The GitLab CI/CD pipeline for the Squid project includes several stages. Each job within the stages plays a unique role in processing and updating files and Docker images related to the Squid project. Here’s an overview of each job in the pipeline:
Each job takes part in different stages of the pipeline, starting from linting the Dockerfile, fetching the latest Squid version, building Docker images, testing built images, pushing them to Docker Hub, analyzing CI/CD jobs and updating Docker Hub description. They are dependent on one another to ensure a functional Dockerized version of the latest Squid release.
Several environment variables are set to manage the Docker image names, Docker Hub credentials, and server locations. The file variables.env is used to store the fetched Squid version which is subsequently passed to various scripts. Other notable files include Dockerfiles involved in constructing Docker images, and README_template.md in the getsquid_vars script.
Each job within the pipeline is linked to specific dependencies
mentioned in the needs: lines. These dependencies signify
that certain jobs must be completed successfully before proceeding.
The jobs produce different artifacts and outputs, including:
The latest commit (1a697f3) is titled “README Auto update [skip ci]”.
It probably updates README.md with details from the newest Squid
version. The [skip ci] directive in the commit message
means CI jobs won’t run by this commit. Thus, it doesn’t trigger a new
pipeline execution. It just updates the README description.
The Jobs content section contains the code of all jobs. The pipeline details can be found at Project Pipeline and Docker images at DockerHub.