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Set up a GitLab connector

ConductorOne provides identity governance for GitLab. Integrate your GitLab instance with ConductorOne to run user access reviews (UARs) and enable just-in-time access requests.

Capabilities

ResourceSyncProvision
Accounts
Projects
Groups

Available hosting methods

Choose the hosting method that best suits your needs:

MethodAvailabilityNotes
Cloud hostedA built-in, no-code connector hosted by ConductorOne.
Self-hostedA connector hosted and run in your own environment.

Gather GitLab credentials

Each setup method requires you to pass in credentials generated in GitLab. Gather these credentials before you move on.

A user with group Owner access in GitLab must perform this task.

Look up your GitLab group

  1. In GitLab, click Menu > Groups > Your Groups.

  2. Click on the group you wish to connect to ConductorOne.

  3. Make a note of the Group Name or Group ID.

Create a personal access token

  1. In the GitLab menu bar, click your profile photo then click Edit profile.

  2. In the User Settings menu, click Access Tokens.

  3. Give your token a name and set an expiration date.

  4. In the Select scopes area, select read_api.

  5. Click Create personal access token.

  6. Carefully copy and save the newly created token.

That’s it! Next, move on to the instructions for your chosen setup method.

Set up a GitLab cloud-hosted connector

To complete this task, you’ll need:

  • The Connector Administrator or Super Administrator role in ConductorOne
  • Access to the set of GitLab credentials generated by following the instructions above
  1. In ConductorOne, click Connectors > Add connector.

  2. Search for GitLab and click Add.

  3. Choose how to set up the new GitLab connector:

    • Add the connector to a currently unmanaged app (select from the list of apps that were discovered in your identity, SSO, or federation provider that aren’t yet managed with ConductorOne)

    • Add the connector to a managed app (select from the list of existing managed apps)

    • Create a new managed app

  4. Set the owner for this connector. You can manage the connector yourself, or choose someone else from the list of ConductorOne users. Setting multiple owners is allowed.

    If you choose someone else, ConductorOne will notify the new connector owner by email that their help is needed to complete the setup process.

  5. Click Next.

  6. Find the Settings area of the page and click Edit.

  7. In the Group field, enter the name of your GitLab group.

  8. Paste the token you into the Personal access token field.

  9. Optional. If you need to point this connector to a private URL (such as a self-managed GitLab instance), enter the target URL in the URL field.

  10. Click Save.

  11. The connector’s label changes to Syncing, followed by Connected. You can view the logs to ensure that information is syncing.

That’s it! Your GitLab connector is now pulling access data into ConductorOne.

Set up a GitLab cloud-hosted connector using Terraform

As an alternative to the cloud-hosted setup process described above, you can use Terraform to configure the integration between GitLab and ConductorOne.

See the ConductorOne GitLab integration resource page in the ConductorOne Terraform registry for example usage and the full list of required and optional parameters.