GitLab CI: Two independent scheduled jobs

Question

Consider the following gilab-ci.yml script:

stages:
  - build_for_ui_automation
  - independent_job

variables:
  LC_ALL: "en_US.UTF-8"
  LANG: "en_US.UTF-8"

before_script:
  - gem install bundler
  - bundle install

build_for_ui_automation:
  dependencies: []
  stage: build_for_ui_automation
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - fastlane/screenshots
      - fastlane/logs
      - fastlane/test_output
      - fastlane/report.xml
  script:
    - bundle exec fastlane ui_automation
  tags:
    - ios
  only:
    - schedules
  allow_failure: false

# This should be added and trigerred independently from "build_for_ui_automation"
independent_job:
  dependencies: []
  stage: independent_job
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - fastlane/screenshots
      - fastlane/logs
      - fastlane/test_output
      - fastlane/report.xml
  script:
    - bundle exec fastlane independent_job
  tags:
    - ios
  only:
    - schedules
  allow_failure: false

I'd like to be able to schedule these two jobs independently, but following the rules:

• build_for_ui_automation runs every day at 5 AM
• independent_job runs every day at 5 PM

However, with the current setup I can only trigger the whole pipeline, which will go through both jobs in sequence.

How can I have a schedule triggering only a single job?

Answer 1

To build off @Naor Tedgi's answer, you can define a variable in your pipeline schedules. For example, set SCHEDULE_TYPE = "build_ui" in the schedule for build_for_ui_automation and SCHEDULE_TYPE = "independent" in the schedule for independent_job. Then your .gitlab-ci.yml file could be modified as:

stages:
  - build_for_ui_automation
  - independent_job

variables:
  LC_ALL: "en_US.UTF-8"
  LANG: "en_US.UTF-8"

before_script:
  - gem install bundler
  - bundle install

build_for_ui_automation:
  dependencies: []
  stage: build_for_ui_automation
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - fastlane/screenshots
      - fastlane/logs
      - fastlane/test_output
      - fastlane/report.xml
  script:
    - bundle exec fastlane ui_automation
  tags:
    - ios
  only:
    refs:
      - schedules
    variables:
      - $SCHEDULE_TYPE == "build_ui"
  allow_failure: false

# This should be added and trigerred independently from "build_for_ui_automation"
independent_job:
  dependencies: []
  stage: independent_job
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - fastlane/screenshots
      - fastlane/logs
      - fastlane/test_output
      - fastlane/report.xml
  script:
    - bundle exec fastlane independent_job
  tags:
    - ios
  only:
    refs:
      - schedules
    variables:
      - $SCHEDULE_TYPE == "independent"
  allow_failure: false

where note the syntax change in the only sections to execute the jobs only during schedules and when the schedule variable is matching.

Answer 2

in gitlab inside your project go to CI/CD -> Schedules press new Schedule button config the tasks as you want set the time and interval

now at the end add a variable for each one of them

now edit your gitlab.yml by adding that variable at the only section

as shown here below

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/variables/#environment-variables-expressions