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# Review Apps
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Review Apps are automatically deployed by each pipeline, both in
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[CE](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/22010) and
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[EE](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/6665).
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## How does it work?
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1. On every [pipeline][gitlab-pipeline] during the `test` stage, the
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[`review-deploy`][review-deploy-job] job is automatically started.
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1. The `review-deploy` job:
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1. Waits for the `gitlab:assets:compile` job to finish since the
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[`CNG-mirror`][cng-mirror] pipeline triggerred in the following step
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depends on it.
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1. [Triggers a pipeline][cng-pipeline] in the [`CNG-mirror`][cng-mirror]
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project.
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- We use the `CNG-mirror` project so that the `CNG`, (**C**loud
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**N**ative **G**itLab), project's registry is not overloaded with a
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lot of transient Docker images.
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- The `CNG-mirror` pipeline creates the Docker images of each component
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(e.g. `gitlab-rails-ee`, `gitlab-shell`, `gitaly` etc.) based on the
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commit from the [GitLab pipeline][gitlab-pipeline] and store them in
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its [registry][cng-mirror-registry].
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1. Once all images are built by [`CNG-mirror`][cng-mirror], the Review App
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is deployed using [the official GitLab Helm chart][helm-chart] to the
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[`review-apps-ce`][review-apps-ce] / [`review-apps-ee`][review-apps-ee]
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Kubernetes cluster on GCP.
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- The actual scripts used to deploy the Review App can be found at
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[`scripts/review_apps/review-apps.sh`][review-apps.sh].
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- These scripts are basically
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[our official Auto DevOps scripts][Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml] where the
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default CNG images are overridden with the images built and stored in the
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[`CNG-mirror` project's registry][cng-mirror-registry].
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- Since we're using [the official GitLab Helm chart][helm-chart], this means
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you get a dedicated environment for your branch that's very close to what
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it would look in production.
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1. Once the `review-deploy` job succeeds, you should be able to use your Review
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App thanks to the direct link to it from the MR widget. The default username
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is `root` and its password can be found in the 1Password secure note named
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**gitlab-{ce,ee} Review App's root password** (note that there's currently
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[a bug where the default password seems to be overridden][password-bug]).
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**Additional notes:**
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- The Kubernetes cluster is connected to the `gitlab-{ce,ee}` projects using
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[GitLab's Kubernetes integration][gitlab-k8s-integration]. This basically
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allows to have a link to the Review App directly from the merge request
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widget.
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- If the Review App deployment fails, you can simply retry it (there's no need
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to run the [`review-stop`][gitlab-ci-yml] job first).
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- The manual [`review-stop`][gitlab-ci-yml] in the `test` stage can be used to
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stop a Review App manually, and is also started by GitLab once a branch is
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deleted.
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- Review Apps are cleaned up regularly using a pipeline schedule that runs
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the [`schedule:review-cleanup`][gitlab-ci-yml] job.
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## QA runs
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On every [pipeline][gitlab-pipeline] during the `test` stage, the
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`review-qa-smoke` job is automatically started: it runs the smoke QA suite.
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You can also manually start the `review-qa-all`: it runs the full QA suite.
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Note that both jobs first wait for the `review-deploy` job to be finished.
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## How to?
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### Find my Review App slug?
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1. Open the `review-deploy` job.
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1. Look for `Checking for previous deployment of review-*`.
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1. For instance for `Checking for previous deployment of review-qa-raise-e-12chm0`,
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your Review App slug would be `review-qa-raise-e-12chm0` in this case.
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### Run a Rails console?
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1. [Filter Workloads by your Review App slug](https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/workload?project=gitlab-review-apps)
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, e.g. `review-29951-issu-id2qax`.
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1. Find and open the `task-runner` Deployment, e.g. `review-29951-issu-id2qax-task-runner`.
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1. Click on the Pod in the "Managed pods" section, e.g. `review-29951-issu-id2qax-task-runner-d5455cc8-2lsvz`.
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1. Click on the `KUBECTL` dropdown, then `Exec` -> `task-runner`.
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1. Replace `-c task-runner -- ls` with `-- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails c` from the
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default command or
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- Run `kubectl exec --namespace review-apps-ce -it review-29951-issu-id2qax-task-runner-d5455cc8-2lsvz -- /srv/gitlab/bin/rails c`
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and
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- Replace `review-apps-ce` with `review-apps-ee` if the Review App
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is running EE, and
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- Replace `review-29951-issu-id2qax-task-runner-d5455cc8-2lsvz`
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with your Pod's name.
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### Dig into a Pod's logs?
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1. [Filter Workloads by your Review App slug](https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/workload?project=gitlab-review-apps)
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, e.g. `review-1979-1-mul-dnvlhv`.
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1. Find and open the `migrations` Deployment, e.g.
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`review-1979-1-mul-dnvlhv-migrations.1`.
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1. Click on the Pod in the "Managed pods" section, e.g.
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`review-1979-1-mul-dnvlhv-migrations.1-nqwtx`.
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1. Click on the `Container logs` link.
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## Frequently Asked Questions
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**Isn't it too much to trigger CNG image builds on every test run? This creates
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thousands of unused Docker images.**
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> We have to start somewhere and improve later. Also, we're using the
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CNG-mirror project to store these Docker images so that we can just wipe out
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the registry at some point, and use a new fresh, empty one.
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**How big are the Kubernetes clusters (`review-apps-ce` and `review-apps-ee`)?**
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> The clusters are currently set up with a single pool of preemptible nodes,
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with a minimum of 1 node and a maximum of 100 nodes.
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**What are the machine running on the cluster?**
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> We're currently using `n1-standard-4` (4 vCPUs, 15 GB memory) machines.
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**How do we secure this from abuse? Apps are open to the world so we need to
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find a way to limit it to only us.**
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> This isn't enabled for forks.
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[gitlab-pipeline]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/pipelines/35850709
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[review-deploy-job]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/jobs/118076368
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[cng-mirror]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/CNG-mirror
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[cng-pipeline]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/CNG-mirror/pipelines/35883435
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[cng-mirror-registry]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/CNG-mirror/container_registry
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[helm-chart]: https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/
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[review-apps-ce]: https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/clusters/details/us-central1-a/review-apps-ce?project=gitlab-review-apps
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[review-apps-ee]: https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/clusters/details/us-central1-b/review-apps-ee?project=gitlab-review-apps
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[review-apps.sh]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/scripts/review_apps/review-apps.sh
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[automated_cleanup.rb]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/scripts/review_apps/automated_cleanup.rb
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[Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Auto-DevOps.gitlab-ci.yml
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[gitlab-ci-yml]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/.gitlab-ci.yml
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[gitlab-k8s-integration]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/index.html
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[password-bug]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/53621
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---
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[Return to Testing documentation](index.md)
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