GitHub Action: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci

This GitHub Action triggers a GitLab CI pipeline through webhooks.

Instructions

Example

You can use this GitHub Action in a workflow in your own repository with uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v1.

A minimal job example looks as follows:

jobs:
  trigger-gitlab-ci:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v1
      with:
        project_id: 37728736
        token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}

You will need to upload the GitLab CI pipeline trigger token to the GitHub repository or organization secrets. This token can be created in the GitLab repository settings under CI/CD > Pipeline Triggers.

Inputs

This action requires the following inputs:

• project_id: GitLab project ID
• token: GitLab pipeline trigger token (GitLab Settings > CI/CD > Pipeline Triggers)

This action also accepts several optional inputs:

• url: GitLab server url (at the level under which the API starts), default: https://gitlab.com
• ref_name: GitLab project ref_name (branch or tag name), default: main
• variables: Additional variables in VAR1=value VAR2=value format to pass to the pipeline, default: ``

A more advanced example could look as follows, passing variables for call backs:

jobs:
  trigger-gitlab-ci:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v1
      with:
        url: https://gitlab.cern.ch
        project_id: 6751
        token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
        ref_name: master
        variables: |
          GITHUB_REPOSITORYURL: ${{ github.repositoryUrl }}
          GITHUB_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}

Outputs

This actions provides the following outputs:

• json: GitLab webhook response (JSON)
• web_url: GitLab pipeline URL

These outputs can be used as follows to print the GitLab pipeline URL to :

jobs:
  trigger-gitlab-ci:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: eic/trigger-gitlab-ci@v1
      id: trigger
      with:
        project_id: 37728736
        token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
    - uses: peter-evans/commit-comment@v2
      with:
        body: |
          GitLab pipeline: ${{ steps.trigger.outputs.web_url }}