Wiki source code of Known Issues of User Management for GitLab
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| 1 | 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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| 3 | 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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| 7 | |=(% style="white-space: nowrap; width: 133px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 238); border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" %)Title|=(% style="white-space: nowrap; width: 271px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 238); border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" %)Description|=(% style="white-space: nowrap; width: 357px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 238); border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" %)Reproduction|=(% style="white-space: nowrap; width: 296px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 238); border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" %)Recommendation to avoid Errors|=(% style="white-space: nowrap; width: 209px; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 238); border-color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" %)Workaround in case of Errors | ||
| 8 | |(% 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 DevOps Portal, then this change is not performed in GitLab.|(% style="border-color:#888888; width:357px" %)((( | ||
| 9 | 1. Create a user A, and add tool GitLab to the user | ||
| 10 | 1. The user account A is created in GitLab | ||
| 11 | 1. Remove GitLab tool assignment from the user A in the DevOps Portal | ||
| 12 | 1. Rename the user in the DevOps Portal to B | ||
| 13 | 1. Assign GitLab to the user | ||
| 14 | 1. The result: user account in GitLab is still A | ||
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| 16 | Until a new user name update in the DevOps Portal the name in GitLab remains the same. Role changes do not affect the user name either. | ||
| 17 | )))|(% 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 DevOps Portal, then this changed user name will be propagated to GitLab. | ||
| 18 | |(% 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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