Application settings API

These API calls allow you to read and modify GitLab instance application settings as appear in /admin/application_settings. You have to be an administrator in order to perform this action.

Get current application settings

List the current application settings of the GitLab instance.

GET /application/settings

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/application/settings

Example response:

{
   "default_projects_limit" : 100000,
   "signup_enabled" : true,
   "id" : 1,
   "default_branch_protection" : 2,
   "restricted_visibility_levels" : [],
   "password_authentication_enabled" : true,
   "after_sign_out_path" : null,
   "max_attachment_size" : 10,
   "user_oauth_applications" : true,
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:44:55.176Z",
   "session_expire_delay" : 10080,
   "home_page_url" : null,
   "default_snippet_visibility" : "private",
   "domain_whitelist" : [],
   "domain_blacklist_enabled" : false,
   "domain_blacklist" : [],
   "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:44:55.176Z",
   "default_project_visibility" : "private",
   "default_group_visibility" : "private",
   "gravatar_enabled" : true,
   "sign_in_text" : null,
   "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
   "repository_storages": ["default"],
   "koding_enabled": false,
   "koding_url": null,
   "plantuml_enabled": false,
   "plantuml_url": null,
   "terminal_max_session_time": 0,
   "polling_interval_multiplier": 1.0,
   "rsa_key_restriction": 0,
   "dsa_key_restriction": 0,
   "ecdsa_key_restriction": 0,
   "ed25519_key_restriction": 0,
}

Change application settings

PUT /application/settings

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
default_projects_limit	integer	no	Project limit per user. Default is 100000
signup_enabled	boolean	no	Enable registration. Default is true.
password_authentication_enabled	boolean	no	Enable authentication via a GitLab account password. Default is true.
gravatar_enabled	boolean	no	Enable Gravatar
sign_in_text	string	no	Text on login page
home_page_url	string	no	Redirect to this URL when not logged in
default_branch_protection	integer	no	Determine if developers can push to master. Can take 0 (not protected, both developers and masters can push new commits, force push or delete the branch), 1 (partially protected, developers can push new commits, but cannot force push or delete the branch, masters can do anything) or 2 (fully protected, developers cannot push new commits, force push or delete the branch, masters can do anything) as a parameter. Default is 2.
restricted_visibility_levels	array of strings	no	Selected levels cannot be used by non-admin users for projects or snippets. Can take private, internal and public as a parameter. Default is null which means there is no restriction.
max_attachment_size	integer	no	Limit attachment size in MB
session_expire_delay	integer	no	Session duration in minutes. GitLab restart is required to apply changes
default_project_visibility	string	no	What visibility level new projects receive. Can take private, internal and public as a parameter. Default is private.
default_snippet_visibility	string	no	What visibility level new snippets receive. Can take private, internal and public as a parameter. Default is private.
default_group_visibility	string	no	What visibility level new groups receive. Can take private, internal and public as a parameter. Default is private.
domain_whitelist	array of strings	no	Force people to use only corporate emails for sign-up. Default is null, meaning there is no restriction.
domain_blacklist_enabled	boolean	no	Enable/disable the domain_blacklist
domain_blacklist	array of strings	yes (if domain_blacklist_enabled is true)	People trying to sign-up with emails from this domain will not be allowed to do so.
user_oauth_applications	boolean	no	Allow users to register any application to use GitLab as an OAuth provider
after_sign_out_path	string	no	Where to redirect users after logout
container_registry_token_expire_delay	integer	no	Container Registry token duration in minutes
repository_storages	array of strings	no	A list of names of enabled storage paths, taken from gitlab.yml. New projects will be created in one of these stores, chosen at random.
enabled_git_access_protocol	string	no	Enabled protocols for Git access. Allowed values are: ssh, http, and nil to allow both protocols.
koding_enabled	boolean	no	Enable Koding integration. Default is false.
koding_url	string	yes (if koding_enabled is true)	The Koding instance URL for integration.
disabled_oauth_sign_in_sources	Array of strings	no	Disabled OAuth sign-in sources
plantuml_enabled	boolean	no	Enable PlantUML integration. Default is false.
plantuml_url	string	yes (if plantuml_enabled is true)	The PlantUML instance URL for integration.
terminal_max_session_time	integer	no	Maximum time for web terminal websocket connection (in seconds). Set to 0 for unlimited time.
polling_interval_multiplier	decimal	no	Interval multiplier used by endpoints that perform polling. Set to 0 to disable polling.
rsa_key_restriction	integer	no	The minimum allowed bit length of an uploaded RSA key. Default is 0 (no restriction). -1 disables RSA keys.
dsa_key_restriction	integer	no	The minimum allowed bit length of an uploaded DSA key. Default is 0 (no restriction). -1 disables DSA keys.
ecdsa_key_restriction	integer	no	The minimum allowed curve size (in bits) of an uploaded ECDSA key. Default is 0 (no restriction). -1 disables ECDSA keys.
ed25519_key_restriction	integer	no	The minimum allowed curve size (in bits) of an uploaded ED25519 key. Default is 0 (no restriction). -1 disables ED25519 keys.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/application/settings?signup_enabled=false&default_project_visibility=internal

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "default_projects_limit": 100000,
  "signup_enabled": true,
  "password_authentication_enabled": true,
  "gravatar_enabled": true,
  "sign_in_text": "",
  "created_at": "2015-06-12T15:51:55.432Z",
  "updated_at": "2015-06-30T13:22:42.210Z",
  "home_page_url": "",
  "default_branch_protection": 2,
  "restricted_visibility_levels": [],
  "max_attachment_size": 10,
  "session_expire_delay": 10080,
  "default_project_visibility": "internal",
  "default_snippet_visibility": "private",
  "default_group_visibility": "private",
  "domain_whitelist": [],
  "domain_blacklist_enabled" : false,
  "domain_blacklist" : [],
  "user_oauth_applications": true,
  "after_sign_out_path": "",
  "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
  "repository_storages": ["default"],
  "koding_enabled": false,
  "koding_url": null,
  "plantuml_enabled": false,
  "plantuml_url": null,
  "terminal_max_session_time": 0,
  "polling_interval_multiplier": 1.0,
  "rsa_key_restriction": 0,
  "dsa_key_restriction": 0,
  "ecdsa_key_restriction": 0,
  "ed25519_key_restriction": 0,
}