How to build Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages with Gitlab CI.

What are Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages?

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a platform where you can enhance both security and performance of your infrastructure. Whether it’s for your private cloud, your hybrid cloud or standalone physical servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux can help you build a more secure, lower-cost business. Red Hat Enterprise Linux comes with the most comprehensive support in the industry, helping you plan for your IT needs well into the future.

What is Gitlab CI?

GitLab CI/CD helps you automatically build, test, deploy, and monitor your code. Run tests before every merge (Continuous Integration) to make sure the code is continuously strong. Set up your git repository to automatically trigger builds when you push commits (Continuous Delivery). Integrate behavior-driven development (BDD) frameworks like Cucumber or jBehave into your workflow to write more comprehensive automated acceptance tests that communicate functionality more effectively than plain unit tests.

Building Red Hat Enterprise Linux package with Gitlab CI via packagecloud

If you’re looking to build Red Hat Enterprise Linux package with Gitlab CI, you can use packagecloud to handle all of your package management and integrations with your CI/CD tools. Packagecloud works with all kinds of packages, not only Red Hat Enterprise Linux packages. As well, you can integrate with all kinds of CI/CD tools, not only Gitlab CI.