blog/source/_posts/validity-gitlab-ci-config.md

---
title: How to check validity of GitLab CI config
subtitle: How to verify/lint the config.
date: 2018-10-25
tags:
- gitlab
---

It can be frustrating after you push the changes you made to `.gitlab-ci.yml`, only to discover later that it's invalid on gitlab.com. Here's how to verify/lint the config.

Login to GitLab.com and navigate to any of your repo or project. It must be under your account. If you don't have one, simply create a new project or fork one.

Simply add `/-/ci/lint` to the end of your repo link and navigate to that link.

For example,

```
https://gitlab.com/curben/blog/-/ci/lint
```

This is what it looks like,

{% cloudinary '20181025/lint.png' 'Verify .gitlab-ci.yml online' %}

Simply paste the content of your `.gitlab-ci.yml` and 'Validate'.
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feat: add more alt attributes * fix grammar, clarify 2019-05-24 05:26:08 +00:00
fix(excerpt): Reduce post excerpt to one-line 2019-06-06 11:22:43 +00:00			It can be frustrating after you push the changes you made to `.gitlab-ci.yml`, only to discover later that it's invalid on gitlab.com. Here's how to verify/lint the config.

Add 'How to check validity of GitLab CI config' post 2018-10-25 03:33:04 +00:00			`Login to GitLab.com and navigate to any of your repo or project. It must be under your account. If you don't have one, simply create a new project or fork one.`

			Simply add `/-/ci/lint` to the end of your repo link and navigate to that link.

			`For example,`

			```
			`https://gitlab.com/curben/blog/-/ci/lint`
			```

			`This is what it looks like,`

feat: add more alt attributes * fix grammar, clarify 2019-05-24 05:26:08 +00:00			`{% cloudinary '20181025/lint.png' 'Verify .gitlab-ci.yml online' %}`
Add 'How to check validity of GitLab CI config' post 2018-10-25 03:33:04 +00:00
docs: Add tags 2019-02-09 06:01:22 +00:00			Simply paste the content of your `.gitlab-ci.yml` and 'Validate'.