Create a connection to GitLab

You can use the AWS Management Console or the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to create a connection to a repository hosted on gitlab.com.

Note

By authorizing this connection installation in GitLab, you grant our service permissions to process your data, and you can revoke the permissions at any time by uninstalling the application.

Before you begin:

• You must have already created an account with GitLab.

  Note

  Connections only provide access for the account that was used to create and authorize the connection.

  Note

  You can create connections where you have the Owner role in GitLab, and then the connection can be used with the repository with resources such as CodePipeline. For repositories in groups, you do not need to be the group owner.

Create a connection to GitLab (console)

You can use the console to create a connection.

Note

Currently, if you use the console to create a connection, this will only create resources with codestar-connections in the resource ARN. To create a resource that will have the codeconnections service prefix in the ARN, use the CLI, SDK, or CFN. Resources with both service prefixes will still display in the console. Console resource creation will be available beginning July 1, 2024.

Step 1: Create your connection

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console, and then open the AWS Developer Tools console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/settings/connections.

2. Choose Settings, and then choose Connections. Choose Create connection.

3. To create a connection to a GitLab repository, under Select a provider, choose GitLab. In Connection name, enter the name for the connection that you want to create. Choose Connect to GitLab.

   

4. When the sign-in page for GitLab displays, log in with your credentials and then choose Sign in.

5. An authorization page displays with a message requesting authorization for the connection to access your GitLab account.

   Choose Authorize.

   

6. The browser returns to the connections console page. Under Create GitLab connection, the new connection is shown in Connection name.

7. Choose Connect to GitLab.

   After the connection is created successfully, a success banner displays. The connection details are shown on the Connection settings page.

Create a connection to GitLab (CLI)

You can use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) to create a connection.

To do this, use the create-connection command.

Important

A connection created through the AWS CLI or AWS CloudFormation is in PENDING status by default. After you create a connection with the CLI or AWS CloudFormation, use the console to edit the connection to make its status AVAILABLE.

To create a connection to GitLab

1. Open a terminal (Linux, macOS, or Unix) or command prompt (Windows). Use the AWS CLI to run the create-connection command, specifying the --provider-type and --connection-name for your connection. In this example, the third-party provider name is GitLab and the specified connection name is MyConnection.

   aws codeconnections create-connection --provider-type GitLab --connection-name MyConnection

   If successful, this command returns the connection ARN information similar to the following.

   {
       "ConnectionArn": "arn:aws:codeconnections:us-west-2:account_id:connection/aEXAMPLE-8aad-4d5d-8878-dfcab0bc441f"
   }

2. Use the console to complete the connection. For more information, see Update a pending connection.