I'm not sure if this is possible but I wanted to know if there is a way in an ADO pipeline to update a pipeline level variable from within a poweshell step within the script and have that value persist.
For example I have a pipeline variable called count which is set to 0, under certain circumstances I need to increment count by 1 and then persist that value in the pipeline variable so it increments for each build when the conditions are met. Is this possible as I've not been able to find any documentation about this. I have tried this with the counter variable but it doesn't fit my needs as it increments for each build.
Below is a very cut down version of what I have
trigger:
- develop
pool:
vmImage: 'windows-2019'
steps:
- task: PowerShell#2
displayName: 'SetVariable'
inputs:
targetType: 'inline'
script: |
$(count) = $(count) + 1
You can install Build Updating Tasks extension, and use the Set variable on a build definition task to update a variable in a Build Definition with conditions.
For example:
Create a variable in your pipeline (count here):
Then, add the Set variable on a build definition task in your pipeline:
Set the conditions based on your scenario, in the following YAML sample we set a variable doThing and the value is Yes. Set the condition in Set variable on a build definition task, if the value is Yes, then the count variable will Autoincrement.
steps:
# This step creates a new pipeline variable: doThing. This variable will be available to subsquent steps.
- bash: |
echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=doThing]Yes"
displayName: Step 1
- task: BuildVariableTask#2
displayName: Update the variable
inputs:
buildmode: 'Prime'
variable: 'count'
mode: 'Autoincrement'
usePSCore: False
condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['doThing'], 'Yes'))
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I have a maven task in azure pipeline in which I want to get an output variable with value as VAR: ${{ contains($(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/*.jar, 'SNAPSHOT')}} so that I can use this variable once this task is over successfully, in another task in same job and same stage. If I am trying to use set variable property with script it gives me error stating "Unexpected property script" as below:
- task: Maven#4
displayName: 'XYZ'
inputs:
.
.
.
script:
What is the correct method of setting variable in maven task? Or how can we get the output of a task in azure pipeline?
Firstly, contain or containvalue is expression of condition.
You are supposed not to get the judge value 'true or false' directly through
VAR: ${{ containsValue($(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/.jar, 'SNAPSHOT')}}
or contains($(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/.jar, 'SNAPSHOT')
If you directly set a variable VAR0 with the value '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/.jar', you will get output as 'D:\a\1\a/TestResultsTests/.jar'. You could list the files under $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) but couldn't output the value of judge it with other string or values.
If you want to use maven task to generate and push files like '.jar' to $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory) and compare whether the file names contain 'SNAPSHOT', then maybe you cannot because we cannot get the whole path of the '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/.jar'.
And for your reference, if you want to compare the variable var1 value generate from a previous task, you could use a powershell task to see the value:
steps:
- powershell: |
echo "hello world"
displayName: 'PowerShell Script'
condition: containsValue(variables.var1, '123')
Since it will skip if the value is false and run if the value is true, you could try to use succeed or failed conditions in following tasks and set variables to corresponding value then output the variables value.
Goal:
In GitHub Actions, to define my commit message dynamically from shell:
- name: Commit changes
uses: EndBug/add-and-commit#v7
with:
message: "added on $(date -I)"
However, it seems that I have to define a environment variable then use it. I'm following How do I set an env var with a bash expression in GitHub Actions? and other help files like this, but still cannot tell how to make use of such environment variable that I've define previously. This is what I tried but failed:
- name: Checkout repo
uses: actions/checkout#v2
- run: |
touch sample.js
echo "today=$(date -I)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- name: Commit changes
uses: EndBug/add-and-commit#v7
with:
message: "added on ${today}"
How to make it works?
If you want to reference an environment variable set using the $GITHUB_ENV environment file in the arguments to another task, you'll need to use workflow syntax to access the appropriate key of the top level env key, like this:
- name: Commit changes
uses: EndBug/add-and-commit#v7
with:
message: "added on ${{env.today}}"
You can access it as a standard environment from inside of a running task, for example:
- name: Show an environment variable
run: |
echo "today is $today"
In that example, the expression $today is expanded by the shell,
which looks up the environment variable named today. You could also
write:
- name: Show an environment variable
run: |
echo "today is ${{env.today}}"
In this case, the expansion would be performed by github's workflow
engine before the run commands execute, so the shell would see a
literal command that looks like echo "today is 2021-07-14".
You can accomplish something similar using output parameters, like this:
- name: "Set an output parameter"
id: set_today
run: |
echo "::set-output name=today::$(date -I)"
- name: Commit changes
uses: EndBug/add-and-commit#v7
with:
message: "added on ${{steps.set_today.outputs.today}}"
Using output parameters is a little more granular (because they are
qualified by the step id), and they won't show up in the environment
of processes started by your tasks.
I need some help with cloud build --substitutions.
This is the doc: https://cloud.google.com/cloud-build/docs/build-config#substitutions
Here is what is says:
cloudbuild.yaml
substitutions:
_SUB_VALUE: world
options:
substitution_option: 'ALLOW_LOOSE'
The following snippet uses substitutions to print "hello world." The ALLOW_LOOSE substitution option is set, which means the build will not return an error if there's a missing substitution variable or a missing substitution.
