Remote Management, Administration and Integration

SINCE 0.7.0

Gitblit optionally allows a remote client to administer the Gitblit server. This client could be a Java-based tool or perhaps a tool written in another language.

web.enableRpcServlet=true
web.enableRpcManagement=false
web.enableRpcAdministration=false

https is strongly recommended because passwords are insecurely transmitted from your browser/rpc client using Basic authentication!

The Gitblit JSON RPC mechanism, like the Gitblit JGit servlet, syndication/feed servlet, etc, supports request-based authentication. Making an admin request will trigger Gitblit's basic authentication mechanism. Listing of repositories, generally, will not trigger this authentication mechanism unless web.authenticateViewPages=true. That means its possible to allow anonymous enumeration of repositories that are not view restricted or clone restricted. Of course, if credentials are provided then all private repositories that are available to the user account will be enumerated in the JSON response.

Gitblit Manager

The Gitblit Manager is an example Java/Swing application that allows remote management (repository and user objects) and administration (server settings) of a Gitblit server.

This application uses a combination of RSS feeds and the JSON RPC interface, both of which are part of the Gitblit API library, to present live information from a Gitblit server. Some JSON RPC methods from the utility class com.gitblit.utils.RpcUtils are not currently used by the Gitblit Manager.

NOTE:
Gitblit Manager stores your login credentials INSECURELY in homedir/.gitblit/config.

RSS Query Interface

At present, Gitblit does not yet support retrieving Git objects (commits, etc) via the JSON RPC mechanism. However, the repository/branch RSS feeds can be used to extract log/history information from a repository branch.

The Gitblit API includes methods for retrieving and interpreting RSS feeds. The Gitblit Manager uses these methods to allow branch activity monitoring and repository searching.

Example RSS Queries

https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master
https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master&s=documentation
https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master&s=james&st=author&pg=2

JSON Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Interface

RPC Protocol Versions

Protocol Version 5

• SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS will reject all calls because this would elevate all discrete permissions to RW+
  Use SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBER_PERMISSIONS instead.
• SET_REPOSITORY_TEAMS will reject all calls because this would elevate all discrete permissions to RW+
  Use SET_REPOSITORY_TEAM_PERMISSIONS instead.

RPC Request and Response Types

RPC/HTTP Response Codes

Example: LIST_REPOSITORIES

url: https://localhost/rpc/?req=LIST_REPOSITORIES
response body: Map<String, RepositoryModel> where the map key is the clone url of the repository

{
  "https://localhost/git/libraries/xmlapache.git": {
    "name": "libraries/xmlapache.git",
    "description": "apache xmlrpc client and server",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2010-01-28T22:12:06Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [
      "libraries"
    ],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "102 KB"
  },
  "https://localhost/git/libraries/smack.git": {
    "name": "libraries/smack.git",
    "description": "smack xmpp client",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2009-01-28T18:38:14Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "4.8 MB"
  }
}

Example: EDIT_REPOSITORY (rename)

The original repository name is specified in the name url parameter. The new name is set within the JSON object.

url: https://localhost/rpc/?req=EDIT_REPOSITORY&name=libraries/xmlapache.git
post body: RepositoryModel

{
    "name": "libraries/xmlapache-renamed.git",
    "description": "apache xmlrpc client and server",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2010-01-28T22:12:06Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [
      "libraries"
    ],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "102 KB"
}

Example: LIST_USERS

url: https://localhost/rpc/?req=LIST_USERS
response body: List<UserModel>

[
  {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "admin",
    "canAdmin": true,
    "excludeFromFederation": true,
    "repositories": []
  },
  {
    "username": "test",
    "password": "test",
    "canAdmin": false,
    "excludeFromFederation": false,
    "repositories": [
      "libraries/xmlapache.git",
      "libraries/smack.git"
    ]
  }
]

Example: LIST_SETTINGS

url: https://localhost/rpc/?req=LIST_SETTINGS
response body: ServerSettings

{
  "settings": {
      "web.siteName": {
        "name": "web.siteName",
        "currentValue": "",
        "defaultValue": "",
        "description": "Gitblit Web Settings\nIf blank Gitblit is displayed.",
        "since": "0.5.0",
        "caseSensitive": false,
        "restartRequired": false,
        "spaceDelimited": false
      },
      "web.summaryCommitCount": {
        "name": "web.summaryCommitCount",
        "currentValue": "16",
        "defaultValue": "16",
        "description": "The number of commits to display on the summary page\nValue must exceed 0 else default of 16 is used",
        "since": "0.5.0",
        "caseSensitive": false,
        "restartRequired": false,
        "spaceDelimited": false
      }
  }
}

Example: LIST_STATUS

url: https://localhost/rpc/?req=LIST_STATUS
response body: ServerStatus

{
  "bootDate": "2011-10-22T12:13:00Z",
  "version": "0.7.0-SNAPSHOT",
  "releaseDate": "PENDING",
  "isGO": true,
  "systemProperties": {
    "file.encoding": "Cp1252",
    "java.home": "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_26\\jre",
    "java.io.tmpdir": "C:\\Users\\JAMESM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\",
    "java.runtime.name": "Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment",
    "java.runtime.version": "1.6.0_26-b03",
    "java.vendor": "Sun Microsystems Inc.",
    "java.version": "1.6.0_26",
    "java.vm.info": "mixed mode",
    "java.vm.name": "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM",
    "java.vm.vendor": "Sun Microsystems Inc.",
    "java.vm.version": "20.1-b02",
    "os.arch": "amd64",
    "os.name": "Windows 7",
    "os.version": "6.1"
  },
  "heapAllocated": 128057344,
  "heapFree": 120399168,
  "heapSize": 1899560960,
  "servletContainer": "jetty/7.4.3.v20110701"
}