Gitlab Composer Packages publish using Runner

Minimal config

Works without any further modification

# Publishes a tag/branch to Composer Packages of the current project
publish:
  image: curlimages/curl:latest
  stage: build
  variables:
    URL: "$CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL://$CI_SERVER_HOST:$CI_SERVER_PORT/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/packages/composer?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"
  script:
    - version=$([[ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]] && echo "branch=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" || echo "tag=$CI_COMMIT_TAG")
    - insecure=$([ "$CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL" = "http" ] && echo "--insecure")
    - response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" $insecure --data $version $URL)
    - code=$(echo "$response" | tail -n 1)
    - body=$(echo "$response" | head -n 1)
    # Output state information
    - if [ $code -eq 201 ]; then
        echo "Package created - Code $code - $body";
      else
        echo "Could not create package - Code $code - $body";
        exit 1;
      fi

Extended config

Make sure to adjust test:script block according to your needs.

stages:
  - test
  - build

test:
  image: composer:2
  stage: test
  script:
    - composer install
    - vendor/bin/codecept run --html
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - tests/_output/report.html
    expire_in: 1 weeks
 
# Publishes a tag/branch to Composer Packages of the current project
publish:
  image: curlimages/curl:latest
  stage: build
  variables:
    URL: "$CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL://$CI_SERVER_HOST:$CI_SERVER_PORT/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/packages/composer?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"
  script:
    - version=$([[ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]] && echo "branch=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" || echo "tag=$CI_COMMIT_TAG")
    - insecure=$([ "$CI_SERVER_PROTOCOL" = "http" ] && echo "--insecure")
    - response=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" $insecure --data $version $URL)
    - code=$(echo "$response" | tail -n 1)
    - body=$(echo "$response" | head -n 1)
    # Output state information
    - if [ $code -eq 201 ]; then
        echo "Package created - Code $code - $body";
      else
        echo "Could not create package - Code $code - $body";
        exit 1;
      fi