My case: I'm NOT using the ALLOW_LOOSE option. I need my substitutions to be required. I don't want any default values being applied. And I need it to fail immediately if I forget to pass any of the substitutions that I need.
Here is my cloudbuild.yaml file:
cloudbuild.yaml
substitutions:
_SERVER_ENV: required
_TAG_NAME: required
_MIN_INSTANCES: required
I'm initializing their default value as required specifically because I'm expecting the build call to fail if I forget to pass any of them to the gcloud builds submit call.
I'm expecting it to fail if I call gcloud builds submit and don't pass any of the defined substitutions. But it's not failing and the build completes normally without that value.
There is this observation in the docs:
Note: If your build is invoked by a trigger, the ALLOW_LOOSE option is set by default. In this case, your build will not return an error if there is a missing substitution variable or a missing substitution. You cannot override the ALLOW_LOOSE option for builds invoked by triggers.
But if I'm calling gcloud builds submit manually, that means that my build is not being invoked by any triggers, right? So the ALLOW_LOOSE options shouldn't be enabled.
Here is my full cloudbuild.yaml:
cloudbuild.yaml
steps:
- name: "gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker"
args:
- "build"
- "--build-arg"
- "SERVER_ENV=$_SERVER_ENV"
- "--tag"
- "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/server:$_TAG_NAME"
- "."
timeout: 180s
- name: "gcr.io/cloud-builders/docker"
args:
- "push"
- "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/server:$_TAG_NAME"
timeout: 180s
- name: "gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk"
entrypoint: gcloud
args:
- "beta"
- "run"
- "deploy"
- "server"
- "--image=gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/server:$_TAG_NAME"
- "--platform=managed"
- "--region=us-central1"
- "--min-instances=$_MIN_INSTANCES"
- "--max-instances=3"
- "--allow-unauthenticated"
timeout: 180s
images:
- "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/server:$_TAG_NAME"
substitutions:
_SERVER_ENV: required
_TAG_NAME: required
_MIN_INSTANCES: required
In your cloudbuild.yaml file, when you define a substituions variable you automatically set his default value
substitutions:
# Value = "required"
_SERVER_ENV: required
# Value = ""
_TAG_NAME:
Try to use a variable that is not defined in the substitutions array, such as:
steps:
- name: "gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk"
entrypoint: bash
args:
- -c
- |
# print "required"
echo $_SERVER_ENV
# print nothing
echo $_TAG_NAME
# Error, except if you allow loose. In this case, print nothing
echo $_MIN_INSTANCES
substitutions:
_SERVER_ENV: required
_TAG_NAME:
I want to run a single stage in gitlab from a yml file that contains a lot of stages. I don't want to have to add this to every single stage to avoid running all the stages.
except:
refs:
- schedules
Instead of explicitly defining the except tag for each job. You can define it once as an anchor.
.job_template: &job_definition
except:
refs:
- schedules
test1:
<<: *job_definition
script:
- test1 project
If you don't want to add except in each job, use only instead of except
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#onlyexcept-advanced
below there is an example with variables
only_with_variable:
script: ls -la
only:
variables:
- $VAR == "1234"
after that if you schedule a pipeline, you have the option to add variables to them.
in the example, you just need to add the VAR variable with value = 1234
You can use the following to run the stage only on a scheduled job
build-app:
stage: build-app
only:
- schedules
I'm trying to use variables in my gitlab-ci.yml file. This variable is passed as a parameter to a batch file that'll either only build or build and deploy based on parameter passed in. I've tried many different ways to pass my variable into the batch file but each time the variable is treated more like a static string instead.
I've read gitlabs docs on variables but cant seem to make it work.
- build
variables:
BUILD_PUBLISH_CONFIG_FALSE: 0
BUILD_PUBLISH_CONFIG_TRUE: 1
# BUILD ===============================
build: &build
stage: build
tags:
- webdev
script:
- ./build.bat %BUILD_CONFIG%
build:branch:
<<: *build
variables:
BUILD_CONFIG: $BUILD_PUBLISH_CONFIG_FALSE
only:
- /^(feature|hotfix|release)\/.+$/
build:branch:
<<: *build
variables:
BUILD_CONFIG: $BUILD_PUBLISH_CONFIG_TRUE
only:
- /^(stage)\/.+$/
build:branch:
<<: *build
variables:
BUILD_CONFIG: $BUILD_PUBLISH_CONFIG_TRUE
only:
- /^(master)\/.+$/
When watching gitlab's ci script execute, I expect ./build.bat 0, or ./build.bat 1.
Each time it prints out as ./build.bat %BUILD_CONFIG%
When you place variables inside job, that mean that you want to create new variable (and thats not correct way to do it). You want to output content of variable setup on top? Can u maybe add that to echo? or something like that? I didn't get it what you are trying to achieve.
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/#gitlab-ciyml-defined-variables