Installation

To set it up, you will need to use GitLab webhooks, Docker, and Docker-Compose. The configuration process is as follows:

1. Download the project from the source repository.
2. Copy the file .env.dist to .env.
3. Go to the GitLab project or organization settings and generate the project deployment token for the bot.
4. Change the variables in the .env file:
   • WEBHOOK_PREFIX: The path prefix of the webhook. The final webhook URL will be http://your_host:port/prefix.
   • WEBHOOK_TOKEN: The authentication token for the webhook. It must be the same as will be specified later in GitLab configuration.
   • GITLAB_INSTANCE: The URL to the GitLab instance that hosts the project.
   • GITLAB_REPO: The path to the repository relative to the GitLab instance. As an example for the variable could be the path gitlab-organization/vdo_test_project
   • GITLAB_TOKEN: The previously generated token that allows bot to post messages to the repository.
   • ARQAN_SERVICES_API: The URL to the ARQAN services that will be used to process the text of the issues.
   • ARQAN_USERNAME and ARQAN_PASSWORD: The credentials to access ARQAN server.
   • ARQAN_PLATFORM: The platform on which the project is going to be deployed.
5. Start the project using docker compose with the command docker-compose up.
6. Configure GitLab webhook to point to the project: Go to the project settings, webhooks, and create the webhook for Issues events for the previously specified URL with the previously specified token.