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Predefined environment variables reference

For an introduction on this subject, read through the getting started with environment variables document.

Overview

Some of the predefined environment variables are available only if a minimum version of GitLab Runner is used. Consult the table below to find the version of Runner required.

NOTE: Note: Starting with GitLab 9.0, we have deprecated some variables. Read the 9.0 Renaming section to find out their replacements. You are strongly advised to use the new variables as we will remove the old ones in future GitLab releases.

Variables reference

Variable GitLab Runner Description
ARTIFACT_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS 8.15 1.9 Number of attempts to download artifacts running a job
CHAT_CHANNEL 10.6 all Source chat channel which triggered the ChatOps command
CHAT_INPUT 10.6 all Additional arguments passed in the ChatOps command
CI all 0.4 Mark that job is executed in CI environment
CI_API_V4_URL 11.7 all The GitLab API v4 root URL
CI_BUILDS_DIR all 11.10 Top-level directory where builds are executed.
CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA 11.2 all The previous latest commit present on a branch before a merge request. Only populated when there is a merge request associated with the pipeline.
CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION 10.8 all The description of the commit: the message without first line, if the title is shorter than 100 characters; full message in other case.
CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE 10.8 all The full commit message.
CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME 9.0 all The branch or tag name for which project is built
CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED 11.11 all If the job is running on a protected branch
CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG 9.0 all $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME lowercased, shortened to 63 bytes, and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. No leading / trailing -. Use in URLs, host names and domain names.
CI_COMMIT_SHA 9.0 all The commit revision for which project is built
CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA 11.7 all The first eight characters of CI_COMMIT_SHA
CI_COMMIT_BRANCH 12.6 0.5 The commit branch name. Present only when building branches.
CI_COMMIT_TAG 9.0 0.5 The commit tag name. Present only when building tags.
CI_COMMIT_TITLE 10.8 all The title of the commit - the full first line of the message
CI_CONCURRENT_ID all 11.10 Unique ID of build execution within a single executor.
CI_CONCURRENT_PROJECT_ID all 11.10 Unique ID of build execution within a single executor and project.
CI_CONFIG_PATH 9.4 0.5 The path to CI config file. Defaults to .gitlab-ci.yml
CI_DEBUG_TRACE all 1.7 Whether debug logging (tracing) is enabled
CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH 12.4 all The name of the default branch for the project.
CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD 10.8 all Authentication password of the GitLab Deploy Token, only present if the Project has one related.
CI_DEPLOY_USER 10.8 all Authentication username of the GitLab Deploy Token, only present if the Project has one related.
CI_DISPOSABLE_ENVIRONMENT all 10.1 Marks that the job is executed in a disposable environment (something that is created only for this job and disposed of/destroyed after the execution - all executors except shell and ssh). If the environment is disposable, it is set to true, otherwise it is not defined at all.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME 8.15 all The name of the environment for this job. Only present if environment:name is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG 8.15 all A simplified version of the environment name, suitable for inclusion in DNS, URLs, Kubernetes labels, etc. Only present if environment:name is set.
CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL 9.3 all The URL of the environment for this job. Only present if environment:url is set.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_IID 12.3 all Pull Request ID from GitHub if the pipelines are for external pull requests. Available only if only: [external_pull_requests] is used and the pull request is open.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME 12.3 all The source branch name of the pull request if the pipelines are for external pull requests. Available only if only: [external_pull_requests] is used and the pull request is open.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA 12.3 all The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the pull request if the pipelines are for external pull requests. Available only if only: [external_pull_requests] is used and the pull request is open.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME 12.3 all The target branch name of the pull request if the pipelines are for external pull requests. Available only if only: [external_pull_requests] is used and the pull request is open.
CI_EXTERNAL_PULL_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA 12.3 all The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the pull request if the pipelines are for external pull requests. Available only if only: [external_pull_requests] is used and the pull request is open.
CI_JOB_ID 9.0 all The unique id of the current job that GitLab CI uses internally
CI_JOB_MANUAL 8.12 all The flag to indicate that job was manually started
CI_JOB_NAME 9.0 0.5 The name of the job as defined in .gitlab-ci.yml
CI_JOB_STAGE 9.0 0.5 The name of the stage as defined in .gitlab-ci.yml
CI_JOB_TOKEN 9.0 1.2 Token used for authenticating with the GitLab Container Registry and downloading dependent repositories
CI_JOB_URL 11.1 0.5 Job details URL
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ASSIGNEES 11.9 all Comma-separated list of username(s) of assignee(s) for the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID 11.6 all The ID of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID 11.6 all The IID of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS 11.9 all Comma-separated label names of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_MILESTONE 11.9 all The milestone title of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_ID 11.6 all The ID of the project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_PATH 11.6 all The path of the project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests (e.g. namespace/awesome-project). Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_URL 11.6 all The URL of the project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests (e.g. http://192.168.10.15:3000/namespace/awesome-project). Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_REF_PATH 11.6 all The ref path of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. (e.g. refs/merge-requests/1/head). Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_NAME 11.6 all The source branch name of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_BRANCH_SHA 11.9 all The HEAD SHA of the source branch of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used, the merge request is created, and the pipeline is a merged result pipeline. (PREMIUM)
