How can I run background tasks in Gitlab CICD?

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How can I run a service-based command after the build process in gitlab-ci.yml?

For example, i'd like to run:

php artisan queue:listen --timeout=0 &

The issue is the build runs perpetually and does not finish as it waits for the results of this command (even though this command never finishes).

Is there anyway I can run it as a background task? I tried nohup with no luck.

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2 Answers

As mentioned here:

Process started with Runner, even if you add nohup and & at the end, is marked with process group ID.
When the job is finished, the Runner is sending a kill signal to the whole process group.
So any process started directly from CI job will be terminated at job end.

Using a systenter code hereemd service (as in this same page) remains an option, if you control the target server.

VonC_63090

With VonC's help - this is the approach I took.

I use Alpine Linux so slightly different to the link he provided, but same approach.

I created a file in /etc/init.d and gave it chmod +x permissions.

With the following contents:

#!/sbin/openrc-run

command="php /var/www/artisan queue:listen"
command_args="--timeout=0"
command_background=true
pidfile="/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"

I then ran it with rc-service laravel-queue start within the gitlab-ci configuration file.

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