Environments API

Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate
Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated

Use this API to interact with GitLab environments.

List all environments

Lists all environments for a specified project.

GET /projects/:id/environments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	no	Return the environment with this name. Mutually exclusive with `search`.
`search`	string	no	Return list of environments matching the search criteria. Mutually exclusive with `name`. Must be at least 3 characters long.
`states`	string	no	List all environments that match a specific state. Accepted values: `available`, `stopping`, or `stopped`. If no state value given, returns all environments.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments?name=review%2Ffix-foo"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "review/fix-foo",
    "slug": "review-fix-foo-dfjre3",
    "description": "This is review environment",
    "external_url": "https://review-fix-foo-dfjre3.gitlab.example.com",
    "state": "available",
    "tier": "development",
    "created_at": "2019-05-25T18:55:13.252Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-05-27T18:55:13.252Z",
    "enable_advanced_logs_querying": false,
    "logs_api_path": "/project/-/logs/k8s.json?environment_name=review%2Ffix-foo",
    "auto_stop_at": "2019-06-03T18:55:13.252Z",
    "kubernetes_namespace": "flux-system",
    "flux_resource_path": "HelmRelease/flux-system",
    "auto_stop_setting": "always"
  }
]

Retrieve an environment

Retrieves a specified environment for a project.

GET /projects/:id/environments/:environment_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`environment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the environment.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/1"

Example of response

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "review/fix-foo",
  "slug": "review-fix-foo-dfjre3",
  "description": "This is review environment",
  "external_url": "https://review-fix-foo-dfjre3.gitlab.example.com",
  "state": "available",
  "tier": "development",
  "created_at": "2019-05-25T18:55:13.252Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-27T18:55:13.252Z",
  "enable_advanced_logs_querying": false,
  "logs_api_path": "/project/-/logs/k8s.json?environment_name=review%2Ffix-foo",
  "auto_stop_at": "2019-06-03T18:55:13.252Z",
  "last_deployment": {
    "id": 100,
    "iid": 34,
    "ref": "fdroid",
    "sha": "416d8ea11849050d3d1f5104cf8cf51053e790ab",
    "created_at": "2019-03-25T18:55:13.252Z",
    "status": "success",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "username": "root",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "deployable": {
      "id": 710,
      "status": "success",
      "stage": "deploy",
      "name": "staging",
      "ref": "fdroid",
      "tag": false,
      "coverage": null,
      "created_at": "2019-03-25T18:55:13.215Z",
      "started_at": "2019-03-25T12:54:50.082Z",
      "finished_at": "2019-03-25T18:55:13.216Z",
      "duration": 21623.13423,
      "project": {
        "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
      },
      "user": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "username": "root",
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
        "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
        "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
        "bio": null,
        "location": null,
        "public_email": "",
        "linkedin": "",
        "twitter": "",
        "website_url": "",
        "organization": null
      },
      "commit": {
        "id": "416d8ea11849050d3d1f5104cf8cf51053e790ab",
        "short_id": "416d8ea1",
        "created_at": "2016-01-02T15:39:18.000Z",
        "parent_ids": [
          "e9a4449c95c64358840902508fc827f1a2eab7df"
        ],
        "title": "Removed fabric to fix #40",
        "message": "Removed fabric to fix #40\n",
        "author_name": "Administrator",
        "author_email": "admin@example.com",
        "authored_date": "2016-01-02T15:39:18.000Z",
        "committer_name": "Administrator",
        "committer_email": "admin@example.com",
        "committed_date": "2016-01-02T15:39:18.000Z"
      },
      "pipeline": {
        "id": 34,
        "sha": "416d8ea11849050d3d1f5104cf8cf51053e790ab",
        "ref": "fdroid",
        "status": "success",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/Commit451/lab-coat/pipelines/34"
      },
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/Commit451/lab-coat/-/jobs/710",
      "artifacts": [
        {
          "file_type": "trace",
          "size": 1305,
          "filename": "job.log",
          "file_format": null
        }
      ],
      "runner": null,
      "artifacts_expire_at": null
    }
  },
  "cluster_agent": {
    "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
  },
  "kubernetes_namespace": "flux-system",
  "flux_resource_path": "HelmRelease/flux-system",
  "auto_stop_setting": "always"
}

Create an environment

Creates an environment for a specified project.

