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iclman
iclman

Reputation: 1436

GITLAB : cannot create a Group using the API as root

I am trying to create a group using Gitlab CE 12.4.3 The api token is the one generated by the admin account in Gitlab. SO this account has the permission to create groups

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 6czXYzu1j7dD16PqtiZw" -d "name=TEST&path=test" -X POST https://mygitlabserver/api/v4/groups

{"message":"403 Forbidden"}

I get an error message saying that it is forbidden.

The token is correct as I manage to list the projects or groups if I do :

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 6czXYzu1j7dD16PqtiZw" -X GET https://mygitlabserver/api/v4/groups

or

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 6czXYzu1j7dD16PqtiZw" -X GET https://mygitlabserver/api/v4/projects

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1121

Answers (1)

iclman
iclman

Reputation: 1436

the root cause is that the gitlab_rails['gitlab_default_can_create_group'] was set to false and even if I was able to create a group via the web interface via the user "Administrator", the creation was forbidden via the API. I had to change the settings for the account administrator and allow it to create a group

Upvotes: 2

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