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Code Quality includes a built-in CI/CD template, Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yaml
. This template runs a scan based on the open source CodeClimate scanning engine.
The CodeClimate engine runs:
Prerequisites:
.gitlab-ci.yml
) must include the test
stage./builds
volume must be mapped to allow reports to be saved.To enable Code Quality, either:
Enable Auto DevOps, which includes Auto Code Quality.
Include the Code Quality template in your .gitlab-ci.yml
file.
Example:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
Code Quality now runs in pipelines.
On GitLab Self-Managed, if a malicious actor compromises the Code Quality job definition they could execute privileged Docker commands on the runner host. Having proper access control policies mitigates this attack vector by allowing access only to trusted actors.
Disable CodeClimate-based scanningThe code_quality
job doesn’t run if the $CODE_QUALITY_DISABLED
CI/CD variable is present. For more information about how to define a variable, see GitLab CI/CD variables.
To disable Code Quality, create a custom CI/CD variable named CODE_QUALITY_DISABLED
, for either:
By default, the code_quality
job configures CodeClimate to:
To scan more languages, you can enable more plugins. You can also disable plugins that the code_quality
job enables by default.
For example, to use the SonarJava analyzer:
Add a file named .codeclimate.yml
to the root of your repository
Add the enablement code for the plugin to the root of your repository to the .codeclimate.yml
file:
version: "2"
plugins:
sonar-java:
enabled: true
This adds SonarJava to the plugins:
section of the default .codeclimate.yml
included in your project.
Changes to the plugins:
section do not affect the exclude_patterns
section of the default .codeclimate.yml
. See the Code Climate documentation on excluding files and folders for more details.
You can change the behavior of the code_quality
scan job by setting CI/CD variables in your GitLab CI/CD YAML.
To configure the Code Quality job:
For an example, see Download output in HTML format.
Available CI/CD variablesCode Quality can be customized by defining available CI/CD variables:
CI/CD variable DescriptionCODECLIMATE_DEBUG
Set to enable Code Climate debug mode. CODECLIMATE_DEV
Set to enable --dev
mode which lets you run engines not known to the CLI. CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
Set a prefix to use with all docker pull
commands in CodeClimate engines. Useful for offline scanning. For more information, see Use a private container registry. CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME
Set to specify the username for the registry domain parsed from CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
. CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
Set to specify the password for the registry domain parsed from CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
. CODE_QUALITY_DISABLED
Prevents the Code Quality job from running. CODE_QUALITY_IMAGE
Set to a fully prefixed image name. Image must be accessible from your job environment. ENGINE_MEMORY_LIMIT_BYTES
Set the memory limit for engines. Default: 1,024,000,000 bytes. REPORT_STDOUT
Set to print the report to STDOUT
instead of generating the usual report file. REPORT_FORMAT
Set to control the format of the generated report file. Either json
or html
. SOURCE_CODE
Path to the source code to scan. Must be the absolute path to a directory where cloned sources are stored. TIMEOUT_SECONDS
Custom timeout per engine container for the codeclimate analyze
command. Default: 900 seconds (15 minutes) Output
Code Quality outputs a report containing details of issues found. The content of this report is processed internally and the results shown in the UI. The report is also output as a job artifact of the code_quality
job, named gl-code-quality-report.json
. You can optionally output the report in HTML format. For example, you could publish the HTML format file on GitLab Pages for even easier reviewing.
To output the Code Quality report in JSON and HTML format, you create an additional job. This requires Code Quality to be run twice, once each for file format.
To output the Code Quality report in HTML format, add another job to your template by using extends: code_quality
:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality_html:
extends: code_quality
variables:
REPORT_FORMAT: html
artifacts:
paths: [gl-code-quality-report.html]
Both the JSON and HTML files are output as job artifacts. The HTML file is contained in the artifacts.zip
job artifact.
To download the Code Quality report in only HTML format, set REPORT_FORMAT
to html
, overriding the default definition of the code_quality
job.
This does not create a JSON format file, so Code Quality results are not shown in the merge request widget, pipeline report, or changes view.
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
variables:
REPORT_FORMAT: html
artifacts:
paths: [gl-code-quality-report.html]
The HTML file is output as a job artifact.
Use Code Quality with merge request pipelinesThe default Code Quality configuration does not allow the code_quality
job to run on merge request pipelines.
To enable Code Quality to run on merge request pipelines, overwrite the code quality rules
, or workflow: rules
, so that they match your current rules
.
For example:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
rules:
- if: $CODE_QUALITY_DISABLED
when: never
- if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" # Run code quality job in merge request pipelines
- if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH # Run code quality job in pipelines on the default branch (but not in other branch pipelines)
- if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG # Run code quality job in pipelines for tags
Change how CodeClimate images are downloaded
The CodeClimate engine downloads container images to run each of its plugins. By default, the images are downloaded from Docker Hub. You can change the image source to improve performance, work around Docker Hub rate limits, or use a private registry.
