- 1 year ago
Unable to use variables for artifact name in gitab-ci.yml
In GitLab CI/CD, you cannot directly use variables for artifact names in the .gitlab-ci.yml
file. The artifact names in the artifacts
section of the pipeline configuration are fixed and do not support variable substitution.
However, you can work around this limitation by using dynamic artifact names with the help of GitLab's API or by using a script within your pipeline. Here's an example using a script:
yamlvariables:
ARTIFACT_NAME: ""
stages:
- build
- deploy
build:
stage: build
script:
- echo "Build your application here"
- echo "Setting artifact name based on variables"
- |
ARTIFACT_NAME="my_artifact_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
echo $ARTIFACT_NAME > artifact_name.txt
artifacts:
paths:
- artifact_name.txt
deploy:
stage: deploy
script:
- echo "Deploying..."
- ARTIFACT_NAME=$(cat artifact_name.txt)
- echo "Using artifact name: $ARTIFACT_NAME"
- # Use the artifact name in your deployment process
In this example, we create an artifact name dynamically by combining a constant prefix (my_artifact_
) with the branch name (CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
). We write the dynamically generated artifact name to a file (artifact_name.txt
) as an intermediate step.
In the subsequent stage (deploy
), we read the artifact name from the file and use it in the deployment process. You can replace the deployment script with your actual deployment steps.
Remember to adjust the example according to your specific requirements and pipeline structure.