I'm trying to use the CI/CD of gitlab to compile a c++ project and create a release but, I'm struggling to understand how to get my binaries as assets on the release page. I manage to get an asset pointing to an artifact but all my releases will point to the last binary. Does anyone know what is the proper way to do this ? Here is my pipeline script:
build:
tags:
- docker_runner
stage: build
only:
- main
script:
- mkdir release
- apt update && apt install tree cmake ninja-build g++ -y
- cmake --preset default
- cmake --build --preset default
- cp cmake-build-default/hello_world release/hello_world
- tree
artifacts:
paths:
- release/hello_world
release:
image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
only:
- main
tags:
- docker_runner
stage: release
script:
- apt update && apt install tree -y
- tree
release:
tag_name: v0.3.3
description: v3.3
assets:
links:
- name: 'hello_world'
url: https://........./-/jobs/artifacts/main/browse?job=build
artifacts:
paths:
- release/hello_world
thanks
I tried to search on the docs but I can't find the place that explains this clearly
Directly attaching job artifacts links to a release is not recommended, because job artifacts are ephemeral and are used to pass data in the same pipeline. This means there’s a risk that they could either expire or someone might manually delete them.
Recommended approach is to use GitLab Packages Registry and pubish your binaries to this registry as a generic package
Here is an example from Gitlab documentation
stages:
- build
- upload
- release
variables:
# Package version can only contain numbers (0-9), and dots (.).
# Must be in the format of X.Y.Z, i.e. should match /\A\d+\.\d+\.\d+\z/ regular expresion.
# See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/generic_packages/#publish-a-package-file
PACKAGE_VERSION: "1.2.3"
DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY: "myawesomerelease-darwin-amd64-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
LINUX_AMD64_BINARY: "myawesomerelease-linux-amd64-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL: "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/myawesomerelease/${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
build:
stage: build
image: alpine:latest
rules:
- if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
script:
- mkdir bin
- echo "Mock binary for ${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY}" > bin/${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY}
- echo "Mock binary for ${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY}" > bin/${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY}
artifacts:
paths:
- bin/
upload:
stage: upload
image: curlimages/curl:latest
rules:
- if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
script:
- |
curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --upload-file bin/${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY} "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY}"
- |
curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --upload-file bin/${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY} "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY}"
release:
# Caution, as of 2021-02-02 these assets links require a login, see:
# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/299384
stage: release
image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
rules:
- if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
script:
- |
release-cli create --name "Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG" --tag-name $CI_COMMIT_TAG \
--assets-link "{\"name\":\"${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY}\",\"url\":\"${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${DARWIN_AMD64_BINARY}\"}" \
--assets-link "{\"name\":\"${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY}\",\"url\":\"${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${LINUX_AMD64_BINARY}\"}"