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Agents API (FREE ALL)

Use the Agents API to work with the GitLab agent for Kubernetes.

List the agents for a project

Returns the list of agents registered for the project.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user

Response:

The response is a list of agents with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "agent-1",
    "config_project": {
      "id": 20,
      "description": "",
      "name": "test",
      "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
      "path": "test",
      "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
      "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 42
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "agent-2",
    "config_project": {
      "id": 20,
      "description": "",
      "name": "test",
      "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
      "path": "test",
      "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
      "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 42
  }
]

Get details about an agent

Gets a single agent details.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent

Response:

The response is a single agent with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "agent-1",
  "config_project": {
    "id": 20,
    "description": "",
    "name": "test",
    "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
    "path": "test",
    "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
    "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
  },
  "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 42
}

Register an agent with a project

Registers an agent to the project.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

POST /projects/:id/cluster_agents

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
name string yes Name for the agent

Response:

The response is the new agent with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the agent
name string Name of the agent
config_project object Object representing the project the agent belongs to
config_project.id integer ID of the project
config_project.description string Description of the project
config_project.name string Name of the project
config_project.name_with_namespace string Full name with namespace of the project
config_project.path string Path to the project
config_project.path_with_namespace string Full path with namespace to the project
config_project.created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the project was created
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the agent was created
created_by_user_id integer ID of the user who created the agent

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"name":"some-agent"}'

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "agent-1",
  "config_project": {
    "id": 20,
    "description": "",
    "name": "test",
    "name_with_namespace": "Administrator / test",
    "path": "test",
    "path_with_namespace": "root/test",
    "created_at": "2022-03-20T20:42:40.221Z"
  },
  "created_at": "2022-04-20T20:42:40.221Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 42
}

Delete a registered agent

Deletes an existing agent registration.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/1

List tokens for an agent

Introduced in GitLab 15.0.

Returns a list of active tokens for an agent.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer or string yes ID of the agent.

Response:

The response is a list of tokens with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "abcd",
    "description": "Some token",
    "agent_id": 5,
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 1
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "foobar",
    "description": null,
    "agent_id": 5,
    "status": "active",
    "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
    "created_by_user_id": 1
  }
]

NOTE: The last_used_at field for a token is only returned when getting a single agent token.

Get a single agent token

Introduced in GitLab 15.0.

Gets a single agent token.

You must have at least the Developer role to use this endpoint.

Returns a 404 if the agent token has been revoked.

GET /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens/:token_id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
token_id integer yes ID of the token.

Response:

The response is a single token with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.
last_used_at string or null ISO8601 datetime when the token was last used.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/token/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "abcd",
  "description": "Some token",
  "agent_id": 5,
  "status": "active",
  "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 1,
  "last_used_at": null
}

Create an agent token

  • Introduced in GitLab 15.0.
  • Two-token limit introduced in GitLab 16.1 with a flag named cluster_agents_limit_tokens_created.
  • Two-token limit generally available in GitLab 16.2. Feature flag cluster_agents_limit_tokens_created removed.

Creates a new token for an agent.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

An agent can have only two active tokens at one time.

POST /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user.
agent_id integer yes ID of the agent.
name string yes Name for the token.
description string no Description for the token.

Response:

The response is the new token with the following fields:

Attribute Type Description
id integer ID of the token.
name string Name of the token.
description string or null Description of the token.
agent_id integer ID of the agent the token belongs to.
status string The status of the token. Valid values are active and revoked.
created_at string ISO8601 datetime when the token was created.
created_by_user_id string User ID of the user who created the token.
last_used_at string or null ISO8601 datetime when the token was last used.
token string The secret token value.

NOTE: The token is only returned in the response of the POST endpoint and cannot be retrieved afterwards.

Example request:

curl --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens" \
    -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
    -X POST --data '{"name":"some-token"}'

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "abcd",
  "description": "Some token",
  "agent_id": 5,
  "status": "active",
  "created_at": "2022-03-25T14:12:11.497Z",
  "created_by_user_id": 1,
  "last_used_at": null,
  "token": "qeY8UVRisx9y3Loxo1scLxFuRxYcgeX3sxsdrpP_fR3Loq4xyg"
}

Revoke an agent token

Introduced in GitLab 15.0.

Revokes an agent token.

You must have at least the Maintainer role to use this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/cluster_agents/:agent_id/tokens/:token_id

Supported attributes:

| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | |------------|-------------------|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -| | id | integer or string | yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project maintained by the authenticated user. | | agent_id | integer | yes | ID of the agent. | | token_id | integer | yes | ID of the token. |

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "Private-Token: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/cluster_agents/5/tokens/1