How to use services & caches in parallel steps?

[Michael Delle]

I am using the bitbucket-pipelines.,yml validator, and the only way I can get it to pass is if I add the "name" and "deployment" to the last step. Or if I create an empty step at the beginning.

It would be nice to be able to put "name" and "deployment" right after "default:"

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        name: Build & Test
        deployment: test
        script:
          - Nothing
    - parallel:
      - step:

Parallel Documentation: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/parallel-steps-946606807.html

 Validator: https://bitbucket-pipelines.atlassian.io/validator

 And not that it matters since I am only using the "Validator", my account is "Alpha".

pipelines:
  default:
    - parallel:
      - step:
          caches:
            - composer
          script:
            - composer install
      - step:
          script:
            - make database
          services:
            - database
      - step:
          script:
            - make lint
    - step:
        name: Build & Test
        deployment: test
        script:
          - make test

definitions:
  services:
    database:
      image: mysql:5.5.43

[Philip Hodder · Accepted solution]

Hi Michael,

Parallel steps currently cannot export artifacts. We've currently designed it with speeding up test steps at the moment. However, you can import previous artifacts into parallel steps.

For example:

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        name: Build
        artifacts:
          - dist/**  # artifacts are copied to all parallel steps
        script:
          - ...
    - parallel:     # run the steps below in parallel
        - step:
            name: Unit tests
            script:
              - ...
        - step:
            name: Integration tests
            script:
              - ...

Depending on how your build works, you may be able to adjust the artifact flow to support our current model.

Feel free to open a feature request with your specific needs if you'd like to see parallel steps functionality extended: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/new

Thanks,

Phil

[prilutskiyinfor]

It would be great if you could mention this kind of thing in the public docs.

[elanclarkson]

I'm guessing this is just an old post, but in case anyone else stumbles upon it you can in fact export artifacts from parallel steps now:

https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/parallel-step-options/#:~:text=Parallel%20steps%20can%20produce%20and%20consume%20artifacts

[Michael Delle]

This way works fine except it clones a new repo each time. I'm hoping I can share the "artifact"

pipelines:
  default:
    - parallel:
      - step:
          name: Install Dependencies
          caches:
            - composer
          script:
            - composer install
      - step:
          name: Create Database
          script:
            - make database
          services:
            - database
      - step:
          name: Lint
          script:
            - make lint
    - step:
        name: Test
        deployment: test
        script:
          - make test

definitions:
  services:
    database:
      image: mysql:5.5.43

[Philip Hodder]

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