To use with self-managed GitLab, see GitLab support This feature is useful whether you use personal access tokens or OAuth. So you don’t need to reauthenticate on every push, GCM supports caching as well as a variety of platform-specific credential stores that persist between sessions. If you remain signed in to GitLab, subsequent The first time you authenticate, GitLab asks you to authorize the app. By default, GCMĪuthenticates using OAuth, opening GitLab in your web browser. Git Credential Managerįor Git over HTTPS, Git Credential Manager (GCM) offers an alternative to personal access tokens. You can use a personal access token instead. When 2FA is enabled, you can’t use your password to authenticate with Git over HTTPS or the GitLab API. Use personal access tokens with two-factor authentication
If you set up a device, also set up a TOTP so you can still access your account if you lose the device. This performs secure authentication on your behalf. You supply your username and password to sign in. You’re prompted to activate your U2F or WebAuthn device (usually by pressing a button on it) when Codes are generated by your one-time password authenticator (for example, a password
Enable one-time password using FortiAuthenticator.Use personal access tokens with two-factor authentication.