Configure GitLab Application for Plane integration

This guide walks you through setting up a GitLab application to enable GitLab integration for your Plane workspace on a self-hosted instance. Since self-hosted environments don’t come pre-configured for GitLab, you’ll need to create an application, configure authentication, and set the necessary permissions to ensure seamless integration.

This guide covers configuration for both:

• GitLab.com
  The standard cloud-hosted GitLab service

• GitLab Self-managed
  Self-hosted GitLab instances for organizations with specific compliance or security requirements

In this guide, you’ll:

1. Create and configure a GitLab Application
2. Configure your Plane instance

Activate GitLab integration

After creating and configuring the GitLab application and configuring the instance as detailed on this page, you’ll need to setup the GitLab integration within Plane.

Create GitLab Application

GitLab Cloud

1. On the left sidebar in GitLab, select your avatar.

2. Select Preferences tab.

3. Navigate to the Applications tab.

4. Click on Add new application to begin the setup.

   

5. Provide a Name for your application.

6. Enter the following Redirect URI, replacing [YOUR_DOMAIN] with your actual domain:

   https://[YOUR_DOMAIN]/silo/api/gitlab/auth/callback
   

7. Check the Confidential box.

   

8. Set permissions by selecting the required Scopes. The table below explains each scope:

   Permission	Explanation
   api	Grants full read/write access to the API, including all groups, projects, container registry, dependency proxy, and package registry. Required for API requests.
   read_api	Allows read-only access to all groups, projects, container registry, and package registry.
   read_user	Grants read-only access to user profiles via the /user API endpoint, including username, public email, and full name. Also provides access to /users endpoints.
   read_repository	Enables read-only access to repositories in private projects via Git-over-HTTP or the Repository Files API.
   profile	Grants read-only access to the user’s profile data using OpenID Connect.
   email	Provides read-only access to the user’s primary email address using OpenID Connect.

9. Click Save Application to finalize the setup.

GitLab Self-managed

1. Log in to your GitLab instance.
2. Click on your profile icon in the top-right corner.
3. From the dropdown menu that appears, select Edit profile.
4. Look for and select the Applications option within this menu.
5. On the Applications page, click Add new application to begin configuring your OAuth application.

Fill in the application details with the following configuration:

• Name
  Enter a descriptive name for your application (e.g., Plane Local Dev or Plane Integration).

• Redirect URI
  The redirect URI depends on your Plane deployment:

  For Plane Cloud:

  https://silo.plane.so/api/oauth/gitlab-enterprise/auth/callback
  

  For Plane Self-Hosted:

  https://<your-domain>/silo/api/oauth/gitlab-enterprise/auth/callback
  

Replace <your-domain> with your actual Plane instance domain.

• Confidential
  Keep the Confidential checkbox enabled. This ensures the application uses a client secret for secure authentication.

• Scopes
  Select the following scopes to grant Plane the necessary permissions:

  • api - Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects
  • read_api - Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects
  • read_user - Grants read-only access to your profile information
  • read_repository - Grants read-only access to repositories on private projects
  • profile - Grants read-only access to the user’s profile data using OpenID Connect
  • email - Grants read-only access to the user’s primary email address using OpenID Connect

6. Click Save application to create the OAuth application.

Configure Plane instance

GitLab Cloud

1. Copy the Application ID and Secret from the newly created application.

   

2. Add these environment variables with the values to your Plane instance’s .env file.

   GITLAB_CLIENT_ID=<application_id>
   GITLAB_CLIENT_SECRET=<secret>
   

3. Save the file and restart the instance.

4. Once you’ve completed the instance configuration, activate the GitLab integration in Plane.

GitLab Self-managed

1. Copy the Application ID and Secret from the newly created application.

   

2. Once you’ve created the application, activate the GitLab Self-managed integration in Plane.