fix(NA): build external plugins with correct bazel artifacts output mode

packages/kbn-bazel-runner/src/bazel_runner.js

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async function runBazelRunner(runner, args, options = undefined) {
     ]),
   ]);
 
-  if (process.env.CI) {
+  if (process.env.CI && !options?.quiet) {
     // on CI it's useful to reduce the logging output, but we still want to see basic info from Bazel so continue to log the INFO: lines from bazel
     for (const line of buffer) {
       if (line.startsWith('INFO:') && !line.startsWith('INFO: From ')) {

packages/kbn-plugin-generator/README.md

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ Generated plugins receive a handful of scripts that can be used during developme
 
 > ***NOTE:*** The following scripts should be run from the generated plugin root folder.
 
-  - `yarn kbn bootstrap`
+  - `yarn bootstrap`
 
-    Install dependencies and crosslink Kibana and all projects/plugins.
+    Install dependencies both on Kibana and in your plugin.
 
     > ***IMPORTANT:*** Use this script instead of `yarn` to install dependencies when switching branches, and re-run it whenever your dependencies change.
 

packages/kbn-plugin-generator/template/package.json.ejs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
+    "bootstrap": "yarn kbn bootstrap && yarn install",
     "build": "yarn plugin-helpers build",
     "dev": "yarn plugin-helpers dev",
     "plugin-helpers": "node ../../scripts/plugin_helpers",

packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/cli.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export function runCli() {
         };
 
         await Tasks.initTargets(context);
+        await Tasks.buildBazelPackages(context);
         await Tasks.optimize(context);
         await Tasks.writePublicAssets(context);
         await Tasks.writeServerFiles(context);
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ export function runCli() {
         };
 
         await Tasks.initDev(context);
+        await Tasks.buildBazelPackages(context);
         await Tasks.optimize(context);
       },
     })

packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/integration_tests/build.test.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ it('builds a generated plugin into a viable archive', async () => {
 
   expect(filterLogs(buildProc.all)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     " info deleting the build and target directories
+     info run bazel and build required artifacts for the optimizer
+     succ bazel run successfully and artifacts were created
      info running @kbn/optimizer
      │ succ browser bundle created at plugins/foo_test_plugin/build/kibana/fooTestPlugin/target/public
      │ info stopping @kbn/optimizer

packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/bazel_packages.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+import { runBazel } from '@kbn/bazel-runner';
+import { TaskContext } from '../task_context';
+
+export async function buildBazelPackages({ log, dist }: TaskContext) {
+  log.info('run bazel and build required artifacts for the optimizer');
+
+  try {
+    await runBazel(
+      [
+        'build',
+        '//packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps-npm:shared_built_assets',
+        '//packages/kbn-ui-shared-deps-src:shared_built_assets',
+        '//packages/kbn-monaco:target_workers',
+        '--show_result=1',
+      ].concat(dist ? [`--define=dist=true`] : []),
+      {
+        logPrefix: ' │     ',
+        quiet: true,
+      }
+    );
+
+    log.success('bazel run successfully and artifacts were created');
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.error(`bazel run failed: ${e}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}

packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/src/tasks/index.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+export * from './bazel_packages';
 export * from './clean';
 export * from './create_archive';
 export * from './optimize';

packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/tsconfig.json

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "@kbn/jest-serializers",
     "@kbn/repo-packages",
     "@kbn/stdio-dev-helpers",
+    "@kbn/bazel-runner",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",