How to use Cake.net with Gitlab CI?

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC application. I am trying to implement CI and CD using Gitlab and Cake.net.

To make testing easier, I installed Gitlab CI multitasking on my machine. I registered it with shell as an artist.

I am trying to execute the Cake.net build.ps1 file from .gitlab-ci.yml, but it does not execute the script. When it reaches the build.ps1 line, it only opens the file with a notebook, and then says that Build succeeded.

What am I missing? Why is the script running?

Here is the code:

.gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - build
build:
 stage: build
 script:
  - build.ps1
 only:
   - develop

Gitlab CI multi runner config.toml

concurrent = 1
check_interval = 0

[[runners]]
  name = "Development runner"
  url = "https://gitlab.com/ci"
  token = "***"
  executor = "shell"
  shell = "powershell"

build.cake

#tool "nuget:?package=xunit.runner.console"

var target = Argument("target", "Default");
var configuration = Argument("configuration", "Release");
var version = Argument("releaseNumber", "");

var solution = "src/Pentrugatit.sln";
var binFolder = "src/Presentation/Nop.Web/bin/";
var pluginsFolder = "src/Presentation/Nop.Web/Plugins/";

Task("Clean")
  .Does(() => {
    CleanDirectories(binFolder);
    CleanDirectories(pluginsFolder);
  });

Task("NuGetRestore")
  .Does(() => NuGetRestore(solution));

Task("Build")
  .IsDependentOn("Clean")
  .IsDependentOn("NuGetRestore")
  .Does(() => MSBuild(solution, new MSBuildSettings { Configuration = configuration }));

Task("Default")
  .IsDependentOn("Build");

RunTarget(target);

build.ps1 (the default file is Cake.net)

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This is a Powershell script to bootstrap a Cake build.
.DESCRIPTION
This Powershell script will download NuGet if missing, restore NuGet tools (including Cake)
and execute your Cake build script with the parameters you provide.
.PARAMETER Target
The build script target to run.
.PARAMETER Configuration
The build configuration to use.
.PARAMETER Verbosity
Specifies the amount of information to be displayed.
.PARAMETER WhatIf
Performs a dry run of the build script.
No tasks will be executed.
.PARAMETER ScriptArgs
Remaining arguments are added here.
.LINK
http://cakebuild.net
#>

[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [string]$Target = "Default",
    [ValidateSet("Release", "Debug")]
    [string]$Configuration = "Release",
    [ValidateSet("Quiet", "Minimal", "Normal", "Verbose", "Diagnostic")]
    [string]$Verbosity = "Verbose",
    [switch]$WhatIf,
    [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$false,ValueFromRemainingArguments=$true)]
    [string[]]$ScriptArgs
)

$CakeVersion = "0.17.0"
$DotNetChannel = "preview";
$DotNetVersion = "1.0.0-preview2-003121";
$DotNetInstallerUri = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/cli/rel/1.0.0-preview2/scripts/obtain/dotnet-install.ps1";
$NugetUrl = "https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe"

# Make sure tools folder exists
$PSScriptRoot = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
$ToolPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "tools"
if (!(Test-Path $ToolPath)) {
    Write-Verbose "Creating tools directory..."
    New-Item -Path $ToolPath -Type directory | out-null
}

###########################################################################
# INSTALL .NET CORE CLI
###########################################################################

Function Remove-PathVariable([string]$VariableToRemove)
{
    $path = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User")
    if ($path -ne $null)
    {
        $newItems = $path.Split(';', [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) | Where-Object { "$($_)" -inotlike $VariableToRemove }
        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", [System.String]::Join(';', $newItems), "User")
    }

    $path = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "Process")
    if ($path -ne $null)
    {
        $newItems = $path.Split(';', [StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries) | Where-Object { "$($_)" -inotlike $VariableToRemove }
        [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", [System.String]::Join(';', $newItems), "Process")
    }
}

# Get .NET Core CLI path if installed.
$FoundDotNetCliVersion = $null;
if (Get-Command dotnet -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
    $FoundDotNetCliVersion = dotnet --version;
}

if($FoundDotNetCliVersion -ne $DotNetVersion) {
    $InstallPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot ".dotnet"
    if (!(Test-Path $InstallPath)) {
        mkdir -Force $InstallPath | Out-Null;
    }
    (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($DotNetInstallerUri, "$InstallPath\dotnet-install.ps1");
    & $InstallPath\dotnet-install.ps1 -Channel $DotNetChannel -Version $DotNetVersion -InstallDir $InstallPath;

    Remove-PathVariable "$InstallPath"
    $env:PATH = "$InstallPath;$env:PATH"
    $env:DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE=1
    $env:DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
}

###########################################################################
# INSTALL NUGET
###########################################################################

# Make sure nuget.exe exists.
$NugetPath = Join-Path $ToolPath "nuget.exe"
if (!(Test-Path $NugetPath)) {
    Write-Host "Downloading NuGet.exe..."
    (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile($NugetUrl, $NugetPath);
}

###########################################################################
# INSTALL CAKE
###########################################################################

# Make sure Cake has been installed.
$CakePath = Join-Path $ToolPath "Cake.$CakeVersion/Cake.exe"
if (!(Test-Path $CakePath)) {
    Write-Host "Installing Cake..."
    Invoke-Expression "&`"$NugetPath`" install Cake -Version $CakeVersion -OutputDirectory `"$ToolPath`"" | Out-Null;
    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
        Throw "An error occured while restoring Cake from NuGet."
    }
}

###########################################################################
# RUN BUILD SCRIPT
###########################################################################

# Build the argument list.
$Arguments = @{
    target=$Target;
    configuration=$Configuration;
    verbosity=$Verbosity;
    dryrun=$WhatIf;
}.GetEnumerator() | %{"--{0}=`"{1}`"" -f $_.key, $_.value };

# Start Cake
Write-Host "Running build script..."
Invoke-Expression "& `"$CakePath`" `"build.cake`" $Arguments $ScriptArgs"
exit $LASTEXITCODE

Answer 1

  - build.ps1

  - PowerShell .\build.ps1