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_ID 11.6 all The ID of the source project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_PATH 11.6 all The path of the source project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_SOURCE_PROJECT_URL 11.6 all The URL of the source project of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME 11.6 all The target branch name of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_SHA 11.9 all The HEAD SHA of the target branch of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used, the merge request is created, and the pipeline is a merged result pipeline. (PREMIUM)
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE 11.9 all The title of the merge request if the pipelines are for merge requests. Available only if only: [merge_requests] is used and the merge request is created.
CI_MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT_TYPE 12.3 all The event type of the merge request, if the pipelines are for merge requests. Can be detached, merged_result or merge_train.
CI_NODE_INDEX 11.5 all Index of the job in the job set. If the job is not parallelized, this variable is not set.
CI_NODE_TOTAL 11.5 all Total number of instances of this job running in parallel. If the job is not parallelized, this variable is set to 1.
CI_PAGES_DOMAIN 11.8 all The configured domain that hosts GitLab Pages.
CI_PAGES_URL 11.8 all URL to GitLab Pages-built pages. Always belongs to a subdomain of CI_PAGES_DOMAIN.
CI_PIPELINE_ID 8.10 all The unique id of the current pipeline that GitLab CI uses internally
CI_PIPELINE_IID 11.0 all The unique id of the current pipeline scoped to project
CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE 10.0 all Indicates how the pipeline was triggered. Possible options are: push, web, trigger, schedule, api, pipeline, external, chat, merge_request_event, and external_pull_request_event. For pipelines created before GitLab 9.5, this will show as unknown
CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED all all The flag to indicate that job was triggered
CI_PIPELINE_URL 11.1 0.5 Pipeline details URL
CI_PROJECT_DIR all all The full path where the repository is cloned and where the job is run. If the GitLab Runner builds_dir parameter is set, this variable is set relative to the value of builds_dir. For more information, see Advanced configuration for GitLab Runner.
CI_PROJECT_ID all all The unique id of the current project that GitLab CI uses internally
CI_PROJECT_NAME 8.10 0.5 The name of the directory for the project that is currently being built. For example, if the project URL is gitlab.example.com/group-name/project-1, the CI_PROJECT_NAME would be project-1.
CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE 8.10 0.5 The project namespace (username or groupname) that is currently being built
CI_PROJECT_PATH 8.10 0.5 The namespace with project name
CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG 9.3 all $CI_PROJECT_PATH lowercased and with everything except 0-9 and a-z replaced with -. Use in URLs and domain names.
CI_PROJECT_REPOSITORY_LANGUAGES 12.3 all Comma-separated, lowercased list of the languages used in the repository (e.g. ruby,javascript,html,css)
CI_PROJECT_TITLE 12.4 all The human-readable project name as displayed in the GitLab web interface.
CI_PROJECT_URL 8.10 0.5 The HTTP(S) address to access project
CI_PROJECT_VISIBILITY 10.3 all The project visibility (internal, private, public)
CI_REGISTRY 8.10 0.5 If the Container Registry is enabled it returns the address of GitLab's Container Registry. This variable will include a :port value if one has been specified in the registry configuration.
CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE 8.10 0.5 If the Container Registry is enabled for the project it returns the address of the registry tied to the specific project
CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD 9.0 all The password to use to push containers to the GitLab Container Registry
CI_REGISTRY_USER 9.0 all The username to use to push containers to the GitLab Container Registry
CI_REPOSITORY_URL 9.0 all The URL to clone the Git repository
CI_RUNNER_DESCRIPTION 8.10 0.5 The description of the runner as saved in GitLab
CI_RUNNER_EXECUTABLE_ARCH all 10.6 The OS/architecture of the GitLab Runner executable (note that this is not necessarily the same as the environment of the executor)
CI_RUNNER_ID 8.10 0.5 The unique id of runner being used
CI_RUNNER_REVISION all 10.6 GitLab Runner revision that is executing the current job
CI_RUNNER_SHORT_TOKEN all 12.3 First eight characters of GitLab Runner's token used to authenticate new job requests. Used as Runner's unique ID
CI_RUNNER_TAGS 8.10 0.5 The defined runner tags
CI_RUNNER_VERSION all 10.6 GitLab Runner version that is executing the current job
CI_SERVER all all Mark that job is executed in CI environment
CI_SERVER_URL 12.7 all The base URL of the GitLab instance, including protocol and port (like https://gitlab.example.com:8080)
CI_SERVER_HOST 12.1 all Host component of the GitLab instance URL, without protocol and port (like gitlab.example.com)
CI_SERVER_NAME all all The name of CI server that is used to coordinate jobs
CI_SERVER_REVISION all all GitLab revision that is used to schedule jobs
CI_SERVER_VERSION all all GitLab version that is used to schedule jobs
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MAJOR 11.4 all GitLab version major component
CI_SERVER_VERSION_MINOR 11.4 all GitLab version minor component
CI_SERVER_VERSION_PATCH 11.4 all GitLab version patch component
CI_SHARED_ENVIRONMENT all 10.1 Marks that the job is executed in a shared environment (something that is persisted across CI invocations like shell or ssh executor). If the environment is shared, it is set to true, otherwise it is not defined at all.
GET_SOURCES_ATTEMPTS 8.15 1.9 Number of attempts to fetch sources running a job
GITLAB_CI all all Mark that job is executed in GitLab CI environment
GITLAB_FEATURES 10.6 all The comma separated list of licensed features available for your instance and plan
GITLAB_USER_EMAIL 8.12 all The email of the user who started the job
GITLAB_USER_ID 8.12 all The id of the user who started the job
GITLAB_USER_LOGIN 10.0 all The login username of the user who started the job
GITLAB_USER_NAME 10.0 all The real name of the user who started the job
RESTORE_CACHE_ATTEMPTS 8.15 1.9 Number of attempts to restore the cache running a job