CircleCI Contexts CLI Demo

Repository showcasing usage of CircleCI's new context CLI functionality.

Prerequisites for this example project

• Need to have the following env variables set, either project-level or context-level:

Variable	Description
VCS	Either "github" or "bitbucket"
CIRCLECI_CLI_TOKEN	A personal API token for CircleCI. User must have org-level/admin permissions

What's happening in this example config?

1. We use the CircleCI CLI Orb to install the client-side CLI and setup auth with the CIRCLECI_CLI_TOKEN variable.

orbs:
  circleci-cli: circleci/[email protected]

# ...
jobs:
  context-cli-test:
    # ...
    steps:
      - circleci-cli/install
      - circleci-cli/setup

2. Then we demonstrate the Context CLI functionality in multiple steps. The commands generally follow this format:

circleci context FUNCTION $VCS $CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME [FUNCTION-SPECIFIC_ARGS...]

The current functions available include create/delete of context, and create/delete of variables inside the context. $VCS you should have set as a prerequisite, and $CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME refers to the org name owning the current project.

Run circleci context or circleci context -h for more help and information on available commands.