Commit cae0af3b authored by Marcel Amirault's avatar Marcel Amirault

Merge branch 'docs-ci-job-token-info' into 'master'

Added more information regarding CI_JOB_TOKEN

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!77628
parents 133a3ee8 9ecff6b3
......@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ You can use a GitLab CI/CD job token to authenticate with specific API endpoints
- [Terraform plan](../../user/infrastructure/index.md).
The token has the same permissions to access the API as the user that executes the
job. Therefore, this user must be assigned to [a role that has the required privileges](../../user/permissions.md#gitlab-cicd-permissions).
The token has the same permissions to access the API as the user that caused the
job to run. A user can cause a job to run by pushing a commit, triggering a manual job,
being the owner of a scheduled pipeline, and so on. Therefore, this user must be assigned to
[a role that has the required privileges](../../user/permissions.md#gitlab-cicd-permissions).
The token is valid only while the pipeline job runs. After the job finishes, you can't
use the token anymore.
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