[ENH] - Disable generating .gitlab-ci.yml in Gitlab CI

Feature description

Disable generating specifically the .gitlab-ci.yml file, for those who are managing their Nebari installation in Gitlab CI with custom scripts sections in CI.

Suggestion: Set a variable like ci_render in nebari-config.yaml, like:

ci_cd:
  type: gitlab-ci
  branch: main
  commit_render: true
  ci_render: false

This way CI would still render other files to be committed (.tf files, etc), but will not generate and commit back the .gitlab-ci.yml file.

Value and/or benefit

Beneficial for those who require custom scripts sections in .gitlab-ci.yml, for example:

• specifying their own git config user.email and git config user.name
• adding extra scripts like git remote set-url origin https://user:$[e-mail]/group/nebari

Disabling the generation of .gitlab-ci.yml will allow teams to maintain their own CI configuration.

Anything else?

No response

[dharhas]

@iameskild lets make sure to migrate those instructions to the new docs.

[pavithraes]

@kalpanachinnappan Just following up on this discussion, does @iameskild’s comment clarifying before_script help resolve your first concern?

Sidenote,

lets make sure to migrate those instructions to the new docs.

This will get documented in https://github.com/nebari-dev/nebari-docs/pull/115 😃