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Deploy with Gitlab Runner

Define these variables on Gitlab as CI/CD variables​

  • PRIVATE_KEY
  • SERVER_IP

By Running Commands Directly​

.gitlab-ci.yml

before_script:  
  - echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/generic.pem  
  - chmod 600 ~/generic.pem  
  - 'echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'

stages:  
  - deploy

deploy:  
  only:  
    - master  
  stage: deploy  
  script:  
    - ssh -i ~/generic.pem ec2-user@$SERVER_IP "do deployment stuff"  
    - rm ~/generic.pem  
  tags:  
    - cd

By Running Script​

.gitlab-ci.yml

before_script:  
  - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'

stages:  
  - deploy

deploy-to-test:  
  only:  
    - master  
  stage: deploy  
  script:  
    - bash runner-script.sh # shell script that will run on "deploy" runner  
  tags:  
    - deploy # run on a specific runner

Runner Script​

#!/bin/bash

eval $(ssh-agent -s)  
echo "$PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null

mkdir -p ~/.ssh  
touch ~/.ssh/config  
echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" >> ~/.ssh/config

ssh username@$SERVER_IP 'bash -s' < deploy-script.sh

Deploy Script (Runs on server connected with SSH)​

#!/bin/bash

# deployment steps

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