Configuring secret push protection

Problem to solve

I want to enable de setting “Allow secret push protection” but not use the GUI for this. Is it possible to use Gitlab Rails or the API

Steps to reproduce

Configuration

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Versions

Please add an x whether options apply, and add the version information.

• [X ] Self-managed 17.9

Thanks in advance.

According to the GitLab documentation:

On GitLab Self-Managed instances, you must:

1. Allow secret push protection on the entire instance.

2. Enable secret push protection per project.

I’m not sure of a way we can enable it on the entire instance without using GUI.

But to enable it per project using the API, you can use the following:

• Project Security Settings API: To update secret detection settings for individual projects.

Update secret_push_protection_enabled setting

• Group Security Settings API: If you’d like to apply the setting to all projects within a group.

Update secret_push_protection_enabled setting

Hope it helps!

Thanks for the feedback. That’s what I also found in the documentation. I’m looking for a way to enable this setting in a more programmatic way so that this configuration can be stored in git when deploying a new instance.