Using GitLab CI/CD with a Bitbucket Cloud repository

GitLab CI/CD can be used with Bitbucket Cloud by:

1. Creating a CI/CD project.
2. Connecting your Git repository via URL.

To use GitLab CI/CD with a Bitbucket Cloud repository:

1. In GitLab, create a project:
   1. On the top menu, select Projects > Create new project.
   2. Select Run CI/CD for external repository.
   3. Select Repo by URL.

   

   GitLab imports the repository and enables Pull Mirroring.

2. In GitLab, create a Personal Access Token with api scope. This is used to authenticate requests from the web hook that is created in Bitbucket to notify GitLab of new commits.

3. In Bitbucket, from Settings > Webhooks, create a new web hook to notify GitLab of new commits.

   The web hook URL should be set to the GitLab API to trigger pull mirroring, using the Personal Access Token we just generated for authentication.

   https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<PROJECT_ID>/mirror/pull?private_token=<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>
   

   The web hook Trigger should be set to ‘Repository Push’.

   

   After saving, test the web hook by pushing a change to your Bitbucket repository.

4. In Bitbucket, create an App Password from Bitbucket Settings > App Passwords to authenticate the build status script setting commit build statuses in Bitbucket. Repository write permissions are required.

   

5. In GitLab, from Settings > CI/CD > Variables, add variables to allow communication with Bitbucket via the Bitbucket API:

   BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN: the Bitbucket app password created above.

   BITBUCKET_USERNAME: the username of the Bitbucket account.

   BITBUCKET_NAMESPACE: set this if your GitLab and Bitbucket namespaces differ.

   BITBUCKET_REPOSITORY: set this if your GitLab and Bitbucket project names differ.

6. In Bitbucket, add a script to push the pipeline status to Bitbucket.

   The changes must be made in Bitbucket as any changes in the GitLab repository are overwritten by Bitbucket when GitLab next mirrors the repository.

   Create a file build_status and insert the script below and run chmod +x build_status in your terminal to make the script executable.

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   # Push GitLab CI/CD build status to Bitbucket Cloud
   
   if [ -z "$BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN" ]; then
      echo "ERROR: BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN is not set"
   exit 1
   fi
   if [ -z "$BITBUCKET_USERNAME" ]; then
       echo "ERROR: BITBUCKET_USERNAME is not set"
   exit 1
   fi
   if [ -z "$BITBUCKET_NAMESPACE" ]; then
       echo "Setting BITBUCKET_NAMESPACE to $CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE"
       BITBUCKET_NAMESPACE=$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE
   fi
   if [ -z "$BITBUCKET_REPOSITORY" ]; then
       echo "Setting BITBUCKET_REPOSITORY to $CI_PROJECT_NAME"
       BITBUCKET_REPOSITORY=$CI_PROJECT_NAME
   fi
   
   BITBUCKET_API_ROOT="https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0"
   BITBUCKET_STATUS_API="$BITBUCKET_API_ROOT/repositories/$BITBUCKET_NAMESPACE/$BITBUCKET_REPOSITORY/commit/$CI_COMMIT_SHA/statuses/build"
   BITBUCKET_KEY="ci/gitlab-ci/$CI_JOB_NAME"
   
   case "$BUILD_STATUS" in
   running)
      BITBUCKET_STATE="INPROGRESS"
      BITBUCKET_DESCRIPTION="The build is running!"
      ;;
   passed)
      BITBUCKET_STATE="SUCCESSFUL"
      BITBUCKET_DESCRIPTION="The build passed!"
      ;;
   failed)
      BITBUCKET_STATE="FAILED"
      BITBUCKET_DESCRIPTION="The build failed."
      ;;
   esac
   
   echo "Pushing status to $BITBUCKET_STATUS_API..."
   curl --request POST "$BITBUCKET_STATUS_API" \
   --user $BITBUCKET_USERNAME:$BITBUCKET_ACCESS_TOKEN \
   --header "Content-Type:application/json" \
   --silent \
   --data "{ \"state\": \"$BITBUCKET_STATE\", \"key\": \"$BITBUCKET_KEY\", \"description\":
   \"$BITBUCKET_DESCRIPTION\",\"url\": \"$CI_PROJECT_URL/-/jobs/$CI_JOB_ID\" }"
   

7. In Bitbucket, create a .gitlab-ci.yml file to use the script to push pipeline success and failures to Bitbucket.

   stages:
     - test
     - ci_status
   
   unit-tests:
     script:
       - echo "Success. Add your tests!"
   
   success:
     stage: ci_status
     before_script:
       - ""
     after_script:
       - ""
     script:
       - BUILD_STATUS=passed BUILD_KEY=push ./build_status
     when: on_success
   
   failure:
     stage: ci_status
     before_script:
       - ""
     after_script:
       - ""
     script:
       - BUILD_STATUS=failed BUILD_KEY=push ./build_status
     when: on_failure
   

GitLab is now configured to mirror changes from Bitbucket, run CI/CD pipelines configured in .gitlab-ci.yml and push the status to Bitbucket.