Can i reference a operator subscription file in my pipelinerun?

[MrMrAnderson]

Hello, it's me again the pipeline noob, anyways I have a question regarding the parameters attribute if I can reference another .yaml file that contains an operator subscription options and send it as a parameter directly.

Example

Folder Structure:

• .tekton
  -- pipelinerun-create.yaml
• sub.yaml

pipelinerun-create.yaml:

params:
- name: operator
description: Specify the operator to be installed in the cluster.
value: ../sub.yaml

sub.yaml:

apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
name: openshift-pipelines-operator
namespace: openshift-operators
spec:
channel: latest
name: openshift-pipelines-operator-rh
source: redhat-operators
sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace

If you need further info feel free to comment on this and I will try to be more precise.

[chmouel]

Pipelines as Code doesn't manage any other yaml than Tekton resources, you can have a small task with kubectl in your Pipeline that will apply the yaml on cluster, but you will need to have the rights for it from your serviceaccount.

[MrMrAnderson]

okay and how would you specify the yaml into a parameter inside the pipelinerun so that i could use it as like a variable parameter in the pipeline?

[chmouel]

the task does not seem to support passing a file or a workspace locally, so you may have to build your own task for that...

[MrMrAnderson]

I have created a task like so in the pipeline:

pipelinerun.yaml

spec:
 params:
  - name:
    description: Specify the operator to be installed in the cluster.
    value: ../sub.yaml

pipeline.yaml

params:
  - name: operator
    description: Specify the operator to be installed in the cluster.

tasks:
 - name: rosa-install-operator
    params:
      - name: SCRIPT
        value: 
          - oc
          - apply
          - -f
          - $(params.operator)
    runAfter:
    - rosa-describe
    workspaces:
    - name: source-git
      workspace: gitlab-workspace
      mountPath: /root