gitlab-token-registration.adoc

Get runner token registration

Table of contents

• 1. Projects token registration
• 2. Groups token registration
• 3. Projects vs groups token registration
• 4. Admin for shared runner token registration

1. Projects token registration

Via UI: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse/oniro-core/oniro/-/settings/ci_cd

Via projects api:

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_API_TOKEN}" "https://$GITLAB_URL/api/v4/projects/${PROJECT_ID}"

ex :

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXX" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/1649"

{
    ...

    "runners_token": "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY",
    ...
}

or with jq:

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXX" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/projects/864" |jq .runners_token

"YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

2. Groups token registration

Via UI: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/groups/eclipse/oniro-core/-/settings/ci_cd

Via groups api:

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: ${GITLAB_API_TOKEN}" "https://$GITLAB_URL/api/v4/groups/${GROUP_ID}"

ex :

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXX" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/864" |jq .runners_token

{
    ...

    "runners_token": "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY",
    ...
}

or with jq:

curl --silent --header "Private-Token: XXXXXXXXXXXX" "https://gitlab.eclipse.org/api/v4/groups/864"

"YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"

3. Projects vs groups token registration

groups and projects token are the same!

4. Admin for shared runner token registration

Via UI: https://gitlab.eclipse.org/admin/runners ⇒ button register an instance runner

Via API:

see: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/16319 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53966117/unable-to-get-gitlab-runners-registration-token-from-database/54136551#54136551

Best way, it to store it in secret management tool.