Pipeline triggers

Pipeline triggers can be used to start a pipeline via command-line. Triggers will refer to the last commit and are configured in single projects.

To add pipeline triggers for a project, go to project → settings → ci/cd → Pipeline triggers. Type in a name for this trigger token and press “add trigger”. Remember: the created token refers to your user.

As mentioned, triggers can be sent via command-line (curl) as well as with postman. Postman serves a better overview of variables and authentication. For authentication the created token is used. It is also possible to send variables to start specific jobs, even $CI variables can be overwritten, at least for usage within the pipeline. E.g.: the variable CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE is used to start a job and can be set to the necessary value to perform a job.