[Bitbucket Pipeline] Using a different environmental variable based on branch?

alexwonguhuru

If I push to `branch-A`, I want to run tests using `branch-A` envs.

If I push to `branch-B`, I want to run tests using `branch-B` envs.

 

How can I do that without creating new `steps` just to change the environmental variable?

Philip Hodder

@alexwonguhuru, if you only need the variable variation for you deployments, you should be able to use Deployment Variables to do that. They'll let you define different values for the same key on different deployment steps.

We have documentation about it here: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/variables-in-pipelines-794502608.html

An example bitbucket-pipelines.yml would be:

pipelines:
  branches:
    develop:
      - step:
          name: Deploy to Test
          deployment: test
          script:
            - echo $MY_ENV # Would print www.mysite.com/develop
    staging:
      - step:
          name: Deploy to Staging
          deployment: staging
          script:
            - echo $MY_ENV # Would print www.mysite.com/staging
    production:
      - step: 
          name: Deploy to Production
          deployment: production
          script:
            - echo $MY_ENV # Would print www.mysite.com/production

The variables are configured in the Repository Settings -> Pipelines -> Deployments section, per environment.

Currently Pipelines only supports those 3 deployment environments. However, we are currently working on extending this to more environments. You can follow the progress of this feature here: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/15362/enhance-deployments-to-support-flexible

Thanks,

Phil