `origin`.
Set <key> = <value> for gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.
Completed setting variable on Gitlab CI.