If you have initially logged into Gitpod using GitLab, your Gitpod account is already connected to your account and you can skip this section.

Registering A Self-Hosted GitLab Installation.

Connecting Your Self-Hosted GitLab Account.

In the following, we assume that you already have a valid account on the GitLab instance you want to connect to. To use Gitpod on a GitLab repository, you have to connect your GitLab account with your Gitpod account.

In the “Edit Permissions” dialog, make sure that api is checked such that Gitpod is allowed to install the webhook. Then choose Edit Permissions from the popup menu. To allow this, go to Gitpod’s Integrations page, scroll to the “Git Providers” section, click on the three dot button that pops up when you hover over the “GitLab” entry. To automatically create a prebuilt workspace for each commit, Gitpod needs access to install a webhook. Enabling PrebuildsĪll prebuilds require a Gitpod project for the repository. you can also prefix any GitLab URL with gitpod.io/# as described in the Getting started page, or use the browser extension to add a convenient Gitpod button to every GitLab page. To launch new Gitpod workspaces for issues, branches, specific commits, etc. The next time you visit a GitLab page, the last used action will be pre-selected. The Gitpod workspace will open in a new browser tab. Simply click on the dropdown arrow next to the Web IDE split button on the project or merge request page, and choose Gitpod. You can start a Gitpod workspace directly from the web pages of a GitLab repository. Alternatively, you might want to connect your GitLab account manually.Īll of this is already pre-configured for (the SaaS version), and can easily be set up for self-hosted GitLab installations. Gitpod redirects you to GitLab’s authentication workflow when needed. To use Gitpod on GitLab repositories, you have to link your GitLab account to Gitpod. Gitpod works nicely with GitLab: You can start Gitpod workspaces directly from the web pages of your GitLab repositories, and you can configure Gitpod to automatically prebuild these workspaces such that you can start coding on any branch in no time.

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