Reminder to all repository users: Please do not add , commit and push any data files to your remote git repositories. The disk space the Git server is limited, it wasn't dimensioned to host anything else than code. Solely your code files need versioning. The data inputs/outputs don't. A good idea is to do "git add" individually on each file you want to commit, to avoid versioning unwanted content.

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" : [],
   "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" : "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_storage": "default",
   "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
}

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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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,
  "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": "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_storage": "default",
  "koding_enabled": false,
  "koding_url": null,
  "plantuml_enabled": false,
  "plantuml_url": null,
  "terminal_max_session_time": 0,
  "polling_interval_multiplier": 1.0
}