importer-labs/gitlab/1-configure.md

Configure credentials for Valet

In this lab, you will use the configure CLI command to set the required credentials and information for Valet to use when working with GitLab and GitHub.

You will need to complete all of the setup instructions here prior to performing this lab.

Configuring credentials

1. Run the setup script in the codespace's terminal to ensure the GitLab server is ready:

   ./gitlab/bootstrap/setup.sh
   

2. Open the GitLab server in a new browser tab:

   • Click the PORTS tab in the codespace terminal window.
   • In the PORTS tab find the row for port 80.
   • Hover over the address under the Local Address column and click the globe to "open in browser".

3. Create a GitLab personal access token:

   • Authenticate with the GitLab server using the following credentials:
     • Username: root
     • Password: valet-labs!
   • Follow the GitLab instructions to generate a personal access token.
     • Ensure the token has the read_api scope.
   • Copy the generated token and save in a safe location.

4. Create a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT):

   • Open github.com in a new browser tab.
   • Click your profile photo in the top right of the UI and click Settings.
   • Click on Developer Settings in the left hand panel.
   • Click Personal Access Tokens and then Legacy tokens (if present).
   • Click Generate new token and then Legacy tokens. You may be required to authenticate with GitHub during this step.
   • Select the following scopes: read:packages and workflow.
   • Click Generate token.
   • Copy the generated PAT and save in a safe location.

5. Run the configure CLI command:

   • Select the TERMINAL tab from within the codespace terminal window.
   • Run the following command: gh valet configure.
   • Using the down arrow key to highlight GitLab CI, press the spacebar to select, and then hit enter to continue.
   • At the prompt enter your GitHub Username and press enter.
   • At the GitHub Container Registry prompt enter the GitHub PAT generated in step 4 and press enter.
   • At the GitHub PAT prompt enter the GitHub PAT generated in step 4 and press enter.
   • At the GitHub url prompt enter the GitHub instance url or hit enter to accept the default value (https://github.com).
   • At the GitLab CI token prompt enter the GitLab CI access token from step 3 and press enter.
   • At the GitLab CI url prompt enter http://localhost and press enter.

   

Verify your environment

To verify our environment is configured correctly, we are going to run the update CLI command. The update CLI command will download the latest version of Valet to your codespace.

1. In the codespace terminal run the following command:

   gh valet update
   

2. You should see a confirmation that you were logged into the GitHub Container Registry and Valet was updated to the latest version.

   Login Succeeded
   latest: Pulling from valet-customers/valet-cli
   Digest: sha256:a7d00dee8a37e25da59daeed44b1543f476b00fa2c41c47f48deeaf34a215bbb
   Status: Image is up to date for ghcr.io/valet-customers/valet-cli:latest
   ghcr.io/valet-customers/valet-cli:latest
   

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Perform an audit of a GitLab server