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Pipelines Overview

Pipelines Overview

Section titled “Pipelines Overview”

Pipelines are the heart of FlightStack. They define your CI/CD workflow visually, specifying what to build, when to build it, and where to deploy.

What is a Pipeline?

Section titled “What is a Pipeline?”

A pipeline is a visual workflow consisting of:

  • Triggers - What starts the pipeline (push, tag, PR, schedule, manual)
  • Jobs - What actions to perform (build, test, deploy, notify)
  • Connections - The execution order and dependencies
   ┌──────────┐
   │ On Push  │  ← Trigger
   └────┬─────┘
        │
        ▼
   ┌──────────┐
   │Run Tests │  ← Job
   └────┬─────┘
        │
   ┌────┴────┐
   │         │
   ▼         ▼
┌───────┐ ┌───────┐
│ iOS   │ │Android│  ← Parallel Jobs
└───┬───┘ └───┬───┘
    └────┬────┘
         │
         ▼
    ┌─────────┐
    │ Notify  │  ← Final Job
    └─────────┘

Key Features

Section titled “Key Features”

Visual Editor

Drag-and-drop interface - no YAML required

Multiple Triggers

One pipeline can have multiple triggers

Parallel Execution

Run jobs in parallel for faster builds

Conditional Flow

Branch your pipeline based on conditions

Trigger Types

Section titled “Trigger Types”
TriggerDescriptionUse Case
ManualRun on demandProduction deploys
On PushCode pushed to branchCI builds
On TagGit tag createdRelease builds
On PRPull request opened/updatedPR validation
ScheduledCron scheduleNightly builds

Job Types

Section titled “Job Types”

Build Jobs

Section titled “Build Jobs”
  • CI Build - Full Flutter build for any platform
  • Build iOS - iOS-specific build (IPA)
  • Build Android - Android-specific build (APK/AAB)

Quality Jobs

Section titled “Quality Jobs”
  • Run Tests - Execute Flutter tests
  • Code Analysis - Run dart analyze

Deployment Jobs

Section titled “Deployment Jobs”
  • Deploy iOS - Upload to TestFlight/App Store
  • Deploy Android - Upload to Google Play
  • Deploy Web - Deploy to Firebase Hosting

Utility Jobs

Section titled “Utility Jobs”
  • Notification - Send Slack/Discord notifications
  • Shell Script - Run custom commands
  • Webhook - Call external APIs
  • Manual Approval - Pause for human approval

Pipeline States

Section titled “Pipeline States”
StateDescription
ActivePipeline is enabled and will trigger
DisabledPipeline won’t trigger automatically
DraftPipeline is being edited (unsaved changes)

Creating Your First Pipeline

Section titled “Creating Your First Pipeline”
  1. Open the FlightStack app
  2. Navigate to your repository
  3. Go to Pipelines tab
  4. Click Create Pipeline
  5. Drag a trigger onto the canvas
  6. Add jobs and connect them
  7. Configure each job
  8. Click Save

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”