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diff --git a/doc/user/group/settings/group_access_tokens.md b/doc/user/group/settings/group_access_tokens.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4857a0e74de --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/user/group/settings/group_access_tokens.md @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +--- +stage: Manage +group: Authentication & Authorization +info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments" +type: reference, howto +--- + +# Group access tokens + +You can use a group access token to authenticate: + +- With the [GitLab API](../../../api/index.md#personalprojectgroup-access-tokens). +- With Git, when using HTTP Basic Authentication. + +After you configure a group access token, you don't need a password when you authenticate. +Instead, you can enter any non-blank value. + +Group access tokens are similar to [project access tokens](../../project/settings/project_access_tokens.md) +and [personal access tokens](../../profile/personal_access_tokens.md), except they are +associated with a group rather than a project or user. + +You can use group access tokens: + +- On GitLab SaaS if you have the Premium license tier or higher. Group access tokens are not available with a [trial license](https://about.gitlab.com/free-trial/). +- On self-managed instances of GitLab, with any license tier. If you have the Free tier: + - Review your security and compliance policies around + [user self-enrollment](../../admin_area/settings/sign_up_restrictions.md#disable-new-sign-ups). + - Consider [disabling group access tokens](#enable-or-disable-group-access-token-creation) to + lower potential abuse. + +Group access tokens inherit the [default prefix setting](../../admin_area/settings/account_and_limit_settings.md#personal-access-token-prefix) +configured for personal access tokens. + +## Create a group access token using UI + +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/214045) in GitLab 14.7. + +To create a group access token: + +1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Groups** and find your group. +1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Access Tokens**. +1. Enter a name. +1. Optional. Enter an expiry date for the token. The token will expire on that date at midnight UTC. +1. Select a role for the token. +1. Select the [desired scopes](#scopes-for-a-group-access-token). +1. Select **Create group access token**. + +A group access token is displayed. Save the group access token somewhere safe. After you leave or refresh the page, you can't view it again. + +## Create a group access token using Rails console + +GitLab 14.6 and earlier doesn't support creating group access tokens using the UI +or API. However, administrators can use a workaround: + +1. Run the following commands in a [Rails console](../../../administration/operations/rails_console.md): + + ```ruby + # Set the GitLab administration user to use. If user ID 1 is not available or is not an administrator, use 'admin = User.admins.first' instead to select an administrator. + admin = User.find(1) + + # Set the group group you want to create a token for. For example, group with ID 109. + group = Group.find(109) + + # Create the group bot user. For further group access tokens, the username should be group_#{group.id}_bot#{bot_count}. For example, group_109_bot2 and email address group_109_bot2@example.com. + bot = Users::CreateService.new(admin, { name: 'group_token', username: "group_#{group.id}_bot", email: "group_#{group.id}_bot@example.com", user_type: :project_bot }).execute + + # Confirm the group bot. + bot.confirm + + # Add the bot to the group with the required role. + group.add_user(bot, :maintainer) + + # Give the bot a personal access token. + token = bot.personal_access_tokens.create(scopes:[:api, :write_repository], name: 'group_token') + + # Get the token value. + gtoken = token.token + ``` + +1. Test if the generated group access token works: + + 1. Use the group access token in the `PRIVATE-TOKEN` header with GitLab REST APIs. For example: + + - [Create an epic](../../../api/epics.md#new-epic) in the group. + - [Create a project pipeline](../../../api/pipelines.md#create-a-new-pipeline) in one of the group's projects. + - [Create an issue](../../../api/issues.md#new-issue) in one of the group's projects. + + 1. Use the group token to [clone a group's project](../../../gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md#clone-with-https) + using HTTPS. + +## Revoke a group access token using the UI + +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/214045) in GitLab 14.7. + +To revoke a group access token: + +1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Groups** and find your group. +1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Access Tokens**. +1. Next to the group access token to revoke, select **Revoke**. + +## Revoke a group access token using Rails console + +GitLab 14.6 and earlier doesn't support revoking group access tokens using the UI +or API. However, administrators can use a workaround. + +To revoke a group access token, run the following command in a [Rails console](../../../administration/operations/rails_console.md): + +```ruby +bot = User.find_by(username: 'group_109_bot') # the owner of the token you want to revoke +token = bot.personal_access_tokens.last # the token you want to revoke +token.revoke! +``` + +## Scopes for a group access token + +The scope determines the actions you can perform when you authenticate with a group access token. + +| Scope | Description | +|:-------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| `api` | Grants complete read and write access to the scoped group and related project API, including the [Package Registry](../../packages/package_registry/index.md). | +| `read_api` | Grants read access to the scoped group and related project API, including the [Package Registry](../../packages/package_registry/index.md). | +| `read_registry` | Allows read access (pull) to the [Container Registry](../../packages/container_registry/index.md) images if any project within a group is private and authorization is required. | +| `write_registry` | Allows write access (push) to the [Container Registry](../../packages/container_registry/index.md). | +| `read_repository` | Allows read access (pull) to all repositories within a group. | +| `write_repository` | Allows read and write access (pull and push) to all repositories within a group. | + +## Enable or disable group access token creation + +To enable or disable group access token creation for all sub-groups in a top-level group: + +1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Groups** and find your group. +1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**. +1. Expand **Permissions and group features**. +1. Under **Permissions**, turn on or off **Allow project and group access token creation**. + +Even when creation is disabled, you can still use and revoke existing group access tokens. + +## Bot users + +Each time you create a group access token, a bot user is created and added to the group. +These bot users are similar to [project bot users](../../project/settings/project_access_tokens.md#project-bot-users), but are added to groups instead of projects. For more information, see +[Project bot users](../../project/settings/project_access_tokens.md#project-bot-users). |