Continuous Deployment with GitLab Pipelines

Build custom Continuous Deployment jobs with GitLab pipelines and the Bolt API. First set up the CD Bolt schedule and note its slug, then trigger it from your pipeline on merge.

Generate API keys

To trigger Bolt from your pipeline, generate a Paradime API key with the Bolt schedules admin capability. Generate an Account API key (a prdm_cmp_... Bearer token) and save the token, your workspace token, and the API endpoint; you will add them as CI/CD variables in the next step.

Generate API keys

Create a GitLab pipeline

Create a .gitlab-ci.yml file at the root of your dbt™ repository and enter the values required.

.gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - paradime_continuous_deployment

paradime_continuous_deployment:
  stage: paradime_continuous_deployment
  image: python:3.11

  # Run only when a merge request is merged into main
  rules:
    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT_TYPE == "merged" && $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "main"'

  variables:
    PARADIME_WORKSPACE_UID: ${PARADIME_WORKSPACE_UID}   # Workspace token (workspace UID)
    PARADIME_API_SECRET: ${PARADIME_API_SECRET}         # Account API key (prdm_cmp_...)
    PARADIME_API_ENDPOINT: ${PARADIME_API_ENDPOINT}     # Paradime API endpoint URL
    PARADIME_SCHEDULE_SLUG: "flowing-pachy-wyy4fs"      # Slug of the Paradime schedule to run
  before_script:
    - pip install paradime-io
  script: |
    paradime bolt run "$PARADIME_SCHEDULE_SLUG" --wait
  timeout: 60 minutes

Add the variables in GitLab

Add these as GitLab CI/CD variables:

PARADIME_API_SECRET — your account API key (prdm_cmp_...)
PARADIME_WORKSPACE_UID — your workspace token
PARADIME_API_ENDPOINT

Schedule Anatomy

Deploy Schedules

Managing Schedules

CI/CD

Continuous Deployment with GitLab Pipelines

Generate API keys

Generate API keys

Create a GitLab pipeline

Add the variables in GitLab

​Generate API keys

Generate API keys

​Create a GitLab pipeline

​Add the variables in GitLab

Generate API keys

Create a GitLab pipeline

Add the variables in GitLab