Remove PipelineResources

[AlanGreene]

Changes

Remove support for PipelineResources from the Dashboard. They have been deprecated
since Tekton Pipelines v0.30.0 in November 2021.

This also involves updating the Import Resources functionality to use a Task
instead of PipelineResources (git). The Task uses the git-init image also used
by the git-clone Task in the catalog.

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Remove PipelineResources support from the UI. This includes their list and details pages, the Resources tabs on the PipelineRun and TaskRun details pages, as well as the form-based Create PipelineRun and Create TaskRun pages. Update Import Resources to use a Task instead of PipelineResources for the git clone operation.

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[lj19950508]

Will there be a similar feature replacement? i need this feature to manage resource and create taskrun

[AlanGreene]

Hi @lj19950508, there are a number of options depending on your specific needs.

If you're using a Tekton Pipelines release which still supports PipelineResources you can use an older Tekton Dashboard release which still provides this functionality. Tekton Dashboard v0.30 LTS is the only supported version which still displays PipelineResources, and has been tested with Tekton Pipelines v0.38.x - v0.41.x. It will be end-of-life in October this year.

If you're using a recent Tekton Pipelines release which has removed support for PipelineResources there are different options depending on which PipelineResource types you were using. Most of the PipelineResource types have one or more Tasks in the Tekton Catalog that can be used as replacements. See the docs for some examples and additional guidance: https://tekton.dev/docs/pipelines/pipelineresources/

If you run into any problems feel free to join the Tekton Slack workspace (for example the #dashboard or #pipeline channels) or open a discussion on GitHub. If your questions are related to the Tekton Pipelines API and features they're probably better suited to the tektoncd/pipeline repo, or if they're related to the Dashboard's features you can use this repo.

[lj19950508]

i need form-based Create PipelineRun and Create TaskRun pages

[AlanGreene]

If you need form-based Create pages with support for PipelineResources you'll need to use Dashboard v0.30 as that's the only remaining version that still supports PipelineResources.

To be clear, this functionality was removed from the Dashboard because it was also being removed from Tekton Pipelines. Recent versions of Tekton Pipelines no longer support PipelineResources.

The Dashboard still provides a form-based Create experience but it only supports basic inputs such as string params. For more advanced use (workspaces etc.) there's a button to switch to YAML mode where you can enter any valid PipelineRun / TaskRun YAML supported by your environment.