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title: “Configuring GitLab” sidebar_position: 3 description: Config UI instruction for GitLab

Visit config-ui: http://localhost:4000.

Step 1 - Add Data Connections

Connection Name

Name your connection.

Endpoint URL

This should be a valid REST API endpoint.

• If you are using gitlab.com, the endpoint will be https://gitlab.com/api/v4/
• If you are self-hosting GitLab, the endpoint will look like https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/ The endpoint url should end with /.

Auth Token(s)

GitLab personal access tokens are required to add a connection. Learn about how to create a GitLab personal access token.

Proxy URL (Optional)

If you are behind a corporate firewall or VPN you may need to utilize a proxy server. Enter a valid proxy server address on your network, e.g. http://your-proxy-server.com:1080

Test and Save Connection

Click Test Connection, if the connection is successful, click Save Connection to add the connection.

Step 2 - Setting Data Scope

Projects

Enter the GitLab repos to collect. How to get GitLab repos?

• Visit the repository page on GitLab
• Find the project id below the title

If you want to collect more than 1 repo, please separate repos with comma. For example, “apache/incubator-devlake,apache/incubator-devlake-website”.

Data Entities

Usually, you don‘t have to modify this part. However, if you don’t want to collect certain GitLab entities, you can unselect some entities to accerlerate the collection speed.

• Issue Tracking: GitLab issues, issue comments, issue labels, etc.
• Source Code Management: GitLab repos, refs, commits, etc.
• Code Review: GitLab MRs, MR comments and reviews, etc.
• Cross Domain: GitLab accounts, etc.

Step 3 - Adding Transformation Rules (Optional)

There are no transformation rules for GitLab repos.

Step 4 - Setting Sync Frequency

You can choose how often you would like to sync your data in this step by selecting a sync frequency option or enter a cron code to specify your prefered schedule.