Register with Gitlab
Register with Gitlab
To manage the version of your canvas in Cloud Studio, integration with a Version Control System (VCS) is required.
Additionally, VCS account integration must precede the linking of a Terraform Cloud account for project validation and deployment.
This page explains how to register your Gitlab account as a VCS.
What is Gitlab?
GitLab is a platform for hosting and managing software development projects.
- Gitlab After signing up and logging into Gitlab, click on the
Profile Icon - Preferences
in the top left corner.

- In the left sidebar, click on
Access tokens
, then click theAdd new token
button on the right.

- Enter the
Token Name
andToken Expiration
, then select the permissions for the Gitlab token in the Select scopes options by choosingapi
,read_repository
, andwrite_repository
. Finally, click theCreate personal access token
button to generate the token.

- Verify the issued token.

caution
The issued token cannot be verified again, so make sure to save it separately.
- In Cloud Studio, click on
My Page - Plugin
, then click the+
button to link your VCS account.

- Select
Gitlab
as the VCS, enter theUsername
of your Gitlab account and the issuedToken
, then click theAdd
button.

- Once you have entered a valid Gitlab account
Username
and the issuedToken
, the Gitlab integration will be successfully completed.

caution
To integrate with Gitlab Community and Gitlab Enterprise versions, additional inputs for the hosted HTTP URL
and API URL
are required.