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Using GitLab CI to deploy via SSH

Using GitLab CI to deploy via SSH

It's been over a year since I last has a Tanuki Tuesday post. I normally look at specific features of GitLab when I do one of these - instead I want to cover some areas of using the CI/CD features for deployments via SSH which I kept

Why I use PHP for CI tasks

Why I use PHP for CI tasks

I've previously posted about how to create a release with GitLab and Composer [https://www.garybell.co.uk/creating-a-release-with-gitlab-ci-and-composer/]. It's actually my most popular post of all time (more popular than my home page)! It's a great feeling, but has been questioned by some:

Upgrading CI/CD pipelines to PHP 8

Upgrading CI/CD pipelines to PHP 8

With the release of PHP8, there's going to be a scramble from people to get their PHP applications up-to-date. Yes, PHP 7.4 is supported until 28th November 2021 [https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php], but there could still be a lot of work to do. Especially if

Creating a release with GitLab CI and Composer

Creating a release with GitLab CI and Composer

If you work with PHP for projects, there's a good chance you work with Composer [https://getcomposer.org/] as a package manager, and therefore have a composer.json file. This is a great place to store the version of your application or package using the version [https://getcomposer.

GitLab CI - Minimum requirements for PHPUnit

GitLab CI - Minimum requirements for PHPUnit

I do most of my coding in PHP. Always have, likely always will. Yes, I dabble in other technology, but I am getting to a point where I spend more time planning the structure of software and doing code reviews. Basically, I'm becoming a manager! But as I

Fixing GitLab pipeline stuck on tzdata configuration

Fixing GitLab pipeline stuck on tzdata configuration

Are your pipelines stuck forever waiting one one job to finish? Does that job always time out? And in the console output for that job, is it stuck at the following point? Yes, being stuck at "Configuring tzdata" is a nightmare often faced for new pipeline elements, especially

NPM del task forgets to signal async completion

NPM del task forgets to signal async completion

As part of my development workflow, I use gulp [https://gulpjs.com/] to build the Javascript and CSS files for production. To ensure that the files are removed and replaced, rather than any kind of amendment, I use the del package [https://www.npmjs.com/package/del]. This had always