Pipeline YAML Format

Introduction

This page describes the pipeline YAML support implemented to support IBM Cloud DevOps open toolchains. It is used in the Deploy to IBM Cloud Button (D2IC) flow to enable creation of samples that contain pipelines using Docker container extensions. The feature is currently only available for hosted git (Git Repos and Issue Tracking) and GitHub projects targeting IBM Cloud.

Basics

If a pipeline yaml file is present in the toolchain template repository or in a D2IC  sample, a pipeline based on that description will be created (and the first stage executed) as part of the D2IC flow. The name of the yaml file is pipeline.yml and it must be located in a folder called .bluemix: .bluemix pipeline.yml

YAML Format

The yaml format is a single yaml document containing a pipeline specification. Here is the pipeline.yml to build and deploy nodejs application to IBM Cloud

---
stages:
- name: Build Stage
  inputs:
  - type: git
    branch: ${BRANCH}
    service: ${REPO}
  jobs:
  - name: Build
    type: builder
    artifact_dir: ''
- name: Deploy Stage
  inputs:
  - type: job
    stage: Build Stage
    job: Build
  triggers:
  - type: stage
  jobs:
  - name: Deploy
    type: deployer
    target:
      region_id: ${CF_REGION_ID}
      organization: ${CF_ORGANIZATION}
      space: ${CF_SPACE}
      application: ${CF_APP}
    script: |-
      #!/bin/bash
      cf push "${CF_APP}"
      # View logs
      # cf logs "${CF_APP}" --recent

The above yaml contains the references to environment variables (enclosed with ${}) which are defined as a part of configuration in the Pipeline service definition of toolchain yml . For the above pipeline yml, the env. variables BRANCH, REPO, CF_APP, CF_SPACE, CF_ORGANIZATION, CF_REGION_ID are defined in the env property of pipeline service as shown below:

services:
  repo:
    service_id: hostedgit
    parameters:
      repo_name: '{{toolchain.name}}'
      repo_url: '{{repository}}'
      type: clone
      has_issues: true
      enable_traceability: true
  build:
    service_id: pipeline
    parameters:
      services:
        - repo
      name: '{{toolchain.name}}'
      ui-pipeline: true
      configuration:
        content:
          $text: pipeline.yml
        env:
          REPO: repo
          BRANCH: '{{branch}}'
          CF_APP: '{{form.pipeline.parameters.app-name}}'
          CF_SPACE: '{{space}}'
          CF_ORGANIZATION: '{{organization}}'
          CF_REGION_ID: '{{region}}'
        execute: true

Before creating the pipeline, the env. variables are resolved and substituted values will be used in the configuration. Further, these variables are available during job execution and can be referenced in scripts.

In the above snippet, the "REPO" environment variable references the repository service, which defines where we want to host the repos either Github or GRIT. The pipeline service definition also contains the other parameters required to add pipeline to the toolchain.

For more information: https://console.bluemix.net/docs/services/ContinuousDelivery/pipeline_deploy_var.html#deliverypipeline_environment

Syntax

Pipeline

 

---
stages:

<sequence of stages>

Stage

name: <name>

[inputs:
  <sequence of inputs>]

[triggers:
  <sequence of triggers>]

[properties:
  <sequence of properties>]
[jobs:
  <sequence of jobs>]

Input

type: 'git' | 'job'

[branch: <branch name>]   ; only for git inputs

[service: <repo>] ; GIT/GRIT repo service. referenced through environment variable
stage: <stage name>   ; only for job inputs

job: <job name>       ; only for job inputs

Trigger

type: 'commit' | 'stage' ; for the build stage, type is commit and for the non build stage it is the previous stage 

[enabled: 'true' | 'false']   ; true is assumed if not specified

Property

name: <property name>

value: <property value>

[type: 'text' | 'secure' | 'text_area' | 'file']  ; text is assumed if not specified

Job

[name: <job name>]

type: 'builder' | 'deployer' | 'tester'

fail_stage: 'true' | 'false'

[extension_id: <extension id>]          ; extension jobs only

[working_dir: <working dir path>]       ; builder and tester only

[artifact_dir: <artifact path>]         ; builder only

[build_type: <build type>]              ; builder only

[script: <script>]                      ; not for extension jobs

[enable_tests: 'true' | 'false']        ; builder and tester only, some extensions may have support
[test_file_pattern: <pattern>]          ; builder and tester only, some extensions may have support
[coverage_type: 'cobertura' | 'jacoco' | 'istanbul']   ; builder and tester only, some extensions may have support

[coverage_directory: <path to directory>]   ; builder and tester only, some extensions may have support
[coverage_file_pattern: <pattern>]         ; builder and tester only, some extensions may have support
[target: <target>]                  ; deployer and extension jobs only

*[<extension property name> : <value>]    ; extension jobs only

Target

region_id: <region id>

organization: <organization name>

space: <space name>

[application: <application name>]
[api_key: <api key>]  ; deployer only, requires kubernetes_cluster or kubernetes_cluster_id

[api_key_id: <api key UUID>]            ; deployer only, requires kubernetes_cluster or kubernetes_cluster_id
[kubernetes_cluster: <cluster name>]    ; deployer only, requires api_key or api_key_id of an api key for the account this cluster is in

[kubernetes_cluster_id: <cluster id>]   ; deployer only, requires api_key or api_key_id of an api key for the account this cluster is in