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Register with Gitlab

last update: 2024.09.30

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.

 

  1. Gitlab After signing up and logging into Gitlab, click on the Profile Icon - Preferencesin the top left corner.
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  1. In the left sidebar, click on Access tokens, then click the Add new token button on the right.
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  1. Enter the Token Name and Token Expiration, then select the permissions for the Gitlab token in the Select scopes options by choosing api, read_repository, and write_repository. Finally, click the Create personal access token button to generate the token.
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  1. Verify the issued token.
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caution

The issued token cannot be verified again, so make sure to save it separately.

 

  1. In Cloud Studio, click on My Page - Plugin, then click the + button to link your VCS account.
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  1. Select Gitlab as the VCS, enter the Username of your Gitlab account and the issued Token, then click the Add button.
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  1. Once you have entered a valid Gitlab account Username and the issued Token, the Gitlab integration will be successfully completed.
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caution

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