How do you rsync build files from Gitlab CI to another server

Question

It's unclear to me how to get my build files from the Gitlab CI (hosted on https://ci.gitlab.com) over to my personal server using rsync.

I have setup 1 test and 1 deploy job.

Under the deploy tab I have inputed the bash commands to:

1. Install rsync
2. Update packages
3. Finally, the rsync command to transfer files over SSH to my personal server.

When I enter the SSH credentials (with verbose flag on) for my private personal server, it would appear that the SSH key is the issue. In Gitlab, I have already established the deploy key (for hooks - tested this and it works).

Where do I locate the public SSH key for the Gitlab deploy instance so that I can install that key on my server?

Below is the exact script entered in Gitlab CI deploy job script pane:

# Run as root
(
set -e
set -u
set -x
apt-get update -y
apt-get -y install rsync
)
git clone https://github.com/bla/deployments.git $HOME/deploy/deployments
SVR_WEB1_WEBSERVER="000.11.22.333"
USER1="franklin"
GROUP1="team1"
FROM_DIR="/gitlab-ci-runner/tmp/builds/myrepo-1/"
DEST1="subdomains/gitlab/myrepo"
EXCLUSIONS_LIST="${HOME}/deploy/deployments/exclusions/exclusions.txt"
ssh -v "$USER1@$SVR_WEB1_WEBSERVER"
/usr/bin/rsync -avzh --progress --delete -e ssh --group=$GROUP1 -p --exclude-from "$EXCLUSIONS_LIST" "$FROM_DIR" "$USER1@$SVR_WEB1_WEBSERVER:$DEST1"

Answer 1

Providing your private ssh key is dangerous unless you use your own gitlab-ci runners for deployment. That's why it is better to use rsync modules.