GitLab Repository Manager

The GitLab Repository Manager Integration have to be configured on your CDS by a CDS Administrator.

This integration allows you to link a Git Repository hosted by GitLab to a CDS Application.

This integration enables some features:

How to configure GitLab integration

What you need to perform the following steps:

Create a CDS application on GitLab

Notice: if you have already a CDS Application in GitLab for CDS Authentication, you can’t reuse it for Repository Manager.

In GitLab go to Settings / Application section. Create a new application with:

Example for a local configuration:

Scopes:

Complete CDS Configuration File

Set value to appId and secret

    [vcs.servers.Gitlab]

      # URL of this VCS Server
      url = "https://gitlab.com"

      [vcs.servers.Gitlab.gitlab]

        #######
        # CDS <-> GitLab. Documentation on https://ovh.github.io/cds/hosting/repositories-manager/gitlab/
        ########
        appId = "xxxx"

        # Does polling is supported by VCS Server
        disablePolling = false

        # Does webhooks are supported by VCS Server
        disableWebHooks = false

        # If you want to have a reverse proxy URL for your repository webhook, for example if you put https://myproxy.com it will generate a webhook URL like this https://myproxy.com/UUID_OF_YOUR_WEBHOOK
        # proxyWebhook = ""
        secret = "xxxx"

        [vcs.servers.Gitlab.gitlab.Status]

          # Set to true if you don't want CDS to push statuses on the VCS server
          # disable = false

          # Set to true if you don't want CDS to push CDS URL in statuses on the VCS server
          # showDetail = false

Start the vcs µService

$ engine start vcs

# you can also start CDS api and vcs in the same process:
$ engine start api vcs