Use the Dependency Proxy to download imagesYou can use a Dependency Proxy to reduce the time taken to download dependencies.
Prerequisites:
To reference the Dependency Proxy, configure the following variables in the .gitlab-ci.yml
file:
CODE_QUALITY_IMAGE
CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
For example:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
variables:
## You must add a trailing slash to `$CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX`.
CODECLIMATE_PREFIX: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_GROUP_IMAGE_PREFIX/
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_USER
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: $CI_DEPENDENCY_PROXY_PASSWORD
Use Docker Hub with authentication
You can use Docker Hub as an alternate source of the Code Quality images.
Prerequisites:
To use DockerHub, configure the following variables in the .gitlab-ci.yml
file:
CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
Example:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
variables:
CODECLIMATE_PREFIX: "registry-1.docker.io/"
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME: $DOCKERHUB_USERNAME
CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD
Use a private container image registry
Using a private container image registry can reduce the time taken to download images, and also reduce external dependencies. You must configure the registry prefix to be passed down to CodeClimate’s subsequent docker pull
commands for individual engines, because of the nested method of container execution.
The following variables can address all of the required image pulls:
CODE_QUALITY_IMAGE
: A fully prefixed image name that can be located anywhere accessible from your job environment. GitLab container registry can be used here to host your own copy.CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
: The domain of your intended container image registry. This is a configuration option supported by CodeClimate CLI. You must:
/
).https://
.CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_USERNAME
: An optional variable to specify the username for the registry domain parsed from CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
.CODECLIMATE_REGISTRY_PASSWORD
: An optional variable to specify the password for the registry domain parsed from CODECLIMATE_PREFIX
.include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
variables:
CODE_QUALITY_IMAGE: "my-private-registry.local:12345/codequality:0.85.24"
CODECLIMATE_PREFIX: "my-private-registry.local:12345/"
This example is specific to GitLab Code Quality. For more general instructions on how to configure DinD with a registry mirror, see Enable registry mirror for Docker-in-Docker service.
Required imagesThe following images are required for the default .codeclimate.yml
:
codeclimate/codeclimate-structure:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-csslint:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-coffeelint:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-duplication:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-eslint:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-fixme:latest
codeclimate/codeclimate-rubocop:rubocop-0-92
If you are using a custom .codeclimate.yml
configuration file, you must add the specified plugins in your private container registry.
CodeClimate runs separate containers for each of its analysis steps. You may need to adjust your Runner configuration so that CodeClimate-based scans can run, or so that they run faster.
Use private runnersIf you have private runners, you should use this configuration for improved performance of Code Quality because:
This alternative configuration uses socket binding to share the Runner’s Docker daemon with the job environment. Before implementing this configuration, consider its limitations.
To use private runners:
Register a new runner:
$ gitlab-runner register --executor "docker" \
--docker-image="docker:latest" \
--url "https://gitlab.com/" \
--description "cq-sans-dind" \
--docker-volumes "/cache"\
--docker-volumes "/builds:/builds"\
--docker-volumes "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock" \
--registration-token="<project_token>" \
--non-interactive
Optional, but recommended: Set the builds directory to /tmp/builds
, so job artifacts are periodically purged from the runner host. If you skip this step, you must clean up the default builds directory (/builds
) yourself. You can do this by adding the following two flags to gitlab-runner register
in the previous step.
--builds-dir "/tmp/builds"
--docker-volumes "/tmp/builds:/tmp/builds" # Use this instead of --docker-volumes "/builds:/builds"
The resulting configuration:
[[runners]]
name = "cq-sans-dind"
url = "https://gitlab.com/"
token = "<project_token>"
executor = "docker"
builds_dir = "/tmp/builds"
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "docker:latest"
privileged = false
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/cache", "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock", "/tmp/builds:/tmp/builds"]
shm_size = 0
[runners.cache]
[runners.cache.s3]
[runners.cache.gcs]
Apply two overrides to the code_quality
job created by the template:
include:
- template: Jobs/Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
services: # Shut off Docker-in-Docker
tags:
- cq-sans-dind # Set this job to only run on our new specialized runner
Code Quality now runs in standard Docker mode.
Run CodeClimate rootless with private runnersIf you are using private runners and would like to run the Code Quality scans in rootless Docker mode code quality requires some special changes to allow it to run properly. This may require having a runner dedicated to running only code quality jobs because changes in socket binding may cause problems in other jobs.
To use a rootless private runner:
Register a new runner:
Replace /run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock
with the path to the local docker.sock
for the gitlab-runner
user.
