Deprecation notice (applicable for Markdown from a URL macro):
Please note that the URL user and URL password parameters are deprecated and will be removed on March 31, 2022. We recommend using profiles to access your data from remote locations.
Description
This article illustrates the process of adding a GitLab profile to the Markdown macros.
Before you begin:
To add a profile, you will need the following:
- Personal access token for GitLab profile
- GitLab API URL
- Whitelist the GitLab URL in Configuration settings
Steps
Navigate to CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION > Settings > ATLASSIAN MARKETPLACE > Markdown Configuration > Profiles.
Click Add Profile.
Enter a unique profile name in the Profile name text box.
Ensure that you provide a unique profile name. If you enter a profile name that already exists, the existing profile gets replaced with the given information.
- Select GitLab from the options in Profile type. Note that the Request headers parameter is auto-filled.
Enter the API URL for GitLab in the URL text box. For example, https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects.
To know more on how to work with URLs, refer to the Create a profile with a URL article.
- Enter the Personal access token for your GitLab profile in the Access token text box.
- Click Save profile to create the profile.
