GitLab manual webhooks - AWS CodeBuild

GitLab manual webhooks

You can configure manual GitLab webhooks to prevent CodeBuild from automatically attempting to create a webhook within GitLab. CodeBuild returns a payload URL in as part of the call to create the webhook and can be used to manually create the webhook within GitLab. Even if CodeBuild is not allowlisted to create a webhook in your GitLab account, you can still manually create a webhook for your build project.

Use the following procedure to create a GitLab manual webhook.

To create a GitLab manual webhook

  1. Open the AWS CodeBuild console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codebuild/home.

  2. Create a build project. For information, see Create a build project (console) and Run a build (console).

    • In Source:

      • For Source provider, choose GitLab.

      • For Repository, choose Repository in my GitLab account.

      • For Repository URL, enter https://gitlab.com/user-name/repository-name.

    • In Primary source webhook events:

      • For Webhook - optional, choose Rebuild every time a code change is pushed to this repository.

      • Choose Additional configuration and for Manual creation - optional, choose Manually create a webhook for this repository in GitLab console..

        Note

        Additional configuration is not available if you are using GitLab Self Managed as your source provider.

  3. Continue with the default values and then choose Create build project. Take note of the Payload URL and Secret values as you will use these later.

  4. Open the GitLab console at https://gitlab.com/user-name/repository-name/-/hooks and choose Add new webhook.

    • For URL, enter the Payload URL value you took note of earlier.

    • For Secret token, enter the Secret value you took note of earlier.

    • Configure the individual events that will send a webhook payload to CodeBuild. For Trigger, choose from the following events: Push events, Merge request events, Releases events, and Job events. To learn more about event types supported by CodeBuild, see GitLab webhook events.

  5. Choose Add webhook.

Note

By default, all GitLab Self Managed webhooks need to be created manually. This process can be automated by programmatically calling CodeBuild's CreateWebhook API and using the returned output to call GitLab Self Managed's repository webhook creation API.