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WIP: Resolve "Run CI/CD pipelines on a schedule"

Shinya Maeda requested to merge shinya.maeda/gitlab-ce:2989-run-cicd-pipelines-on-a-schedule-idea1 into master

This MR is only for planning milestones for Idea 1 in #2989 (closed) and clarifying the specification. Each step should be separated MR.

Step 1: Remove legacy codes

  • Check whether legacy codes are still lurking (e.g. whenever gem)
  • Remove legacy codes. Test to make sure the change doesn't break current architectures and dependencies.

Step 2: Backend

Step 2.1: Database

table column type data
(TBD) trigger_type string external(api) or scheduled(cron)
(TBD) cron string e.g. 30 18 * * *
(TBD) cron_time_zone string e.g. Europe/Istanbul
(TBD) target_ref string e.g. complie-linux-dist-*
(TBD) condition_type string always or if_changed
(TBD) active boolean literaly pasue/unpause

Step 2.2: Controller

  • app/controllers/projects/triggers_controller.rb

  • Create a new trigger with cronjob (#new, #create, with sidekiq-cron) (TODO: Elaborate this process)

  • Edit a trigger (#edit, #update)

  • Remove a trigger (#destroy)

  • Invoke a trigger with cronjob immediately (#test_cronjob)

  • Support Pass job variables (TODO: make sure this needs to be classified)

Step 3: Frontend

Step 3.1: Registration of a new Trigger ("Settings" -> "CI/CD Pipelines" -> "Triggers")

  • Click Add trigger button -> Show a new trigger registration form

  • "Trigger description" (Already existed)

  • "Trigger type" (Radiobutton: External Trigger(API) or Scheduled Trigger(Cron))

  • if "Scheduled Trigger" chosen, expand those items

  • "Schedules" (TextFiled: e.g. 30 18 * * *. Syntax check.) . Plus there are three buttons: "Nightly builds", "Sunday night", "Last day of a month". If one of them clicked, automatically this filed fulfilled.

  • "Time zone" (Combobox: For gitlab.com users. Choose a country. e.g. Europe/Istanbul)

  • "Target ref" (TextFiled: wildcard(*) support. e.g. complie-linux-dist-*. If there are no matches, show an error msg.)

  • "Conditions"(Combobox: "always" or "if there was a new change on the branch". Default: "always")

  • "variables"(TextFiled: e.g. "variables[RUN_NIGHTLY_BUILD]=true")

  • Active/Deactive a trigger (only #edit)

Example Untitled__2__copy Reference: Buddy

Step 3.2: List triggers

In a row, there are

  • Status

  • Active/Deactive

  • Cron format

  • Last used (Already existed)

  • Link to the last invoked pipeline

  • Button

  • Delete a trigger (Already existed.)

  • Edit a trigger (Already existed. Edit parameters except "Trigger type")

Example

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Reference: TravisCI

Note / Concerns

  • Limitation for gitlab.com. e.g. One project has only one Scheduled Trigger. User can not set less than one day interval. Target ref should be matched less than 5 targets.
  • Performance. Processes of schedulers and builds will incredibly increase.
  • No real-time status update like Buddy for a first iteration.
  • Maybe this layout should be refurbished by UI/UX dev.

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