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@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-## Test and Deploy a ruby application
+# Test and Deploy a ruby application with GitLab CI/CD
+
This example will guide you how to run tests in your Ruby on Rails application and deploy it automatically as Heroku application.
You can checkout the example [source](https://gitlab.com/ayufan/ruby-getting-started) and check [CI status](https://gitlab.com/ayufan/ruby-getting-started/builds?scope=all).
-### Configure project
+## Configure the project
+
This is what the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file looks like for this project:
+
```yaml
test:
script:
@@ -36,23 +39,28 @@ This project has three jobs:
2. `staging` - used to automatically deploy staging environment every push to `master` branch
3. `production` - used to automatically deploy production environment for every created tag
-### Store API keys
-You'll need to create two variables in `Project > Variables`:
+## Store API keys
+
+You'll need to create two variables in your project's **Settings > CI/CD > Variables**:
+
1. `HEROKU_STAGING_API_KEY` - Heroku API key used to deploy staging app,
2. `HEROKU_PRODUCTION_API_KEY` - Heroku API key used to deploy production app.
Find your Heroku API key in [Manage Account](https://dashboard.heroku.com/account).
-### Create Heroku application
+## Create Heroku application
+
For each of your environments, you'll need to create a new Heroku application.
You can do this through the [Dashboard](https://dashboard.heroku.com/).
-### Create runner
+## Create Runner
+
First install [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/installation/).
To build this project you also need to have [GitLab Runner](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/#gitlab-runner).
You can use public runners available on `gitlab.com`, but you can register your own:
+
```
-gitlab-ci-multi-runner register \
+gitlab-runner register \
--non-interactive \
--url "https://gitlab.com/" \
--registration-token "PROJECT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN" \
@@ -62,6 +70,6 @@ gitlab-ci-multi-runner register \
--docker-postgres latest
```
-With the command above, you create a runner that uses [ruby:2.2](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/ruby/) image and uses [postgres](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/postgres/) database.
+With the command above, you create a Runner that uses [ruby:2.2](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/ruby/) image and uses [postgres](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/postgres/) database.
To access PostgreSQL database you need to connect to `host: postgres` as user `postgres` without password.