Gitlab AutoDevops: Integrate pipeline with EKS and ECR registry

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I’m new to GitLab auto devOps and I’m trying to publish a NodeJs project (Gitlab example).
I’ve an EKS Kubernetes cluster, correctly integrated in my Gitlab instance, and an ECR as container registry.
So I’ve modified default .gitlab-ci.yml to make it build and publish on ECR but the deployement phase generate an error.
This is my edit on .gitlab-ci.yml:

...
build:
  image: my-aws-openvpn-ssh-node
  stage: build
  before_script:    
    # docker login
    - aws ecr get-login-password --region eu-west-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
    - echo $CI_COMMIT_SHA
    - echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
    - echo $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE # setted manually in environment variable
    - echo $CI_REGISTRY # setted manually in environment variable
  script:
    - docker build --pull --add-host XXX --cache-from $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest --tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME .
    - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
    - docker tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
    - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
...
include:
  # - template: Jobs/Build.gitlab-ci.yml  # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Jobs/Build.gitlab-ci.yml
...

And this is the deploy error:

$ auto-deploy deploy
 secret "staging-secret" deleted
 secret/staging-secret replaced
 No helm values file found at '.gitlab/auto-deploy-values.yaml'
 Deploying new stable release...
 Release "staging" does not exist. Installing it now.
 INSTALL FAILED
 PURGING CHART
 Error: release staging failed: timed out waiting for the condition
 Successfully purged a chart!
 Error: release staging failed: timed out waiting for the condition
Running after_script
Uploading artifacts for failed job
 ERROR: Job failed: exit code 1

I think it’s because helm can’t download ECR image, I’ve no more clues.

Have someone configured Gitlab Auto DevOps on a similar infrastucture?

How can I make a docker login before helm start installing?

Is there any tutorial for this kind of infrastructure (EKS, ECR, Gitlab auto devops)?

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lately Gitlab CEO was talking about adoption levels for AutoDevops .
there are so many topics like this that haven’t been covered , how do you plane to improve engagement if you have poor documentation.
I was trying to use AutoDevOps but now I feel like the product is not ready!!!