Deploy from GitLab to WPEngine (Tested)

.gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - deploy_dev
  - deploy_staging
  - deploy_live

before_script:
  - 'which ssh-agent || ( apk add --update openssh )'
  - apk add --update bash
  - apk add --update git
  - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
  - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | ssh-add -
  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
  - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'

Deploy Dev:
  stage: deploy_dev
  script:
    - git remote add dev $WPENGINE_DEV_GIT
    - "git checkout -b dev"
    - "git push dev HEAD:master --force"
  only:
    - develop

Deploy Staging:
  stage: deploy_staging
  script:
    - git remote add staging $WPENGINE_STAGING_GIT
    - "git checkout -b staging"
    - "git push staging HEAD:master --force"
  only:
    - master

Deploy Live:
  stage: deploy_live
  when: manual
  script:
    - git remote add live $WPENGINE_LIVE_GIT
    - "git checkout -b live"
    - "git push live HEAD:master --force"
  only:
    - tags

Available parameters to work:

https://gitlab.com/<your-repo-path>/-/settings/ci_cd

• SSH_PRIVATE_KEY (run pbcopy > ~/.ssh/id_rsa and paste)
• WPENGINE_DEV_GIT - the full path of Git repo, (for example: git@git.wpengine.com:production/devkhoipro.git)
• WPENGINE_STAGING_GIT
• WPENGINE_LIVE_GIT

Deployment Process

Branch | Environment
========================
develop ==> Development
master (pushed, no new tag) => Staging
master (with new tag) => Staging + Live

Thanks Khoipro It was a good start:

The quick note:

You also need to add a private key to WPEngine to ensure the GitLab CI could be create a new commit or push to WPEngine.

Have a nice day!

@peterjudicialwatch thank you! Hope you enjoy it!

@khoipro - i know this was 5 years ago...but i was wondering...if i create this file and push it to my repo (dev branch) in gitlab...how does it know to only deploy to my dev environment in WPEngine?

Process DEV

1. Push to dev branch (gitlab.com)
2. Deploy to dev environment (wpengine)

Process STAGE

1. Push to stage branch (gitlab.com)
2. Deploy to stage environment (wpengine)