Gitlab CI demo for job that should run only when specific user runs the pipeline.

This is to demonstrate a job, that will appear only if the pipelines was triggered by one of the predefined users.

Check .gitlab-ci.yml

This repository is mirrored to Gitlab, so you can check the pipelines.

Variables can be defined either directly in the .gitlab-ci.yml file or in CI/CD variables in settings to prevent overriding by developers.

Be careful, there is no easy way to prevent developers from editing .gitlab-ci.yml file, to allow job to run even without permissions.

$ALLOWED_USERNAME variable can contain single username - there is == operator and if pipeline is triggered by this user, job will appear.

$ALLOWED_USERNAMES variable can contain multiple usernames divided by | (it is regular expression) - there is =~ operator and if pipeline is triggered any of the users, job will appear.

$ALLOWED_USERNAMES variable can contain multiple usernames. It is a little different from Demo 2 in the way that this job will always appear, but if username is not allowed, the job will fail and not continue.

Restrict access to deploy job only for some users.

Goal is to replicate Gitlab CI Protected Environments, as this feature is for premium plan only - therefore not available for everyone.