gitlab_project – Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Projects

Synopsis

  • When the project does not exist in GitLab, it will be created.

  • When the project does exists and state=absent, the project will be deleted.

  • When changes are made to the project, the project will be updated.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7

  • python-gitlab python module <= 1.12.1

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
api_password
string
The password to use for authentication against the API
api_token
string
GitLab token for logging in.

aliases: login_token
api_url
string
The resolvable endpoint for the API
api_username
string
The username to use for authentication against the API
description
string
An description for the project.
group
string
Id or The full path of the group of which this projects belongs to.
import_url
string
Git repository which will be imported into gitlab.
GitLab server needs read access to this git repository.
issues_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether you want to create issues or not.
Possible values are true and false.
login_password
string
GitLab password for login_user
login_user
string
GitLab user name.
merge_requests_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If merge requests can be made or not.
Possible values are true and false.
name
string / required
The name of the project
path
string
The path of the project you want to create, this will be server_url/<group>/path
If not supplied, name will be used.
server_url
string
The URL of the GitLab server, with protocol (i.e. http or https).
snippets_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If creating snippets should be available or not.
Possible values are true and false.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
create or delete project.
Possible values are present and absent.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a https endpoint.
visibility
string
    Choices:
  • private ←
  • internal
  • public
Private. Project access must be granted explicitly for each user.
Internal. The project can be cloned by any logged in user.
Public. The project can be cloned without any authentication.

aliases: visibility_level
wiki_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If an wiki for this project should be available or not.
Possible values are true and false.

Examples

- name: Delete GitLab Project
  gitlab_project:
    api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/
    api_token: "{{ access_token }}"
    validate_certs: False
    name: my_first_project
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Create GitLab Project in group Ansible
  gitlab_project:
    api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/
    validate_certs: True
    api_username: dj-wasabi
    api_password: "MySecretPassword"
    name: my_first_project
    group: ansible
    issues_enabled: False
    wiki_enabled: True
    snippets_enabled: True
    import_url: http://git.example.com/example/lab.git
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
error
string
failed
the error message returned by the GitLab API

Sample:
400: path is already in use
msg
string
always
Success or failure message

Sample:
Success
project
dictionary
always
API object
result
dictionary
always
json parsed response from the server


Status

Authors

  • Werner Dijkerman (@dj-wasabi)

  • Guillaume Martinez (@Lunik)

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