Protected environments API

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Valid access levels

The access levels are defined in the ProtectedEnvironments::DeployAccessLevel::ALLOWED_ACCESS_LEVELS method. Currently, these levels are recognized:

=> Developer access
=> Maintainer access
=> Admin access

Group inheritance types

Group inheritance allows deploy access levels and access rules to take inherited group membership into account. The group inheritance types are defined by ProtectedEnvironments::Authorizable::GROUP_INHERITANCE_TYPE. The following types are recognized:

0 => Direct group membership only (default)
1 => All inherited groups

List protected environments

Gets a list of protected environments from a project:

GET /projects/:id/protected_environments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_environments/"

Example response:

[
   {
      "name":"production",
      "deploy_access_levels":[
         {
            "id": 12,
            "access_level":40,
            "access_level_description":"Maintainers",
            "user_id":null,
            "group_id":null,
            "group_inheritance_type": 0
         }
      ],
      "required_approval_count": 0
   }
]

Get a single protected environment

Gets a single protected environment:

GET /projects/:id/protected_environments/:name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`name`	string	yes	The name of the protected environment

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_environments/production"

Example response:

{
   "name":"production",
   "deploy_access_levels":[
      {
         "id": 12,
         "access_level": 40,
         "access_level_description": "Maintainers",
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": null,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ],
   "required_approval_count": 0
}

Protect a single environment

Protects a single environment:

POST /projects/:id/protected_environments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	yes	The name of the environment.
`deploy_access_levels`	array	yes	Array of access levels allowed to deploy, with each described by a hash.
`approval_rules`	array	no	Array of access levels allowed to approve, with each described by a hash. See Multiple approval rules.

Elements in the deploy_access_levels and approval_rules array should be one of user_id, group_id or access_level, and take the form {user_id: integer}, {group_id: integer} or {access_level: integer}. Optionally, you can specify the group_inheritance_type on each as one of the valid group inheritance types.

Each user must have access to the project and each group must have this project shared.

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request POST \
     --data '{"name": "production", "deploy_access_levels": [{"group_id": 9899826}], "approval_rules": [{"group_id": 134}, {"group_id": 135, "required_approvals": 2}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments"

Example response:

{
   "name": "production",
   "deploy_access_levels": [
      {
         "id": 12,
         "access_level": 40,
         "access_level_description": "protected-access-group",
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 9899826,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ],
   "required_approval_count": 0,
   "approval_rules": [
      {
         "id": 38,
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 134,
         "access_level": null,
         "access_level_description": "qa-group",
         "required_approvals": 1,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      },
      {
         "id": 39,
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 135,
         "access_level": null,
         "access_level_description": "security-group",
         "required_approvals": 2,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ]
}

Update a protected environment

History

Updates a single environment.

PUT /projects/:id/protected_environments/:name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	yes	The name of the environment.
`deploy_access_levels`	array	no	Array of access levels allowed to deploy, with each described by a hash.
`approval_rules`	array	no	Array of access levels allowed to approve, with each described by a hash. See Multiple approval rules for more information.

Elements in the deploy_access_levels and approval_rules array should be one of user_id, group_id or access_level, and take the form {user_id: integer}, {group_id: integer} or {access_level: integer}. Optionally you can specify the group_inheritance_type on each as one of the valid group inheritance types.

To update:

user_id: Ensure the updated user has access to the project. You must also pass the id of either a deploy_access_level or approval_rule in the respective hash.
group_id: Ensure the updated group have this project shared. You must also pass the id of either a deploy_access_level or approval_rule in the respective hash.

To delete:

You must pass _destroy set to true. See the following examples.

Example: Create a `deploy_access_level` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"deploy_access_levels": [{"group_id": 9899829, access_level: 40}]' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

Example response:

{
   "name": "production",
   "deploy_access_levels": [
      {
         "id": 12,
         "access_level": 40,
         "access_level_description": "protected-access-group",
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 9899829,
         "group_inheritance_type": 1
      }
   ],
   "required_approval_count": 0
}

Example: Update a `deploy_access_level` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"deploy_access_levels": [{"id": 12, "group_id": 22034120}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

{
   "name": "production",
   "deploy_access_levels": [
      {
         "id": 12,
         "access_level": 40,
         "access_level_description": "protected-access-group",
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 22034120,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ],
   "required_approval_count": 2
}

Example: Delete a `deploy_access_level` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"deploy_access_levels": [{"id": 12, "_destroy": true}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

Example response:

{
   "name": "production",
   "deploy_access_levels": [],
   "required_approval_count": 0
}

Example: Create an `approval_rule` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"approval_rules": [{"group_id": 134, "required_approvals": 1}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

Example response:

{
   "name": "production",
   "approval_rules": [
      {
         "id": 38,
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 134,
         "access_level": null,
         "access_level_description": "qa-group",
         "required_approvals": 1,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ]
}

Example: Update an `approval_rule` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"approval_rules": [{"id": 38, "group_id": 135, "required_approvals": 2}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

{
   "name": "production",
   "approval_rules": [
      {
         "id": 38,
         "user_id": null,
         "group_id": 135,
         "access_level": null,
         "access_level_description": "security-group",
         "required_approvals": 2,
         "group_inheritance_type": 0
      }
   ]
}

Example: Delete an `approval_rule` record

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --request PUT \
     --data '{"approval_rules": [{"id": 38, "_destroy": true}]}' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/22034114/protected_environments/production"

Example response:

{
   "name": "production",
   "approval_rules": []
}

Unprotect a single environment

Unprotects the given protected environment:

DELETE /projects/:id/protected_environments/:name

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	yes	The name of the protected environment.

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_environments/staging"

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Protected environments API

Valid access levels

Group inheritance types

List protected environments

Get a single protected environment

Protect a single environment

Update a protected environment

Example: Create a deploy_access_level record

Example: Update a deploy_access_level record

Example: Delete a deploy_access_level record

Example: Create an approval_rule record

Example: Update an approval_rule record

Example: Delete an approval_rule record

Unprotect a single environment

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Example: Create a `deploy_access_level` record

Example: Update a `deploy_access_level` record

Example: Delete a `deploy_access_level` record

Example: Create an `approval_rule` record

Example: Update an `approval_rule` record

Example: Delete an `approval_rule` record