How Can You Automate Testing with Gitlab Pipelines?

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What is GitLab?

GitLab is an open-source code repository and collaborative software development platform for large DevOps and DevSecOps projects. GitLab offers a location for online code storage and capabilities for issue tracking, continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery (ry (CI/CD). The repository enables hosting different development chains and versions and allows users to inspect previous code and roll back to it in the event of unforeseen problems.

What are Pipelines?

Pipeline is a feature – it is basically a collection of various jobs. So, a bunch of jobs – running in sequence – is collectively known as a pipeline.

How to Automate the Tests Via GitLab Pipeline? The tests created using various automation tools on a local machine/desktop/laptop can be transferred over to a repository in a GitLab account. To make this code run automatically, a few setups are required. First is to have ‘runners’ active, and the other – a yml file.

The Need to Automate Tests

The question is – if we have the test cases running properly on our individual machines, then why do we need to get them run automatically on the web?