Group clusters API (certificate-based) (deprecated)

Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated

This feature was deprecated in GitLab 14.5.

Similarly to project-level and instance-level Kubernetes clusters, group-level Kubernetes clusters allow you to connect a Kubernetes cluster to your group, enabling you to use the same cluster across multiple projects.

Users need at least the Maintainer role for the group to use these endpoints.

List group clusters

Returns a list of group clusters.

GET /groups/:id/clusters

Parameters:

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

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/26/clusters"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id":18,
    "name":"cluster-1",
    "domain":"example.com",
    "created_at":"2019-01-02T20:18:12.563Z",
    "managed": true,
    "enabled": true,
    "provider_type":"user",
    "platform_type":"kubernetes",
    "environment_scope":"*",
    "cluster_type":"group_type",
    "user":
    {
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4249f4df72b..",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "platform_kubernetes":
    {
      "api_url":"https://104.197.68.152",
      "authorization_type":"rbac",
      "ca_cert":"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nhFiK1L61owwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw\r\nLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1YzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM4ZDBj\r\nMB4XDTE4MTIyNzIwMDM1MVoXDTIzMTIyNjIxMDM1MVowLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1\r\nYzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM.......-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
    },
    "management_project":
    {
      "id":2,
      "description":null,
      "name":"project2",
      "name_with_namespace":"John Doe8 / project2",
      "path":"project2",
      "path_with_namespace":"namespace2/project2",
      "created_at":"2019-10-11T02:55:54.138Z"
    }
  },
  {
    "id":19,
    "name":"cluster-2",
    ...
  }
]

Get a single group cluster

Gets a single group cluster.

GET /groups/:id/clusters/:cluster_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cluster_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the cluster

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/26/clusters/18"

Example response:

{
  "id":18,
  "name":"cluster-1",
  "domain":"example.com",
  "created_at":"2019-01-02T20:18:12.563Z",
  "managed": true,
  "enabled": true,
  "provider_type":"user",
  "platform_type":"kubernetes",
  "environment_scope":"*",
  "cluster_type":"group_type",
  "user":
  {
    "id":1,
    "name":"Administrator",
    "username":"root",
    "state":"active",
    "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4249f4df72b..",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "platform_kubernetes":
  {
    "api_url":"https://104.197.68.152",
    "authorization_type":"rbac",
    "ca_cert":"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nhFiK1L61owwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw\r\nLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1YzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM4ZDBj\r\nMB4XDTE4MTIyNzIwMDM1MVoXDTIzMTIyNjIxMDM1MVowLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1\r\nYzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM.......-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
  },
  "management_project":
  {
    "id":2,
    "description":null,
    "name":"project2",
    "name_with_namespace":"John Doe8 / project2",
    "path":"project2",
    "path_with_namespace":"namespace2/project2",
    "created_at":"2019-10-11T02:55:54.138Z"
  },
  "group":
  {
    "id":26,
    "name":"group-with-clusters-api",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/group-with-clusters-api"
  }
}

Add existing cluster to group

Adds an existing Kubernetes cluster to the group.

POST /groups/:id/clusters/user

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`name`	string	yes	The name of the cluster
`domain`	string	no	The base domain of the cluster
`management_project_id`	integer	no	The ID of the management project for the cluster
`enabled`	boolean	no	Determines if cluster is active or not, defaults to `true`
`managed`	boolean	no	Determines if GitLab manages namespaces and service accounts for this cluster. Defaults to `true`
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[api_url]`	string	yes	The URL to access the Kubernetes API
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[token]`	string	yes	The token to authenticate against Kubernetes
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[ca_cert]`	string	no	TLS certificate. Required if API is using a self-signed TLS certificate.
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[authorization_type]`	string	no	The cluster authorization type: `rbac`, `abac` or `unknown_authorization`. Defaults to `rbac`.
`environment_scope`	string	no	The associated environment to the cluster. Defaults to `*`. Premium and Ultimate only.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/26/clusters/user" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
--request POST --data '{"name":"cluster-5", "platform_kubernetes_attributes":{"api_url":"https://35.111.51.20","token":"12345","ca_cert":"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nhFiK1L61owwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw\r\nLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1YzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM4ZDBj\r\nMB4XDTE4MTIyNzIwMDM1MVoXDTIzMTIyNjIxMDM1MVowLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1\r\nYzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM.......-----END CERTIFICATE-----"}}'

