Files

Buildkite Packages provides registry support for generic files to cover some cases where native package management isn't required.

Once your Files registry has been created, you can publish/upload files (of any type and extension) to this registry via the relevant curl command presented on your registry details page.

To view and copy this curl command:

  1. Select Packages in the global navigation to access the Registries page.
  2. Select your registry on this page.
  3. Select Publish a File and in the resulting dialog, use the copy icon at the top-right of the code box to copy this curl command and run it to publish a file to your registry.

This command provides:

  • The specific URL to publish a file to your specific registry in Buildkite.
  • The API access token required to publish files to your registry.
  • The file to be published.

Publish a file

The following curl command (which you'll need to modify as required before submitting) describes the process above to publish a file to your registry:

curl -X POST https://api.buildkite.com/v2/packages/organizations/{org.slug}/registries/{registry.slug}/packages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REGISTRY_WRITE_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@<path_to_file>"

where:

  • {org.slug} can be obtained from the end of your Buildkite URL, after accessing Packages or Pipelines in the global navigation of your organization in Buildkite.
  • {registry.slug} is the slug of your registry, which is the kebab-case version of your registry name, and can be obtained after accessing Packages in the global navigation > your registry from the Registries page.
  • $REGISTRY_WRITE_TOKEN is your API access token used to publish/upload files to your registry. Ensure this access token has the Write Packages REST API scope, which allows this token to publish files to any registry your user account has access to within your Buildkite organization.
  • <path_to_file> is the full path required to the package file. If the file is located in the same directory that this command is running from, then no path is required.

For example, to upload the file my-custom-app.ipa from the current directory to the My files registry in the My organization Buildkite organization, run the curl command:

curl -X POST https://api.buildkite.com/v2/packages/organizations/my-organization/registries/my-files/packages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_REGISTRY_WRITE_TOKEN" \
  -F "file=@my-custom-app.ipa"

Access a file's details

The file details can be accessed from this registry using the Packages section of your registry page.

To access your file details page:

  1. Select Packages in the global navigation to access the Registries page.
  2. Select your registry on this page.
  3. On your registry page, select the file to display its details page.

The file details page provides the following information in the following sections:

  • Installation (tab): the installation instructions.
  • Details (tab): a list of checksum values for this file—MD5, SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512.
  • About this version: a brief (metadata) description about the file.
  • Details: details about:
    • the name of the file
    • the registry the file is located in.
    • the file's visibility (based on its registry's visibility)—whether the file is Private and requires authentication to access, or is publicly accessible.

  • Pushed: the date when the last file was uploaded to the registry.
  • File size: the storage size (in bytes) of this package.
  • Downloads: the number of times this package has been downloaded.

Downloading a file

The file can be downloaded from the file details page. To do this:

  1. Access the file's details.
  2. Select Download.

Or; a file can be installed via the command line using code snippet details provided on the file details page. To do this:

  1. Access the file's details.
  2. Ensure the Installation > Instructions section is displayed.
  3. For each required command in the relevant code snippets, copy the relevant code snippet, paste it into your terminal, and run it.