Create scripts to copy or update gitlab ci vars to a project

Create utility scripts to improve the quality of life while copying Gitlab CI variables from one project to another.

• A script that gets the variables from a target project
  • Get the variables from CICD settings and schedule pipeline
• A script that sets the variables for a target project
  • Set the variables in CICD settings and schedule pipeline

added Sprint 25-09 label

assigned to @atlurie

changed the description

mentioned in merge request !196 (merged)

Instructions for anyone wanting to try out

python -m venv ~/venvs/gitlab
source ~/venvs/gitlab/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements
git clone -b feat-gl-cicd-var-scripts --single-branch https://gitlab.rc.uab.edu/atlurie/hpc-factory.git tmp-hpc-factory
cd tmp-hpc-factory/scripts
mv gitlab.ini.example gitlab.ini

Create a personal access token via the gitlab UI and copy it to the private_token field in gitlab.ini file

Usage:

Create an empty schedule pipeline before you try this out.

python3 gitlab-ci-vars-reader.py --config_file gitlab.ini --project_id <PROJECT_ID> --sched_pipeline_id <PIPELINE_ID> --var_file ci-variables.json

python3 gitlab-ci-vars-updater.py --config_file gitlab.ini --project_id <PROJECT_ID> --sched_pipeline_id <NEW-PIPELINE_ID> --var_file ci-variables.json

mentioned in commit a43040d4

closed with merge request !196 (merged)