Known Issues of User Management for GitLab

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The following table lists known issues for using GitLab within DevOps-as-a-Service, especially in relation to the central user and project management in the self-service portal.

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The entries do not describe real errors, but rather provide assistance on how to avoid inconsistencies between GitLab and the central user management via the self-service portal.

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|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:133px" %)User edit while deassigned from GitLab|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:271px" %)When a user is deassigned from GitLab and the user name changed afterwards in the self-service portal, then this change is not performed in GitLab.|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:357px" %)(((

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1. Create a user A, and add tool GitLab to the user

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1. The user account A is created in GitLab

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1. Remove GitLab tool assignment from the user A in the self-service portal

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1. Rename the user in the self-service portal to B

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1. Assign GitLab to the user

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1. The result: user account in GitLab is still A

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Until a new user name update in the self-service portal the name in GitLab remains the same. Role changes do not affect the user name either.

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)))|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:296px" %)Avoid the change of a user name for a user which was assigned to GitLab and is now deassigned.|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:209px" %)After reassigning the user to GitLab, change the user name again in the self-service portal, then this changed user name will be propagated to GitLab.

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|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:133px" %)Technical Users |(% style="border-color:#888888; width:271px" %)The creation of technical users for Gitlab in the DevOps Portal is currently not supported.|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:357px" %) |(% style="border-color:#888888; width:296px" %)Don't use the technical user feature in the DevOps Portal for GitLab.|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:209px" %)Use the features within GitLab to set up tokens for technical users.

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