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We have a continuously growing collection of Gitlab CI variables (around 40-50) in our current project. All these variables are used during our CI/CD pipeline and are crucial for our production environment.
I want to generate backups in regular intervals in case someone messes with these variables.
Unfortunately, I do not see any options to export the variables in Project -> Settings -> CI / CD -> Environment variables. All I can do is viewing / editing / deleting the variables.
Is there maybe a hidden export function for these variables? We are self-hosting our Gitlab instance (GitLab Community Edition 11.8.1).
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Jobs and pipelines as environments The variables can be stored in the project/group/instance settings and be made available to jobs in pipelines.
It is recommended to keep a copy of /etc/gitlab , or at least of /etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets. json , in a safe place. If you ever need to restore a GitLab application backup you need to also restore gitlab-secrets. json .
CI_JOB_TOKEN: A token to authenticate with certain API endpoints. The token is valid as long as the job is running.
You can use the API in order to query all variables. For example:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/TEST_VARIABLE_1"
See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/project_level_variables.html#show-variable-details
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