How to Disable Push Create for Everyone But the Admin API

Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Native
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I found 2 ways to restrict who can create projects within Gitlab. (No one, Maintainers, or Maintainers + Developers)

  • Make a PUT request to the system API, or
  • Use the admin interface and change the setting (Groups | GitLab)

I assumed that if I set to “no one” this would apply to everyone except those who are admins in the groups. However, I found out that the admin user with highest privileges in the system is no different than the maintainer role. I could not create repositories (projects) in Gitlab with the admin user.

I need a way from a group level (or whole instance level really) to not allow anyone but the admin users to create repos (projects).

Any ideas?

Cheers!
-josh