$ gitlab-runner register --executor "docker" \
--docker-image="docker:latest" \
--url "https://gitlab.com/" \
--description "cq-rootless" \
--tag-list "cq-rootless" \
--locked="false" \
--access-level="not_protected" \
--docker-volumes "/cache" \
--docker-volumes "/tmp/builds:/tmp/builds" \
--docker-volumes "/run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock:/run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock" \
--token "<project_token>" \
--non-interactive \
--builds-dir "/tmp/builds" \
--env "DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock" \
--docker-host "unix:///run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock"
The resulting configuration:
[[runners]]
name = "cq-rootless"
url = "https://gitlab.com/"
token = "<project_token>"
executor = "docker"
builds_dir = "/tmp/builds"
environment = ["DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock"]
[runners.docker]
tls_verify = false
image = "docker:latest"
privileged = false
disable_entrypoint_overwrite = false
oom_kill_disable = false
disable_cache = false
volumes = ["/cache", "/run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock:/run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock", "/tmp/builds:/tmp/builds"]
shm_size = 0
host = "unix:///run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock"
[runners.cache]
[runners.cache.s3]
[runners.cache.gcs]
Apply the following overrides to the code_quality
job created by the template:
code_quality:
services:
variables:
DOCKER_SOCKET_PATH: /run/user/997/docker.sock
tags:
- cq-rootless
Code Quality now runs in standard Docker mode and rootless.
The same configuration is required if your goal is to use rootless Podman to run Docker with code quality. Make sure to replace /run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/docker.sock
with the correct podman.sock
path in your system, for example: /run/user/<gitlab-runner-user>/podman/podman.sock
.
You must set up Docker in a Docker container (Docker-in-Docker) to use Code Quality. The Kubernetes executor supports Docker-in-Docker.
To ensure Code Quality jobs can run on a Kubernetes executor:
before_script
to wait for the Docker daemon to fully boot up. For an example, see the configuration in the .gitlab-ci.yml
file described in the following section.To run Code Quality in Kubernetes:
config.toml
file.Due to a Docker requirement, the privileged flag must be enabled for the service container.
[runners.kubernetes]
[runners.kubernetes.service_container_security_context]
privileged = true
allow_privilege_escalation = true
[runners.kubernetes.volumes]
[[runners.kubernetes.volumes.empty_dir]]
mount_path = "/var/run/"
name = "docker-sock"
[[runners.kubernetes.services]]
alias = "dind"
command = [
"--host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2375",
"--host=unix://var/run/docker.sock",
"--storage-driver=overlay2"
]
entrypoint = ["dockerd"]
name = "docker:20.10.12-dind"
If you use the GitLab Runner Helm Chart, you can use the previous Kubernetes configuration in the config
field of the values.yaml
file. x
To ensure that you use the overlay2
storage driver, which offers the best overall performance:
DOCKER_HOST
that the Docker CLI communicates with.DOCKER_DRIVER
variable to empty.Use the before_script
section to wait for the Docker daemon to fully boot up. Since GitLab Runner v16.9, this can also be done by just setting the HEALTHCHECK_TCP_PORT
variable.
include:
- template: Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
services: []
variables:
DOCKER_HOST: tcp://dind:2375
DOCKER_DRIVER: ""
before_script:
- while ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
OpenShift
For OpenShift, you should use the GitLab Runner Operator. To give the Docker daemon in the service container permissions to initialize its storage, you must mount the /var/lib
directory as a volume mount.
If you cannot to mount the /var/lib
directory as a volume mount, you can set --storage-driver
to vfs
instead. If you opt for the vfs
value, it might have a negative impact on performance.
To configure permissions for the Docker daemon:
config.toml
file with this configuration template to customize the runner’s configuration:[[runners]]
[runners.kubernetes]
[runners.kubernetes.service_container_security_context]
privileged = true
allow_privilege_escalation = true
[runners.kubernetes.volumes]
[[runners.kubernetes.volumes.empty_dir]]
mount_path = "/var/run/"
name = "docker-sock"
[[runners.kubernetes.volumes.empty_dir]]
mount_path = "/var/lib/"
name = "docker-data"
[[runners.kubernetes.services]]
alias = "dind"
command = [
"--host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2375",
"--host=unix://var/run/docker.sock",
"--storage-driver=overlay2"
]
entrypoint = ["dockerd"]
name = "docker:20.10.12-dind"
Optional. Attach a privileged
service account to the build Pod. This depends on your OpenShift cluster setup:
oc create sa dind-sa
oc adm policy add-scc-to-user anyuid -z dind-sa
oc adm policy add-scc-to-user -z dind-sa privileged
Set the permissions in the [runners.kubernetes]
section.
Set the job definition stays the same as in Kubernetes case:
include:
- template: Code-Quality.gitlab-ci.yml
code_quality:
services: []
variables:
DOCKER_HOST: tcp://dind:2375
DOCKER_DRIVER: ""
before_script:
- while ! docker info > /dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
Docker stores all of its data in the /var/lib
volume, which could result in a large volume. To reuse Docker-in-Docker storage across the cluster, you can use Persistent Volumes as an alternative.
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