Commit ef44ebf8 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch '41436-use-simpler-env-vars-for-auto-devops-replicas' into 'master'

Update Auto-Devops docs to mention new REPLICAS env var

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!18036
parents b9d868e3 76f240a5
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title: 'Introduce simpler env vars for auto devops REPLICAS and CANARY_REPLICAS #41436'
merge_request: 18036
author:
type: added
......@@ -455,17 +455,19 @@ The following variables can be used for setting up the Auto DevOps domain,
providing a custom Helm chart, or scaling your application. PostgreSQL can be
also be customized, and you can easily use a [custom buildpack](#custom-buildpacks).
| **Variable** | **Description** |
| ------------ | --------------- |
| `AUTO_DEVOPS_DOMAIN` | The [Auto DevOps domain](#auto-devops-domain); by default set automatically by the [Auto DevOps setting](#enabling-auto-devops). |
| `AUTO_DEVOPS_CHART` | The Helm Chart used to deploy your apps; defaults to the one [provided by GitLab](https://gitlab.com/charts/charts.gitlab.io/tree/master/charts/auto-deploy-app). |
| `PRODUCTION_REPLICAS` | The number of replicas to deploy in the production environment; defaults to 1. |
| `CANARY_PRODUCTION_REPLICAS`| The number of canary replicas to deploy for [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html) in the production environment. |
| `POSTGRES_ENABLED` | Whether PostgreSQL is enabled; defaults to `"true"`. Set to `false` to disable the automatic deployment of PostgreSQL. |
| `POSTGRES_USER` | The PostgreSQL user; defaults to `user`. Set it to use a custom username. |
| `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | The PostgreSQL password; defaults to `testing-password`. Set it to use a custom password. |
| `POSTGRES_DB` | The PostgreSQL database name; defaults to the value of [`$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG`](../../ci/variables/README.md#predefined-variables-environment-variables). Set it to use a custom database name. |
| `BUILDPACK_URL` | The buildpack's full URL. It can point to either Git repositories or a tarball URL. For Git repositories, it is possible to point to a specific `ref`, for example `https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git#v142`|
| **Variable** | **Description** |
| ------------ | --------------- |
| `AUTO_DEVOPS_DOMAIN` | The [Auto DevOps domain](#auto-devops-domain); by default set automatically by the [Auto DevOps setting](#enabling-auto-devops). |
| `AUTO_DEVOPS_CHART` | The Helm Chart used to deploy your apps; defaults to the one [provided by GitLab](https://gitlab.com/charts/charts.gitlab.io/tree/master/charts/auto-deploy-app). |
| `REPLICAS` | The number of replicas to deploy; defaults to 1. |
| `PRODUCTION_REPLICAS` | The number of replicas to deploy in the production environment. This takes precedence over `REPLICAS`; defaults to 1. |
| `CANARY_REPLICAS` | The number of canary replicas to deploy for [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html); defaults to 1 |
| `CANARY_PRODUCTION_REPLICAS` | The number of canary replicas to deploy for [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html) in the production environment. This takes precedence over `CANARY_REPLICAS`; defaults to 1 |
| `POSTGRES_ENABLED` | Whether PostgreSQL is enabled; defaults to `"true"`. Set to `false` to disable the automatic deployment of PostgreSQL. |
| `POSTGRES_USER` | The PostgreSQL user; defaults to `user`. Set it to use a custom username. |
| `POSTGRES_PASSWORD` | The PostgreSQL password; defaults to `testing-password`. Set it to use a custom password. |
| `POSTGRES_DB` | The PostgreSQL database name; defaults to the value of [`$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG`](../../ci/variables/README.md#predefined-variables-environment-variables). Set it to use a custom database name. |
| `BUILDPACK_URL` | The buildpack's full URL. It can point to either Git repositories or a tarball URL. For Git repositories, it is possible to point to a specific `ref`, for example `https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git#v142` |
TIP: **Tip:**
Set up the replica variables using a
......@@ -496,8 +498,9 @@ The general rule is: `TRACK_ENV_REPLICAS`. Where:
That way, you can define your own `TRACK_ENV_REPLICAS` variables with which
you will be able to scale the pod's replicas easily.
In the example below, the environment's name is `qa` which would result in
looking for the `QA_REPLICAS` environment variable:
In the example below, the environment's name is `qa` and it deploys the track
`foo` which would result in looking for the `FOO_QA_REPLICAS` environment
variable:
```yaml
QA testing:
......@@ -505,11 +508,11 @@ QA testing:
environment:
name: qa
script:
- deploy qa
- deploy foo
```
If, in addition, there was also a `track: foo` defined in the application's Helm
chart, like:
The track `foo` being referenced would also need to be defined in the
application's Helm chart, like:
```yaml
replicaCount: 1
......@@ -531,8 +534,6 @@ service:
internalPort: 5000
```
then the environment variable would be `FOO_QA_REPLICAS`.
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