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Please follow this guide if you want to connect your Living Documentation with a self-hosted GitLab repository

Prerequisites

  • GitLab Server admin account

  • Jira admin account

Instructions

  1. Create a new OAuth application in GitLab

  2. Open your firewall to Cucumber for Jira servers

  3. Create a new provider in Cucumber for Jira settings

  4. Create a Living Documentation using the new provider

Create a new OAuth application in GitLab

Detailed documentation on how to set up an OAuth application in GitLab can be found here

Visit https://<your-gitlab-server>/admin/applications

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Click on New application

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Choose a name: Cucumber for Jira for example

Fill in the Redirect URI field with the following URL:

https://c4j.cucumber.io/oauth/gitlab/callbacks

Check the following scopes:

-api

-read_repository

Click on Submit

Now you should have your newly created OAuth application. You will need the Client ID and the Client secret for the next steps

Open your firewalls to Cucumber for Jira servers

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You can skip this section if your GitLab server is publicly available on the internet

Cucumber for Jira is a cloud application, this means our servers need to be able to communicate with your self-hosted GitLab instance through HTTP protocol.

Your network team should configure your company firewall rules to allow HTTP(S) traffic from these IP ranges used for outgoing traffic

  • 5.104.96.0 - 5.104.103.255 (5.104.96.0/21)

  • 46.231.144.0 - 46.231.151.255 (46.231.144.0/21)

  • 109.232.232.0 - 109.232.239.255 (109.232.232.0/21)

  • 185.21.192.0 - 185.21.195.255 (185.21.192.0/22)

  • 171.33.64.0 - 171.33.127.255 (171.33.64.0/18)

  • 148.253.64.0 - 148.253.127.255 (148.253.64.0/18)

Note

This information comes from our provider wiki page and might be out of date. Most up-to-date information is available here.

Create a new provider in Cucumber for Jira settings

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You need to have Jira admin privileges to create a new provider

Go to Jira settings, click on App tab, then choose Set up a private Git host from Cucumber for Jira section

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Currently, only GitLab Server is available. Bitbucket Server and GitHub Enterprise Server are coming soon!

The first step is to verify that your GitLab Server API is accessible from our servers.

Type the API base URL in the text field and click on Verify

Note

Make sure you are targeting the v4 of the API (ex: /api/v4)

If the verification succeeds, a form will be shown to provide the OAuth information:

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An error message will be shown instead.

The required fields are:

  • Name: A name for your GitLab Server (it can be anything you like)

  • OAuth base URL: https://<gitlab_server_url> , where <gitlab_server_url> is the URL of the GitLab Server instance

  • Client ID: is the Application ID that was shown when the OAuth application was created

  • Client secret: is the Secret that was shown when the OAuth application was created

After filling the OAuth form, click on Complete setup.

A confirmation is shown once the setup is completed.

Create a Living Documentation using the new provider

Now that everything is set up. You should be able to see the new provider in the Living Documentation creation screen

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Currently, GitLab Server and Bitbucket Server are available. GitHub Enterprise Server is coming soon!

In this section, you find the guides to: