Application settings

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/v3/application/settings

Example response:

{
   "default_projects_limit" : 10,
   "signup_enabled" : true,
   "id" : 1,
   "default_branch_protection" : 2,
   "restricted_visibility_levels" : [],
   "signin_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" : 0,
   "domain_whitelist" : [],
   "domain_blacklist_enabled" : false,
   "domain_blacklist" : [],
   "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:44:55.176Z",
   "default_project_visibility" : 0,
   "gravatar_enabled" : true,
   "sign_in_text" : null,
   "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
   "repository_storage": "default",
   "repository_storages": ["default"],
   "koding_enabled": false,
   "koding_url": null
}

Change application settings

PUT /application/settings

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
default_projects_limit	integer	no	Project limit per user. Default is 10
signup_enabled	boolean	no	Enable registration. Default is true.
signin_enabled	boolean	no	Enable login via a GitLab account. 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 integers	no	Selected levels cannot be used by non-admin users for projects or snippets. Can take 0 (Private), 1 (Internal) and 2 (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	integer	no	What visibility level new projects receive. Can take 0 (Private), 1 (Internal) and 2 (Public) as a parameter. Default is 0.
default_snippet_visibility	integer	no	What visibility level new snippets receive. Can take 0 (Private), 1 (Internal) and 2 (Public) as a parameter. Default is 0.
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.
repository_storage	string	no	The first entry in repository_storages. Deprecated, but retained for compatibility reasons
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.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/application/settings?signup_enabled=false&default_project_visibility=1

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "default_projects_limit": 10,
  "signup_enabled": true,
  "signin_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": 1,
  "default_snippet_visibility": 0,
  "domain_whitelist": [],
  "domain_blacklist_enabled" : false,
  "domain_blacklist" : [],
  "user_oauth_applications": true,
  "after_sign_out_path": "",
  "container_registry_token_expire_delay": 5,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "koding_enabled": false,
  "koding_url": null
}