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diff --git a/doc/articles/how_to_use_gitlab_ci_to_deploy_maven_projects_to_artifactory/index.md b/doc/articles/how_to_use_gitlab_ci_to_deploy_maven_projects_to_artifactory/index.md index 2a8e9ea2717..9622b4b0761 100644 --- a/doc/articles/how_to_use_gitlab_ci_to_deploy_maven_projects_to_artifactory/index.md +++ b/doc/articles/how_to_use_gitlab_ci_to_deploy_maven_projects_to_artifactory/index.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ You'll create two different projects: - `simple-maven-dep`: the app built and deployed to Artifactory (available at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/maven/simple-maven-dep) - `simple-maven-app`: the app using the previous one as a dependency (available at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/maven/simple-maven-app) -We assume that you already have a GitLab account on [GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/), and that you know the basic usage of Git and GitLab CI/CD. +We assume that you already have a GitLab account on [GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/), and that you know the basic usage of Git and [GitLab CI/CD](https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-ci-cd/). We also assume that an Artifactory instance is available and reachable from the internet, and that you have valid credentials to deploy on it. ## Create the simple Maven dependency @@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ and set a command line parameter in `.gitlab-ci.yml` to use the custom location ### Configure GitLab CI/CD for `simple-maven-dep` -Now it's time we set up GitLab CI/CD to automatically build, test and deploy the dependency! +Now it's time we set up [GitLab CI/CD](https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-ci-cd/) to automatically build, test and deploy the dependency! + +[GitLab CI/CD](https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-ci-cd/) uses a file in the root of the repo, named `.gitlab-ci.yml`, to read the definitions for jobs +that will be executed by the configured GitLab Runners. You can read more about this file in the [GitLab Documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/). First of all, remember to set up secret variables for your deployment. Navigate to your project's **Settings > Pipelines** page and add the following secret variables (replace them with your current values, of course): @@ -189,11 +192,12 @@ Now you are ready to use the Artifactory repository to resolve dependencies and ### Configure GitLab CI/CD for `simple-maven-app` -You need a last step to have everything in place: configure `.gitlab-ci.yml`. +You need a last step to have everything in place: configure the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file for this project, as you already did for `simple-maven-dep`. -You want to build, test and run your awesome application, and see if you can get the greeting as expected! +You want to leverage [GitLab CI/CD](https://about.gitlab.com/features/gitlab-ci-cd/) to automatically build, test and run your awesome application, +and see if you can get the greeting as expected! -Add the `.gitlab-ci.yml` to the repo: +All you need to do is to add the following `.gitlab-ci.yml` to the repo: ```yaml image: maven:latest @@ -229,6 +233,9 @@ run: - mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.example.app.App" ``` +It is very similar to the configuration used for `simple-maven-dep`, but instead of the `deploy` job there is a `run` job. +Probably something that you don't want to use in real projects, but here it is useful to see the application automatically running. + And that's it! In the `run` job output log you will find a friendly hello to GitLab! ## Conclusion |