community.general.gitlab_group – Creates/updates/deletes GitLab Groups
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.1).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package. It is not included in ansible-core
. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.gitlab_group
.
Synopsis
- When the group does not exist in GitLab, it will be created.
- When the group does exist and state=absent, the group will be deleted.
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 | |
auto_devops_enabled boolean added in 3.7.0 of community.general |
| Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group. |
description string | A description for the group. | |
name string / required | Name of the group you want to create. | |
parent string | Allow to create subgroups Id or Full path of parent group in the form of group/name | |
path string | The path of the group you want to create, this will be api_url/group_path If not supplied, the group_name will be used. | |
project_creation_level string added in 3.7.0 of community.general |
| Determine if developers can create projects in the group. |
require_two_factor_authentication boolean added in 3.7.0 of community.general |
| Require all users in this group to setup two-factor authentication. |
state string |
| create or delete group. Possible values are present and absent. |
subgroup_creation_level string added in 3.7.0 of community.general |
| Allowed to create subgroups. |
validate_certs boolean |
| Whether or not to validate SSL certs when supplying a https endpoint. |
visibility string |
| Default visibility of the group |
Examples
- name: "Delete GitLab Group" community.general.gitlab_group: api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/ api_token: "{{ access_token }}" validate_certs: False name: my_first_group state: absent - name: "Create GitLab Group" community.general.gitlab_group: api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/ validate_certs: True api_username: dj-wasabi api_password: "MySecretPassword" name: my_first_group path: my_first_group state: present # The group will by created at https://gitlab.dj-wasabi.local/super_parent/parent/my_first_group - name: "Create GitLab SubGroup" community.general.gitlab_group: api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/ validate_certs: True api_username: dj-wasabi api_password: "MySecretPassword" name: my_first_group path: my_first_group state: present parent: "super_parent/parent" # Other group which only allows sub-groups - no projects - name: "Create GitLab Group for SubGroups only" community.general.gitlab_group: api_url: https://gitlab.example.com/ validate_certs: True api_username: dj-wasabi api_password: "MySecretPassword" name: my_main_group path: my_main_group state: present project_creation_level: noone auto_devops_enabled: false subgroup_creation_level: maintainer
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 |
group dictionary | always | API object |
msg string | always | Success or failure message Sample: Success |
result dictionary | always | json parsed response from the server |
Authors
- Werner Dijkerman (@dj-wasabi)
- Guillaume Martinez (@Lunik)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/gitlab_group_module.html