Commit fa5e537d authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read Committed by Craig Norris

Remove duplicate information

This information is now available in a groups access token-specific page
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# Group access tokens
With group access tokens, you can use a single token to:
- Perform actions for groups.
- Manage the projects within the group.
You can use a group access token to authenticate:
- With the [GitLab API](../../../api/index.md#personalprojectgroup-access-tokens).
- With Git, when using HTTP Basic Authentication.
- In [GitLab 14.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/330718) and later, authenticate with Git over HTTPS.
After you configure a group access token, you don't need a password when you authenticate.
Instead, you can enter any non-blank value.
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Even when creation is disabled, you can still use and revoke existing project access tokens.
## Group access tokens **(FREE SELF)**
With group access tokens, you can use a single token to:
- Perform actions for groups.
- Manage the projects within the group.
- In [GitLab 14.2](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/330718) and later, authenticate with Git over HTTPS.
NOTE:
You cannot use the UI to create a group access token. [An issue exists](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/214045)
to add this functionality. This section describes a workaround.
If you are an administrator of a self-managed GitLab instance, you can create a group access token in the
[Rails console](../../../administration/operations/rails_console.md).
<div class="video-fallback">
For a demo of the group access token workaround, see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fg1P1xmU0">Demo: Group Level Access Tokens</a>.
</div>
<figure class="video-container">
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W2fg1P1xmU0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"> </iframe>
</figure>
### Create a group access token
To create a group access token:
1. Run the following commands in a [Rails console](../../../administration/operations/rails_console.md):
```ruby
# Set the GitLab administration user to use. If user ID 1 is not available or is not an administrator, use 'admin = User.admins.first' instead to select an administrator.
admin = User.find(1)
# Set the group group you want to create a token for. For example, group with ID 109.
group = Group.find(109)
# Create the group bot user. For further group access tokens, the username should be group_#{group.id}_bot#{bot_count}. For example, group_109_bot2 and email address group_109_bot2@example.com.
bot = Users::CreateService.new(admin, { name: 'group_token', username: "group_#{group.id}_bot", email: "group_#{group.id}_bot@example.com", user_type: :project_bot }).execute
# Confirm the group bot.
bot.confirm
# Add the bot to the group with the required role.
group.add_user(bot, :maintainer)
# Give the bot a personal access token.
token = bot.personal_access_tokens.create(scopes:[:api, :write_repository], name: 'group_token')
# Get the token value.
gtoken = token.token
```
1. Test if the generated group access token works:
1. Use the group access token in the `PRIVATE-TOKEN` header with GitLab REST APIs. For example:
- [Create an epic](../../../api/epics.md#new-epic) in the group.
- [Create a project pipeline](../../../api/pipelines.md#create-a-new-pipeline) in one of the group's projects.
- [Create an issue](../../../api/issues.md#new-issue) in one of the group's projects.
1. Use the group token to [clone a group's project](../../../gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md#clone-with-https)
using HTTPS.
### Revoke a group access token
To revoke a group access token, run the following command in a [Rails console](../../../administration/operations/rails_console.md):
```ruby
bot = User.find_by(username: 'group_109_bot') # the owner of the token you want to revoke
token = bot.personal_access_tokens.last # the token you want to revoke
token.revoke!
```
## Project bot users
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/210181) in GitLab 13.0.
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