This lists some of the stuff the CI/CD pipeline does.
It runs on GitLab at couchers/couchers. Their CI/CD is super awesome and we're supposed to be getting an open-source license to get even more of that good stuff.
Note on slugs: each branch has a slug generated from the branch name, normally you just replace non-alphanumberic stuff with dashes, so a branch name of web/feature/login gets a slug of web-feature-login. The previews and artifacts can usually be identified based on this slug or the commit hash. (The slug is useful for use in places where you can't use slashes, e.g. URLs or docker image names).
- Latest compiled protos: https://gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/-/jobs/artifacts/develop/download?job=protos
- Built react web frontend: https://gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/-/jobs/artifacts/develop/download?job=build:web
- Web as at
develop: https://develop--web.preview.couchershq.org/ - Current backend test coverage on
develop: https://develop--bcov.preview.couchershq.org/ - Current web test coverage on
develop: https://develop--wcov.preview.couchershq.org/
The CI/CD pipeline runs the tests in //app/backend, //app/media, and //app/web. You can see test results in the pipeline overview. If the tests fail, the status check will fail and you won't be able to merge a PR.
You can download compiled protos from the "artifacts" section. Each has a unique URL also, and you can get the latest compiled protos from here https://gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/-/jobs/artifacts/develop/download?job=protos. E.g. if you don't want to run docker to compile them. You will need to drop them in the right spots though.
Similarly you can download a built web frontend, e.g. at https://gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/-/jobs/artifacts/develop/download?job=build:web if you want the built web frontend (this is what we deploy).
The pipeline builds previews of the web frontend (web) and code coverage for backend (bcov) and web frontend (wcov). You can access these are https://{slug/hash}--{type}.preview.couchershq.org where slug/hash is either the branch slug or its short hash (first 8 characters of the commit hash), type is one of web/bcov/wcov. The previews point to the current prod API.
These links are also printed at the end of the preview jobs in the pipeline.
The whole point of the pipeline is to build docker images, so of course you can get those too. You can get the latest versions of our containers as:
- registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/backend
- registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/media
- registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/proxy
- registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/nginx
- registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/web
For example, to start the web frontend in docker locally, you could theoretically run docker run registry.gitlab.com/couchers/couchers/web.
Note that although we aim to keep the develop branch always stable, we guarantee nothing, and sometimes things do break even there. Similarly, at the moment we release manually, so the app might not always be running the :latest containers.