Help using aliases to run parallel jobs with workflow

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I’m having an issue trying to set this config, I want each job to install all dependencies, after setting the machine. So I specified the dependencies set with an alias (also using alias for many others actions) in order to leave the config file clean.

Here’s my config, using version 2, I based most of my config on this doc:

version: 2

aliases:
  - &all_tests
    - "run_admin_tests"
    - "run_automationbot_tests"
  - &setup
      name: Setup environment for tests with Python 3
      command: |
          pyenv versions
          pyenv global 3.8.2
          pip install -U selenium
          pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install -U webium
          pip install allure-pytest==2.7.1
          pip install pytest==5.4.3
          pip install pytest-html
          pip install pyperclip==1.5.27
          pip install seleniumwrapper
          pip install selenium-wire
          pip install pycryptodome
          pip install requests
          pip install pytz
          pip install Faker==3.0.1
          sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install pigz
          python -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)"
          sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:qameta/allure
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt install xsel
          sudo apt-get install allure
          sudo apt-get clean
          sudo apt-get install dpkg
          curl -L -o google-chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
          sudo dpkg -i google-chrome.deb
          sudo sed -i 's|HERE/chrome\"|HERE/chrome\" --disable-setuid-sandbox|g' /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome
          rm google-chrome.deb
          wget https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/90.0.4430.24/chromedriver_linux64.zip
          unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
          sudo cp chromedriver /usr/local/bin/chromedriver
  - &install_dependencies
      - run: *setup
  - &admin
      name: Run Admin Tests
      command: |
          cd tests/admin_tests && python -m pytest --alluredir=/tmp/my_allure_results
  - &automationbot
      name: Run Automation Bot Tests
      command: |
          cd tests/automation_bot_tests && python -m pytest --alluredir=/tmp/my_allure_results
  - &run_tests_admin
      - checkout
      - run: *install_dependencies
      - run: *admin
  - &run_tests_automationbot
      - checkout
      - run: *install_dependencies
      - run: *automationbot

jobs:
  run_admin_tests:
    machine: {image: 'ubuntu-1604:202004-01'}
    steps: *run_tests_admin
    no_output_timeout: 20m

  run_automationbot_tests:
    machine: {image: 'ubuntu-1604:202004-01'}
    steps: *run_tests_automationbot
    no_output_timeout: 20m

  report:
    machine: {image: 'ubuntu-1604:202004-01'}
    run: *install_dependencies
    steps:
    - run:
        name: Generate Allure Report
        when: always
        command: |
            allure generate -o /tmp/my_allure_results/report /tmp/my_allure_results
    - store_artifacts:
        path: /tmp/my_allure_results/report

workflows:
  version: 2
  master:
    jobs:
    - "run_admin_tests"
    - "run_automationbot_tests"
    - "report":
        requires: *all_tests

I’m getting this error:
Configuration errors: 1 error occurred:
** * In step 2 definition: ‘’ expected a map, got ‘slice’**

Also config editor is marking an error inside the &install_dependencies alias: Incorrect Type. Expected: "String"

I’ve tried so many combinations without config editor errors but I still can’t make the dependencies to be installed before running the tests.

Can anybody help me out to find out what I’m doing wrong here?

Thanks in Advance

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I managed to solve this by replacing the alias call here:

  • &install_dependencies
    • run: *setup

by:

  • &install_dependencies
    <<: *set_test_environment

So I removed the run: and just injected the alias call there. Also changed setup alias name for set_test_environment but that shouldn’t make any difference of course.

I don’t know why it wasn’t calling the alias with the way before despite I followed the config example using similar syntax.

Anyway, closing this as this is working now.

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