GitLab Global Variables

This section describes the global variables that are presently being used as part of the GitLab CI/CD infrastructure.

You can directly use these variables in $VARIABLE format in your CI/CD pipelines. Passwords are masked and not visible on the pipeline outputs. Please refrain from writing them in plain-text format.

Variables Interface

The variables are set under the CI/CD Settings on GitLab.

The variables interface on GitLab

Variables Description

GitLab ska-telescope Group Variables

Key	Description
CAR_OCI_REGISTRY_HOST	Is the FQDN of the Central Artefact Repository - artefact.skao.int
CAR_OCI_REGISTRY_USERNAME	OCI Image Publishing user name
CAR_OCI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD	OCI Publishing user password
CAR_PYPI_REPOSITORY_URL	Python Package Artefact Repository URL - https://artefact.skao.int/repository/pypi-internal/
CAR_PYPI_USERNAME	PyPi Publishing user name
CAR_PYPI_PASSWORD	PyPi user password
CAR_HELM_REPOSITORY_URL	Helm Artefact Repository URL - https://artefact.skao.int/repository/helm-internal
CAR_HELM_USERNAME	Helm Chart Publishing user name
CAR_HELM_PASSWORD	Helm Chart Publishing user password
CAR_ANSIBLE_REPOSITORY_URL	Ansible Collections Repository URL - https://artefact.skao.int/repository/ansible-internal
CAR_ANSIBLE_USERNAME	Ansible role/collection Publishing user name
CAR_ANSIBLE_PASSWORD	Ansible role/collection Publishing user password
CAR_RAW_REPOSITORY_URL	Raw Artefact Repository URL - https://artefact.skao.int/repository/raw-internal
CAR_RAW_USERNAME	Raw Repository Publishing user name
CAR_RAW_PASSWORD	Raw Repository Publishing user password
CAR_CONAN_REPOSITORY_URL	Conan Artefact Repository URL - https://artefact.skao.int/repository/conan-internal
CAR_CONAN_USERNAME	Conan Repository Publishing user name
CAR_CONAN_PASSWORD	Conan Repository Publishing user password
JIRA_AUTH	JIRA Authentication token for uploading XRAY Test Results
SKA_K8S_TOOLS_BUILD_DEPLOY	Latest OCI image for build and test jobs- artefact.skao.int/ska-cicd-k8s-tools-build-deploy:x.x.x
SKA_K8S_TOOLS_BUILD_DEPLOY_ALPINE	Latest OCI image for build and test jobs (Alpine based) - artefact.skao.int/ska-cicd-k8s-tools-build-deploy-alpine:x.x.x
SKA_PYTHON_PYTANGO_BUILDER_IMAGE	Latest OCI image for Python lint and test jobs - artefact.skao.int/ska-tango-images-pytango-builder:x.x.x
JIRA_URL	SKA Jira URL
JIRA_USERNAME	Jira Automation Account Username
JIRA_PASSWORD	Jira Automation Account Password
SLACK_RELEASE_CHANNEL	Slack channel id used for release notification message