POST /projects/:id/environments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`name`	string	yes	The name of the environment.
`description`	string	no	The description of the environment.
`external_url`	string	no	Place to link to for this environment.
`tier`	string	no	The tier of the new environment. Allowed values are `production`, `staging`, `testing`, `development`, and `other`.
`cluster_agent_id`	integer	no	The cluster agent to associate with this environment.
`kubernetes_namespace`	string	no	The Kubernetes namespace to associate with this environment.
`flux_resource_path`	string	no	The Flux resource path to associate with this environment. This must be the full resource path. For example, `helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2/namespaces/gitlab-agent/helmreleases/gitlab-agent`.
`auto_stop_setting`	string	no	The auto stop setting for the environment. Allowed values are `always` or `with_action`.

If successful, returns 201, returns 400 for wrong parameters.

curl --data "name=deploy&external_url=https://deploy.gitlab.example.com" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "deploy",
  "slug": "deploy",
  "description": null,
  "external_url": "https://deploy.gitlab.example.com",
  "state": "available",
  "tier": "production",
  "created_at": "2019-05-25T18:55:13.252Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-27T18:55:13.252Z",
  "kubernetes_namespace": "flux-system",
  "flux_resource_path": "HelmRelease/flux-system",
  "auto_stop_setting": "always"
}

Update an existing environment

Updates an existing environment for a project.

PUT /projects/:id/environments/:environments_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`environment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the environment.
`description`	string	no	The description of the environment.
`external_url`	string	no	The new `external_url`.
`tier`	string	no	The tier of the new environment. Allowed values are `production`, `staging`, `testing`, `development`, and `other`.
`cluster_agent_id`	integer or null	no	The cluster agent to associate with this environment or `null` to remove it.
`kubernetes_namespace`	string or null	no	The Kubernetes namespace to associate with this environment or `null` to remove it.
`flux_resource_path`	string or null	no	The Flux resource path to associate with this environment or `null` to remove it.
`auto_stop_setting`	string or null	no	The auto stop setting for the environment. Allowed values are `always` or `with_action`.

If successful, returns 200. In case of an error, returns 400.

curl --request PUT \
  --data "external_url=https://staging.gitlab.example.com" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "staging",
  "slug": "staging",
  "description": null,
  "external_url": "https://staging.gitlab.example.com",
  "state": "available",
  "tier": "staging",
  "created_at": "2019-05-25T18:55:13.252Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-27T18:55:13.252Z",
  "kubernetes_namespace": "flux-system",
  "flux_resource_path": "HelmRelease/flux-system",
  "auto_stop_setting": "always"
}

Delete an environment

Deletes an environment from a project. The environment must be stopped first.

DELETE /projects/:id/environments/:environment_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`environment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the environment.

If successful, returns 204. Returns 404 if the environment does not exist. Returns 403 if the environment is not stopped.

curl --request DELETE \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/1"

Delete multiple stopped review apps

Schedules deletion of multiple environments that have already been stopped and are in the review app folder. The actual deletion is performed after 1 week from the time of execution. By default, it only deletes environments 30 days or older.

DELETE /projects/:id/environments/review_apps

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`before`	datetime	no	The date before which environments can be deleted. Defaults to 30 days ago. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`).
`limit`	integer	no	Maximum number of environments to delete. Defaults to 100.
`dry_run`	boolean	no	Defaults to `true` for safety reasons. It performs a dry run where no actual deletion is performed. Set to `false` to actually delete the environment.

curl --request DELETE \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/review_apps"

Example response:

{
  "scheduled_entries": [
    {
      "id": 387,
      "name": "review/023f1bce01229c686a73",
      "slug": "review-023f1bce01-3uxznk",
      "external_url": null
    },
    {
      "id": 388,
      "name": "review/85d4c26a388348d3c4c0",
      "slug": "review-85d4c26a38-5giw1c",
      "external_url": null
    }
  ],
  "unprocessable_entries": []
}

Stop an environment

Stops a running environment.

POST /projects/:id/environments/:environment_id/stop

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`environment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the environment.
`force`	boolean	no	Force environment to stop without executing `on_stop` actions.

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/1/stop"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "deploy",
  "slug": "deploy",
  "external_url": "https://deploy.gitlab.example.com",
  "state": "stopped",
  "created_at": "2019-05-25T18:55:13.252Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-27T18:55:13.252Z",
  "kubernetes_namespace": "flux-system",
  "flux_resource_path": "HelmRelease/flux-system",
  "auto_stop_setting": "always"
}

Stop stale environments

Stops all environments that were last modified or deployed to before a specified date. Excludes protected environments.

POST /projects/:id/environments/stop_stale

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`before`	date	yes	Stop environments that have been modified or deployed to before the specified date. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`). Valid inputs are between 10 years ago and 1 week ago

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/environments/stop_stale?before=10%2F10%2F2021"

Example response:

{
  "message": "Successfully requested stop for all stale environments"
}