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Léo-Paul Géneau
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@@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ You can find these nightly pipelines at [GitLab QA pipelines page][gitlab-qa-pip
It is also possible to trigger build of GitLab packages and then pass these
package to GitLab QA to run tests in a
[
pipeline
][
gitlab-qa-pipelines
]
.
Developers can trigger
a
`package-qa`
manual action, that should be present in
the merge request widget
in your merge request
.
Developers can trigger
the
`package-qa`
manual action, that should be present in
the merge request widget.
It is
possible to trigger Gitlab QA pipeline from merge requests in GitLab CE
and GitLab EE, but QA triggering manual action is also available in the Omnibus
GitLab project
as well.
It is
also possible to trigger Gitlab QA pipeline from merge requests in
Omnibus GitLab project. You can find a manual action that is similar to
`package-qa`
, mentioned above, in your Omnibus-related merge requests
as well.
Below you can read more about how to use it and how does it work.
#### How does it work?
Currently, we are _multi-project pipeline_-like approach to run QA pipelines.
Currently, we are using _multi-project pipeline_-like approach to run QA
pipelines.
1.
Developer triggers a manual action, that can be found in CE and EE merge
requests
, what starts a chain of pipeline
s.
requests
. This starts a chain of pipelines in multiple project
s.
1.
The script
, that is being executed, triggers a pipeline in GitLab Omnibu
s
projects, and waits
for the resulting status. We call this a _status attribution_.
1.
The script
being executed triggers a pipeline in GitLab Omnibus and wait
s
for the resulting status. We call this a _status attribution_.
1.
GitLab packages are being built in Omnibus pipeline. Packages are going to be
pushed to Container Registry.
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@@ -50,24 +51,25 @@ pipeline, that is now running in Omnibus, triggers a new pipeline in the GitLab
QA project. It also waits for a resulting status.
1.
GitLab QA pulls images from the registry, spins-up containers and runs tests
against a test environment that has been just orchestrated by
`gitlab-qa`
tool.
against a test environment that has been just orchestrated by the
`gitlab-qa`
tool.
1.
The result of GitLab QA pipeline is being propagated upstream, through
1.
The result of
the
GitLab QA pipeline is being propagated upstream, through
Omnibus, back to CE / EE merge request.
#### How do I write tests?
In order to write new tests, you first need to learn more about GitLab QA
architecture.
There is some documentation about it in GitLab QA project
[
here
][
gitlab-qa-architecture
]
.
architecture.
See the
[
documentation about it
][
gitlab-qa-architecture
]
in
GitLab QA project
.
Once you decided were to put test environment orchestration scenarios and
instance specs, take a look
s at
[
relevant documentation
][
instance-qa-readme
]
Once you decided w
h
ere to put test environment orchestration scenarios and
instance specs, take a look
at the
[
relevant documentation
][
instance-qa-readme
]
and examples in
[
the `qa/` directory
][
instance-qa-examples
]
.
## Where can I ask for help?
You can ask question in
`#qa`
channel on Slack (GitLab internal) or you can
You can ask question in
the
`#qa`
channel on Slack (GitLab internal) or you can
find an issue you would like to work on in
[
the issue tracker
][
gitlab-qa-issues
]
and start a new discussion there.
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