Git: Create a basic CI delivery pipeline

Create a CI delivery pipeline via Git. Make sure you have your personal Git token and the secret for the Docker Registry before you start.

Before you begin

  1. Create a personal Git token
  2. Create the Docker Registry secret

Download and commit CI delivery pipeline resource files

The basic CI delivery pipeline comprises resource files that you must download and then commit to the Git repository. For the purposes of the quick start, you will commit them to the Git repo you selected or created during runtime installation.

  1. Download the following resource files:
    • Github-ci EventSource (event-source.git-ci-source.yaml). Download
    • Express-ci Sensor (sensor.express-ci.yaml). Download
    • ci-simple WorkflowTemplate (workflow-template.ci-simple.yaml). Download
  2. Save and commit to the resource_<runtime-name> folder in the <runtime-name>_git.source repo reated during runtime installation.
    Codefresh syncs these resource definitions to your cluster, and create the resources in the cluster.
  3. In the Codefresh UI, view the newly created pipeline in Delivery Pipelines.

Configure delivery pipeline with demo microservice application

  1. Update the event source to listen to events from the forked repository.
    • Open eventSource.git-ci-source.yaml.
    • In line 22, update names and owner for repositories:
      For names, verify that express-microservice, the name of the forked demo service is displayed.
      For owner, add your GitHub username.
      ...
  repositories:
     - names:
       - express-microservice
     owner: <github-user-name>
  ...
  1. Commit the file.
  2. Confirm the file has been updated:
    • In the Codefresh UI, go to Delivery Pipelines.
    • Select the Manifests tab, and then select the eventsource resource. It may take a few seconds to update.
    • Verify that you see your changes.
  3. From the toolbar, open the Notifications panel to see syncs for event start and completion.

Trigger an event for the CI delivery pipeline

To complete the CI delivery pipeline, trigger an event that runs the pipeline.

  1. Update the readme.md file in the root of the Git repo and commit the changes.
  2. Now navigate to the simple-ci pipeline and see that new workflow has been created.
  3. Click on the workflow to view its execution details.
    This pipeline:
    • Clones the express-microserivce repo
    • Builds the image
    • Pushes the image to your Docker Hub
    • Updates Codefresh with the image information
  4. In the Codefresh UI, go to Images.