Automation of build and deploy to Mendix Cloud

Example of automating the build and deploy pipelines using the Mendix rest api's.

It invokes REST-API's in the Mendix cloud. These API's will work for licensed applications in the Mendix Cloud ( hosted platform or Dedicated ).

To Execute

Download or clone this repository
Import these files into your Gitlab project.
Update env.sh with your username and key
Update env.sh AppId, Revision Number, Package Id, Environment
Execute your pipleine.

.gitlab-ci.yml

Drives the pipeline in gitlab.
Invokes other scripts as needed

env.sh

For any environment variables
Your mendix user name  and mendix-apiKey for authentication are stored here.

Change baseUrl if you have a dedicated Mendix Cloud
      export baseUrl="https://deploy.mendix.com"

To change the Mendix application , configure AppId in env.sh
      export AppID="cicd-demo"

Default setting for targetEnvironment is "Acceptance". This can be changed in env.sh by changing the targetEnvironment variable.
      export targetEnvironment="Acceptance"

build.sh

Triggers the build

Stop.sh

Stops the Mendix application that is running in the environment

Transport.sh

Transports package to the environment

Start.sh

Starts the application in the specified environment

Pipeline Screenshots

https://github.com/ssahadevan-mendix/mendix-cicd/wiki/Automation-of-build-and-deploy-to-Mendix-Cloud

Mendix Platform Screenshots

https://github.com/ssahadevan-mendix/mendix-cicd/wiki/Screenshots-of-Mendix-Platform

References:

https://docs.mendix.com/howto/integration/implement-cicd-pipeline https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/apidocs/authentication https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/apidocs/build-api https://docs.mendix.com/apidocs-mxsdk/apidocs/deploy-api