CI/CD for Gatsby

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📚 Learn more about Gatsby action features, integrations and alternatives.

With Buddy, you can create a pipeline that builds, tests, and deploys Gatsby websites on a push to Git. The configuration is super simple and takes 10 to 15 minutes.

Gatsby pipeline exampleGatsby pipeline example

1. Select your Git repository

Buddy supports all popular Git hosting providers, including GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. You can also use your own private Git server, or host code directly on Buddy.

Supported Git providersSupported Git providers

2. Add a new delivery pipeline

Enter the pipeline's name, select the trigger mode, and define the branch from which Buddy will fetch your code:

Exemplary pipeline settingsExemplary pipeline settings

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Trigger modes

  • Manually (on click) — recommended for Production
  • On events (automatic) — recommended for Development
  • On schedule (on time interval) — recommended for Staging/Testing
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Event-based triggers allow you to run pipelines whenever a push is made to any branch in the repository, or whenever a branch, tag or a pull request is created or deleted. On event pipeline trigger modeOn event pipeline trigger mode

3. Add actions

Buddy lets you choose from dozens of predefined actions. In this example, we'll add 3 actions that will perform the following tasks:

  • Build and test your Gatsby website
  • Upload website to server
  • Send notification to your inbox

3.1 Build and test your Gatsby website

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Build actions in Buddy are run in isolated containers run from official Docker images. When the pipeline is run, Buddy pulls the container, runs build commands, and uploads the results to the pipeline filesystem.

Look up and click Gatsby CLI on the action list to add it to the pipeline:

Action listAction list

The Run tab lets you determine the commands to execute. The default commands are:

npm install
gatsby build$$

Default build commands for GatsbyDefault build commands for Gatsby

3.1.2 Node version

You can change the version of Node and install missing packages & tools in the runtime environment tab:

Node action imageNode action image

3.2 Deploy website to server

The website is ready for upload. Head to the Transfer section and select your deployment action (SFTP in our case):

File transfer actionsFile transfer actions

When adding the action you can choose what and where should be uploaded:

Setting up an SFTP actionSetting up an SFTP action

3.3 Send notification to your Email

You can configure Buddy to send your team a message after the deployment. In this example we'll use Email notification:

Notification actionsNotification actions

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If you add this action in the On Failure tab, Buddy will only send the message if something goes wrong with your build or deployment. On failure notificationOn failure notification

4. Summary

Congratulations! You have just automated your entire delivery process. Make a push to the selected branch and watch Buddy fetch, build, and deploy your project. With Continuous Delivery applied, you can now focus on what's really important: developing awesome apps! 🔥

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Bear in mind that this article is only a brief example of what Buddy can do. You can create additional pipelines for staging and production environments, integrate with your favorite services (AWS, Google, Azure), trigger tests on pull requests, build Docker images, and push them to the registry—the possibilities are unlimited.
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If you want us to create a delivery pipeline for your project, drop a line to support@buddy.works – we'll be happy to help!
Last update:
Aug 7, 2024