Gitlab Cloud

How do I sign-up with GitLab Cloud?

Data Access by Hivel

• Hivel accesses the past 60-90 days of commits and pull requests from active repositories during the initial sync.

Authorization Mechanism

• Hivel employs GitLab's OAuth for authentication.

• Users maintain full control and can withdraw access anytime via GitLab's authorized apps section.

Requirements

• Ensure to log in with an account possessing write permissions to relevant GitLab repositories.

• Write permissions are mandatory for webhook publication, facilitating real-time data sync.

Best Practice

• Opt for a service account rather than an individual-linked account.

• Service accounts are typically overseen by the company's admin.

Create your Hivel Account

1. Navigate to the Hivel sign-up page

2. Add your work email id.

3. Now, you can use your Google or Microsoft login with your work email id; or create a password.

4. Create your Company Profile, and click 'Get Started'.

5. Once you've successfully created your Company Profile, you will be redirected to the Integrations Page.

6. Select GitLab, and log in to your company's GitLab account using a service account.

Connect GitLab

1. Next, you will be redirected to Hivel and prompted to add a Personal Access Token.

2. To create a Personal Access Token, return to your GitLab account, and in the top-right corner, click your avatar.

3. Select Preferences

4. On the left sidebar, select Access Tokens.

5. Enter a name, and do not set any expiry date for the token.

6. Select the desired scopes - api, read_api, read_user, read_repository
7. Select Create personal access token, and copy it.

8. Return to the Hivel application, paste the personal access token, and hit Submit.

Once the token is validated, and your GitLab is successfully integrated, we will start to pull data. It will take between 2 - 48 hours for the complete sync, depending on the volume of the data.

Below are some screenshots of the steps you can refer to if needed: