[SOLVED] Invoke GitLab CI jobs from inside other jobs

Invoke GitLab CI jobs from inside other jobs

I have many different GitLab CI jobs in my repository and dependent on variables that are set by an user in a config file I want to execute different sequences of jobs. My approach is to create a scheduler job that analyzes the config file and executes the jobs accordingly. However, I cannot figure out how to execute another job from within a job.

Any help is appreciated!

Solution

This would be a good use case for dynamic child pipelines. This is pretty much the only way to customize a pipeline based on the outcome of another job.

From the docs:

generate-config:
  stage: build
  script: generate-ci-config > generated-config.yml
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - generated-config.yml

child-pipeline:
  stage: test
  trigger:
    include:
      - artifact: generated-config.yml
        job: generate-config

In your case, the script generate-ci-config would be the analysis of your config files and creates a job configuration conditionally based on the config contents.