Example response:

{
  "id":24,
  "name":"cluster-5",
  "created_at":"2019-01-03T21:53:40.610Z",
  "managed": true,
  "enabled": true,
  "provider_type":"user",
  "platform_type":"kubernetes",
  "environment_scope":"*",
  "cluster_type":"group_type",
  "user":
  {
    "id":1,
    "name":"Administrator",
    "username":"root",
    "state":"active",
    "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4249f4df72b..",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "platform_kubernetes":
  {
    "api_url":"https://35.111.51.20",
    "authorization_type":"rbac",
    "ca_cert":"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\r\nhFiK1L61owwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw\r\nLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1YzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM4ZDBj\r\nMB4XDTE4MTIyNzIwMDM1MVoXDTIzMTIyNjIxMDM1MVowLzEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZDA1\r\nYzQ1YjctNzdiMS00NDY0LThjNmEtMTQ0ZDJkZjM.......-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
  },
  "management_project":null,
  "group":
  {
    "id":26,
    "name":"group-with-clusters-api",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/group-with-clusters-api"
  }
}

Edit group cluster

Updates an existing group cluster.

PUT /groups/:id/clusters/:cluster_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cluster_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the cluster
`name`	string	no	The name of the cluster
`domain`	string	no	The base domain of the cluster
`management_project_id`	integer	no	The ID of the management project for the cluster
`enabled`	boolean	no	Determines if cluster is active or not
`managed`	boolean	no	Determines if GitLab manages namespaces and service accounts for this cluster
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[api_url]`	string	no	The URL to access the Kubernetes API
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[token]`	string	no	The token to authenticate against Kubernetes
`platform_kubernetes_attributes[ca_cert]`	string	no	TLS certificate. Required if API is using a self-signed TLS certificate.
`environment_scope`	string	no	The associated environment to the cluster. Premium and Ultimate only.

name, api_url, ca_cert and token can only be updated if the cluster was added through the “Add existing Kubernetes cluster” option or through the “Add existing cluster to group” endpoint.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/26/clusters/24" \
-H "Content-Type:application/json" \
--request PUT --data '{"name":"new-cluster-name","domain":"new-domain.com","platform_kubernetes_attributes":{"api_url":"https://10.10.101.1:6433"}}'

Example response:

{
  "id":24,
  "name":"new-cluster-name",
  "domain":"new-domain.com",
  "created_at":"2019-01-03T21:53:40.610Z",
  "managed": true,
  "enabled": true,
  "provider_type":"user",
  "platform_type":"kubernetes",
  "environment_scope":"*",
  "cluster_type":"group_type",
  "user":
  {
    "id":1,
    "name":"Administrator",
    "username":"root",
    "state":"active",
    "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4249f4df72b..",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "platform_kubernetes":
  {
    "api_url":"https://new-api-url.com",
    "authorization_type":"rbac",
    "ca_cert":null
  },
  "management_project":
  {
    "id":2,
    "description":null,
    "name":"project2",
    "name_with_namespace":"John Doe8 / project2",
    "path":"project2",
    "path_with_namespace":"namespace2/project2",
    "created_at":"2019-10-11T02:55:54.138Z"
  },
  "group":
  {
    "id":26,
    "name":"group-with-clusters-api",
    "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/group-with-clusters-api"
  }
}

Delete group cluster

Deletes an existing group cluster. Does not remove existing resources within the connected Kubernetes cluster.

DELETE /groups/:id/clusters/:cluster_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cluster_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the cluster

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/26/clusters/23"

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Group clusters API (certificate-based) (deprecated)

List group clusters

Get a single group cluster

Add existing cluster to group

Edit group cluster

Delete group cluster

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