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Setting up a Custom CI/CD Pipeline

Zuplo provides the Zuplo deployer, a GitHub app that can be used to automatically deploy your APIs from your GitHub repository to the Zuplo platform. However, we realized that sometimes you might not be using GitHub as your version control system. Or, that you might want to exercise more control over your CI/CD pipeline. For these cases, we provide a CLI that can be used to deploy your APIs to the Zuplo platform.

Getting Started

tip

The API key is scoped to your account. So you can use the same one for all projects under the same account. If you are a member of multiple accounts, be sure to select the right one.

The Zuplo CLI, zup, which you be using in you custom CI/CD script, uses API Keys to authenticate. You can find your API Key by following these steps:

  1. Navigate to portal.zuplo.com and log in.
  2. Select the project that you want to work on.
  3. Click on the "Settings" tab and navigate to the "Zuplo API Keys" section.

Zuplo API Keys

  1. Write some tests for your API. We provide a rich set of test helpers and utils based on BDD. You can see examples of tests at samples.
tip

Your test files need to be under the tests folder and end with .test.ts to be picked up by the Zuplo CLI.

Setting up a custom workflow with GitHub Actions

The full example is available at https://github.com/zuplo/zup-cli-example-project/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml

  1. Create a workflow file. You can use the following to help you get started:
.github/workflows/ci.yaml
name: Zuplo CI

on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:

jobs:
run-zup-test:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
env:
ZUPLO_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ZUPLO_API_KEY }}

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3

# This explicitly tells action to use the latest version of Zuplo from the public NPM registry
- uses: actions/setup-node@v3
with:
node-version: "18.x"
registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.com"
scope: "@zuplo"

- name: Checkout the actual branch for the pull request
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
run: |
git checkout -b ${{ github.head_ref }}

- name: NPM Install
run: npm install

# shell: bash is required so that pipefail is set.
# See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#exit-codes-and-error-action-preference
# This way if the deploy fails, we fail before piping to tee.
# Note that you are not required to use tee. We are using it in this example so that the output is available to the terminal and written to the file.
- name: Zup Deploy
shell: bash
run: |
npx @zuplo/cli deploy --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" | tee ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT

- name: Zup Test
shell: bash
run: |
npx @zuplo/cli test --endpoint $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E 's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')

- name: Zup Delete
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
shell: bash
run: |
npx @zuplo/cli delete --url $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E 's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/') --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" --wait

# This is not necessary but it showcases how you can list your zups
- name: Zup List
shell: bash
run: |
npx @zuplo/cli list --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY"
  1. Create a secret for your GitHub Action and be sure to set ZUPLO_API_KEY to the API key you generated in the previous step.

Setting up a custom workflow with Bitbucket Pipelines

The full example is available at https://github.com/zuplo/zup-cli-example-project/blob/main/bitbucket-pipelines.yml

  1. Create a pipelines file. You can use the following to help you get started:
bitbucket-pipelines.yml
image: node:18

pipelines:
branches:
# If your default branch is not main, change this to match
main:
- step:
name: NPM Install
script:
- npm install
- step:
name: Zup Deploy
# set -o pipefail
# This way if the deploy fails, we fail before piping to tee.
# Note that you are not required to use tee. We are using it in this example so that the output is available to the terminal and written to the file.
script:
- set -o pipefail
- npx @zuplo/cli deploy --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" | tee
./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
artifacts:
- DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
- step:
name: Zup Test
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli test --endpoint $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E
's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')
pull-requests:
"**":
- step:
name: NPM Install
script:
- npm install
- step:
name: Zup Deploy
# set -o pipefail
# This way if the deploy fails, we fail before piping to tee.
# Note that you are not required to use tee. We are using it in this example so that the output is available to the terminal and written to the file.
script:
- set -o pipefail
- npx @zuplo/cli deploy --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" | tee
./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
artifacts:
- DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
- step:
name: Zup Test
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli test --endpoint $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E
's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')
- step:
name: Zup Delete (if necessary)
script:
- echo $BITBUCKET_PR_ID
- if [[ -n "$BITBUCKET_PR_ID" ]]; then npx @zuplo/cli delete --url
$(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E 's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')
--apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" --wait; exit; fi
# This is not necessary but it showcases how you can list your zups
- step:
name: Zup List
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli list --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY"
  1. Create a secret repository variable for your BitBucket Pipelines and be sure to set ZUPLO_API_KEY to the API key you generated in the previous step.

Setting up a custom workflow with Azure Pipelines

The full example is available at https://github.com/zuplo/zup-cli-example-project/blob/main/azure-pipelines.yml

  1. Create a pipelines file. You can use the following to help you get started:
azure-pipelines.yml
trigger:
- main

pool:
vmImage: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- task: NodeTool@0
inputs:
versionSpec: "18.x"
displayName: "Install Node.js"

- script: |
npm install
displayName: "npm install"

# set -o pipefail
# This way if the deploy fails, we fail before piping to tee.
# Note that you are not required to use tee. We are using it in this example so that the output is available to the terminal and written to the file.
- script: |
set -o pipefail
npx @zuplo/cli deploy --api-key $(ZUPLO_API_KEY) | tee ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
displayName: "Zup Deploy"

- script: |
npx @zuplo/cli test --endpoint $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E 's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')
displayName: "Zup Test"

- script: |
npx @zuplo/cli delete --url $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E 's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/') --api-key $(ZUPLO_API_KEY) --wait
displayName: "Zup Delete"
# Only run this step if the build is a pull request
condition: eq(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')

# This is not necessary but it showcases how you can list your zups
- script: |
npx @zuplo/cli list --api-key $(ZUPLO_API_KEY)
displayName: "Zup List"
  1. Create a secret for your Azure Pipelines and be sure to set ZUPLO_API_KEY to the API key you generated in the previous step.

Setting up a custom workflow with GitLab Pipelines

The full example is available at https://github.com/zuplo/zup-cli-example-project/blob/main/.gitlab-ci.yml

  1. Create a pipelines file. You can use the following to help you get started:
.gitlab-ci.yml
image: node:latest
workflow:
rules:
- if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
when: always
- if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
when: always

npm_install:
stage: build
script:
- npm install

zup_deploy:
stage: deploy
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli deploy --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" | tee ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT
artifacts:
expire_in: 30 minutes
paths:
- "./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT"

zup_test:
stage: deploy
needs: [zup_deploy]
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli test --endpoint $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E
's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/')

zup_delete:
stage: deploy
needs: [zup_deploy, zup_test]
only:
- merge_requests
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli delete --url $(cat ./DEPLOYMENT_STDOUT | sed -E
's/Deployed to (.*)/\1/') --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY" --wait

# This is not necessary but it showcases how you can list your zups
zup_list:
stage: deploy
needs: [zup_test]
script:
- npx @zuplo/cli list --apiKey "$ZUPLO_API_KEY"
  1. Create a variable for ZUPLO_API_KEY on your GitLab project. Set it to the API key you generated in the previous step. You can choose to mask the variable so it does not display in job logs.