How to set up Gitlab Webhooks for automated builds

One important feature of ufotest is automated builds. The system can be configured to build a new version of software (and flash the hardware with it) for every push to a remote repository.

This can also be done using a Gitlab instance.

Prerequisites:

• How to configure web server with a public hostname: The web server has to be publicly accessible! Or at least it has to be in the same namespace so it is accessible by the Gitlab server. This may as well be a local network
• The server needs to be running at all times where a push might occur!

Specify the remote repo in the config file

First you need to specify the remote repository with the relevant code base in the config file:

config.toml

[ci]
    repository_url = 'https://gitlab.example.com/username/repo.git'

This repository will be cloned every time to create the new software version to be tested

Go to Gitlab and register a Webhook

Visit the Gitlab web interface for the repository in question. Navigate to “Settings -> Webhooks”. Enter the public hostname of your ufotest web server and use the url /push/gitlab

Select only the checkbox for “Push events” as seen in the screenshot below, Disable the SSL verification at the bottom of the page and and press “Add webhook”