Issue trying to get custom job template to work

GitLab CI/CD
1

Gitlab Omnibus edition v14.8
Ubuntu 20.04

Receiving: This GitLab CI configuration is invalid: Template file MyTemplates/Jobs/windows-support.yml is not a valid location!

Project .gitlab-ci.yml

include:
  template: MyTemplates/Jobs/windows-support.yml

my_job:
  script:
    - !reference [.get_powershell_credential, script]

Template /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/MyTemplates/Jobs/windows-support.yml

variables:
  PS_USERNAME: "MYDOMAIN\\myuser"

.get_powershell_credential:
  script:
    - $psusername=(Get-ChildItem Env:PS_USERNAME).Value

I know the contents of the included script are ok as the following gitlab-ci.yml works - only difference is getting the script via http vs gitlab local file system.

include:
  remote: "http://my.localwebsite.com/gitlab/MyTemplates/Jobs/windows-support.yml"

...
2

Hi @brookethedrick
you need to use local like this:

include:
  - local: '/templates/.gitlab-ci-template.yml'

template is ONLY for GitLab provided pipeline templates.

3

Hey @balonik,

Does local: mean only within the same project where the .gitlab-ci.yml file lives?

4

@brookethedrick yes