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Agents API

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Use the Agents API to work with the GitLab agent for Kubernetes.

List the agents for a project

Returns the list of agents registered for the project.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user

Response:

The response is a list of agents with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "agent-1",
    "config_project": {
      "id": 20,
      "description": "",
      "name": "test",
      "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
      "path": "test",
      "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
      "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 42
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "agent-2",
    "config_project": {
      "id": 20,
      "description": "",
      "name": "test",
      "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
      "path": "test",
      "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
      "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 42
  }
]

Get details about an agent

Gets a single agent details.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent

Response:

The response is a single agent with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "agent-1",
  "config_project": {
    "id": 20,
    "description": "",
    "name": "test",
    "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
    "path": "test",
    "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
    "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
  },
  "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 42
}

Register an agent with a project

Registers an agent to the project.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

POST /projects/:id/cluster_agents

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
name string yes Name for the agent

Response:

The response is the new agent with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"name":"some-agent"}'

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "agent-1",
  "config_project": {
    "id": 20,
    "description": "",
    "name": "test",
    "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
    "path": "test",
    "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
    "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
  },
  "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 42
}

Delete a registered agent

Deletes an existing agent registration.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/1

List tokens for an agent

Returns a list of active tokens for an agent.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer or string yes ID of the agent.

Response:

The response is a list of tokens with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "abcd",
    "description": "Some token",
    "agent_id": 5,
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "foobar",
    "description": null,
    "agent_id": 5,
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 1
  }
]

NOTE: The last_used_at field for a token is only returned when getting a single agent token.

Get a single agent token

Gets a single agent token.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

Returns a 404 if the agent token has been revoked.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens/:token_id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
token_id integer yes ID of the token.

Response:

The response is a single token with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.
last_used_at string or null ISO8601 datetime when the token was last used.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/token/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "abcd",
  "description": "Some token",
  "agent_id": 5,
  "status": "active",
  "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 1,
  "last_used_at": null
}

Create an agent token

  • Introduced in GitLab 15.0.
  • Two-token limit introduced in GitLab 16.1 with a flag named cluster_agents_limit_tokens_created.
  • Two-token limit generally available in GitLab 16.2. Feature flag cluster_agents_limit_tokens_created removed.

Creates a new token for an agent.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

An agent can have only two active tokens at one time.

POST /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
name string yes Name for the token.
description string no Description for the token.

Response:

The response is the new token with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.
last_used_at string or null ISO8601 datetime when the token was last used.
token string The secret token value.

NOTE: The token is only returned in the response of the POST endpoint and cannot be retrieved afterwards.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"name":"some-token"}'

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "abcd",
  "description": "Some token",
  "agent_id": 5,
  "status": "active",
  "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 1,
  "last_used_at": null,
  "token": "qeY8UVRisx9y3Loxo1scLxFuRxYcgeX3sxsdrpP_fR3Loq4xyg"
}

Revoke an agent token

Revokes an agent token.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens/:token_id

Supported attributes:

| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | |------------|-------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| | id | integer or string | yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user. | | agent_id | integer | yes | ID of the agent. | | token_id | integer | yes | ID of the token. |

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens/1

Receptive agents

DETAILS: Tier: Ultimate Offering: Self-managed

Receptive agents allow GitLab to integrate with Kubernetes clusters that cannot establish a network connection to the GitLab instance, but can be connected to by GitLab.

List URL configurations for a receptive agent

Returns a list of URL configurations for an agent.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/url_configurations

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer or string yes ID of the agent.

Response:

The response is a list of URL configurations with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the URL configuration.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the URL configuration belongs to.
url string URL for this URL configuration.
public_key string (optional) Base64-encoded public key if JWT authentication is used.
client_cert string (optional) Client certificate in PEM format if mTLS authentication is used.
ca_cert string (optional) CA certificate in PEM format to verify the agent endpoint.
tls_host string (optional) TLS host name to verify the server name in agent endpoint.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/url_configurations"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "agent_id": 5,
    "url": "grpcs://agent.example.com:4242",
    "public_key": "..."
  }
]

NOTE: Either public_key or client_cert is set, but never both.

Get a single agent URL configuration

Gets a single agent URL configuration.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/url_configurations/:url_configuration_id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
url_configuration_id integer yes ID of the URL configuration.

Response:

The response is a single URL configuration with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the URL configuration.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the URL configuration belongs to.
url string Agent URL for this URL configuration.
public_key string (optional) Base64-encoded public key if JWT authentication is used.
client_cert string (optional) Client certificate in PEM format if mTLS authentication is used.
ca_cert string (optional) CA certificate in PEM format to verify the agent endpoint.
tls_host string (optional) TLS host name to verify the server name in agent endpoint.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/url_configurations/1"

Example response:

{
"id": 1,
"agent_id": 5,
"url": "grpcs://agent.example.com:4242",
"public_key": "..."
}

NOTE: Either public_key or client_cert is set, but never both.

Create an agent URL configuration

Creates a new URL configuration for an agent.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

An agent can have only one URL configuration at the time.

POST /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/url_configurations

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
url string yes Agent URL for this URL configuration.
client_cert string no Client certificate in PEM format if mTLS authentication should be used. Must be provided with client_key.
client_key string no Client key in PEM format if mTLS authentication should be used. Must be provided with client_cert.
ca_cert string no CA certificate in PEM format to verify the agent endpoint.
tls_host string no TLS host name to verify the server name in agent endpoint.

Response:

The response is the new URL configuration with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the URL configuration.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the URL configuration belongs to.
url string Agent URL for this URL configuration.
public_key string (optional) Base64-encoded public key if JWT authentication is used.
client_cert string (optional) Client certificate in PEM format if mTLS authentication is used.
ca_cert string (optional) CA certificate in PEM format to verify the agent endpoint.
tls_host string (optional) TLS host name to verify the server name in agent endpoint.

Example request to create a URL configuration with a JWT token:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/url_configurations" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"url":"grpcs://agent.example.com:4242"}'

Example response for JWT authentication:

{
"id": 1,
"agent_id": 5,
"url": "grpcs://agent.example.com:4242",
"public_key": "..."
}

Example request to create a URL configuration using mTLS with a client certificate and key from the files client.pem and client-key.pem:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/url_configurations" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"url":"grpcs://agent.example.com:4242", "client_cert":"'"$(awk -v ORS='\\n' '1' client.pem)"'", "client_key": "'"$(awk -v ORS='\\n' '1' client-key.pem)"'"}'

Example response for mTLS:

{
"id": 1,
"agent_id": 5,
"url": "grpcs://agent.example.com:4242",
"client_cert": "..."
}

NOTE: If the client_cert and client_key are not provided, a private-public key pair is generated and JWT authentication is used instead of mTLS.

Delete an agent URL configuration

Deletes an agent URL configuration.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/url_configurations/:url_configuration_id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
url_configuration_id integer yes ID of the URL configuration.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/url_configurations/1