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+# Official framework image. Look for the different tagged releases at:
+# https://hub.docker.com/r/library/python
+image: python:latest
+
+# Pick zero or more services to be used on all builds.
+# Only needed when using a docker container to run your tests in.
+# Check out: http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/docker/using_docker_images.html#what-is-a-service
+services:
+  - mysql:latest
+#  - postgres:latest
+
+variables:
+  MYSQL_DB: ppl
+
+# This folder is cached between builds
+# http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html#cache
+cache:
+  paths:
+  - ~/.cache/pip/
+
+# This is a basic example for a gem or script which doesn't use
+# services such as redis or postgres
+before_script:
+  - python -V                                   # Print out python version for debugging
+  # Uncomment next line if your Django app needs a JS runtime:
+  # - apt-get update -q && apt-get install nodejs -yqq
+  - pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# To get Django tests to work you may need to create a settings file using
+# the following DATABASES:
+# 
+ DATABASES = {
+        'default': {
+            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+            'NAME': 'ppl',
+            'USER': production_secrets['DB_USER'],
+            'PASSWORD': production_secrets['DB_PASSWORD'],
+        }
+}
+# and then adding `--settings app.settings.ci` (or similar) to the test command
+
+test:
+  variables:
+    DATABASE_URL: "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ppl"
+  script:
+  - python manage.py test
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