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Version: 2.7.x

Matrix workflows

Woodpecker has integrated support for matrix workflows. Woodpecker executes a separate workflow for each combination in the matrix, allowing you to build and test against multiple configurations.

Example matrix definition:

matrix:
GO_VERSION:
- 1.4
- 1.3
REDIS_VERSION:
- 2.6
- 2.8
- 3.0

Example matrix definition containing only specific combinations:

matrix:
include:
- GO_VERSION: 1.4
REDIS_VERSION: 2.8
- GO_VERSION: 1.5
REDIS_VERSION: 2.8
- GO_VERSION: 1.6
REDIS_VERSION: 3.0

Interpolationโ€‹

Matrix variables are interpolated in the YAML using the ${VARIABLE} syntax, before the YAML is parsed. This is an example YAML file before interpolating matrix parameters:

matrix:
GO_VERSION:
- 1.4
- 1.3
DATABASE:
- mysql:8
- mysql:5
- mariadb:10.1

steps:
- name: build
image: golang:${GO_VERSION}
commands:
- go get
- go build
- go test

services:
- name: database
image: ${DATABASE}

Example YAML file after injecting the matrix parameters:

 steps:
- name: build
- image: golang:${GO_VERSION}
+ image: golang:1.4
commands:
- go get
- go build
- go test
+ environment:
+ - GO_VERSION=1.4
+ - DATABASE=mysql:8

services:
- name: database
- image: ${DATABASE}
+ image: mysql:8

Examplesโ€‹

Example matrix pipeline based on Docker image tagโ€‹

matrix:
TAG:
- 1.7
- 1.8
- latest

steps:
- name: build
image: golang:${TAG}
commands:
- go build
- go test

Example matrix pipeline based on container imageโ€‹

matrix:
IMAGE:
- golang:1.7
- golang:1.8
- golang:latest

steps:
- name: build
image: ${IMAGE}
commands:
- go build
- go test

Example matrix pipeline using multiple platformsโ€‹

matrix:
platform:
- linux/amd64
- linux/arm64

labels:
platform: ${platform}

steps:
- name: test
image: alpine
commands:
- echo "I am running on ${platform}"

- name: test-arm-only
image: alpine
commands:
- echo "I am running on ${platform}"
- echo "Arm is cool!"
when:
platform: linux/arm*
note

If you want to control the architecture of a pipeline on a Kubernetes runner, see the nodeSelector documentation of the Kubernetes backend.