Provide UNLEASH_URL and UNLEASH_INSTANCE_ID as CI/CD pre-defined environment variables
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Problem to solve
GitLab 11.4 introduced feature flags as a project feature, based on Unleash. GitLab provides the Unleash URL and instance ID that clients use to get feature flags.
Projects have to manually copy the URL and instance ID from their feature flag configurations. GitLab CI/CD should provide these and app name as CI/CD variables.
Intended users
Further details
The three main configuration variables for Unleash clients are the url, app name, and client id. They can be specified through environment variables as UNLEASH_URL, UNLEASH_APP_NAME, and UNLEASH_INSTANCE_ID.
Proposal
GitLab CI/CD should provide the Unleash configuration values as pre-defined environment variables. For UNLEASH_APP_NAME, this can be something like the value of CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME.
Permissions and Security
Documentation
Testing
What does success look like, and how can we measure that?
Projects can configure Unleash clients during deployments without requiring developers to manually copy out the project's Unleash URL and Client ID.
What is the type of buyer?
GitLab feature flags are available to GitLab Premium and GitLab.com Silver and higher tiers.
Links / references
https://gitlab.my.salesforce.com/0016100000KvacF
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