Can I programmatically access gitlab secrets hash

Question

I have ansible on my control machine. I'm trying to setup gitlab using omnibus package. After this, I need to setup runner and mattermost.

In any case, I need the secret hash from gitlab web app to provide it to runner and mattermost.

Names:

Runner: 'regis-token'

mattermost: 'app- id' and 'app-secret'

I have checked the gitlab api and couldn't find a way to get them. I want to know is there any programmatical way through which we can access the secrets without comromising the security?

Answer 1

The newer versions of gitlab do support application creation through API:

https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/applications.html

and to create a token you can do somthing like this:

sudo -u postgres psql -d gitlab_production -c "INSERT INTO personal_access_tokens VALUES ('1','1','SOMEHASH','initialToken','false','2020-01-01', '2018-01-01 12:00:00', '2018-01-01 12:00:00', E'--- \n- api \n- read_user \n');"