Orbs FAQ

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This document describes various questions and technical issues that you may find helpful when working with Orbs.

Build Error When Testing Locally
Rerun Error
Logging Outputs
Failing Builds
Private Installation of CircleCI When Using Orbs
Using Orb Elements For Other Orbs
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Downloading, Integrating, and Testing Orbs

Question: How do I download, integrate and test orbs?
Answer: You can invoke orbs using the orbs stanza in version 2.1 or higher of a CircleCI configuration. For example, if you want to publish an orb called hello-build in the namespace circleci and have a published version 0.0.1, invoke an orb like the example shown below:

orbs:
     hello: circleci/hello-build@0.0.5

You may then use the elements of that orb in your configuration by referencing these elements under the key hello. For example, if an orb has a job called hello-build, you can invoke that job in a workflow like the example shown below.

workflows:
  info:
    jobs:
      - hello/hello-build

CircleCI publishes a web-based registry viewer so orbs documentation can be auto-generated. You can always pull the source of Orbs directly as well. For example, you can run circleci orb source circleci/hello-build@0.01

Build Error When Testing Locally

Question: Why do I get the following error when testing locally:

circleci build -c .circleci/jobs.yml --job test

Error:
You attempted to run a local build with version 2.1 of configuration.

Answer: To resolve this error, run circleci config process on your configuration and then save that configuration to disk. You then should run circleci local execute against the processed configuration.

Rerun Error

Question: Why do I get the following error when re-running the same workflow:

only certified orbs are permitted in this project.

Answer: Try making a whitespace change or similar. Your config won’t recompile until you’ve made a change. Config processing happens before the compiled code is passed into the workflows conductor. Because of that, the workflows conductor (where you trigger the rebuild) knows nothing of the original 2.1 config.

Logging Outputs

Question: Is there a standard way to to log output? For example, Jenkins plugins provide console links to show the log output and provides hooks to log those messages. It is possible to log to stdout, but is there a better way to log those log messages.
Answer: In CircleCI, all steps that run are logged, so any output from those steps will appear in the console. You can use SSH to echo things directly. CircleCI does not have a separate logging facility outside the console output.

Failing Builds

Question: How can I intentionally fail a job that invokes an orb from within an orb?
Answer: You can always return a non-zero status code from the shell to fail the job. You can also use run: circleci-agent step halt as a step to exit the job without failing.

Private Installation of CircleCI When Using Orbs

Question: Can I use a private installation of CircleCI Server when using working with orbs?
Answer: No. CircleCI Server does not currently support private installations.

Using Orb Elements For Other Orbs

Question: May I use elements from a different orb when creating my own orb?
Answer: Yes, orbs may be composed directly using elements of other orbs. For example:

orbs:
  some-orb: some-ns/some-orb@volatile
executors:
  my-executor: some-orb/their-executor
commands:
  my-command: some-orb/their-command
jobs:
  my-job: some-orb/their-job
  another-job:
    executor: my-executor
    steps:
      - my-command
          param1: "hello"

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