community.general.gitlab_project – Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Projects

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.gitlab_project.

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

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.
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.
lfs_enabled boolean added in 2.0.0 of community.general	Choices: no ← yes	Enable Git large file systems to manages large files such as audio, video, and graphics files.
merge_method string added in 1.0.0 of community.general	Choices: ff merge ← rebase_merge	What requirements are placed upon merges. Possible values are merge, rebase_merge merge commit with semi-linear history, ff fast-forward merges only.
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.
snippets_enabled boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If creating snippets should be available or not.
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.

Examples

- name: Create GitLab Project
  community.general.gitlab_project:
    api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/
    api_token: "{{ api_token }}"
    name: my_first_project
    group: "10481470"

- name: Delete GitLab Project
  community.general.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
  community.general.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
    merge_method: rebase_merge
    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.

Authors

• Werner Dijkerman (@dj-wasabi)

• Guillaume Martinez (@Lunik)