gitpanda 🐼

GitLab URL expander for Slack

Example

Requirements

• GitLab API v4
• Slack app and OAuth Access Token
  • see CREATE_SLACK_APP.md

Supported URL format

• User URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:username
• Group URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:groupname
• Project URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame
• Issue URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/issues/:iid
• MergeRequest URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/merge_requests/:iid
• Job URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/-/jobs/:id
• Pipeline URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/pipelines/:id
• Blob URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/blob/:sha1/:filename
• Commit URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/commit/:sha1
• Project snippet URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/:namespace/:reponame/snippets/:id
• Snippet URL
  • e.g. ${GITLAB_BASE_URL}/snippets/:id

Running standalone

Download latest binary from https://github.com/sue445/gitpanda/releases

PORT=8000 \
GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT=https://your-gitlab.example.com/api/v4 \
GITLAB_BASE_URL=https://your-gitlab.example.com \
GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxx \
SLACK_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN=xoxp-0000000000-0000000000-000000000000-00000000000000000000000000000000 \
SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxx \
TRUNCATE_LINES=5 \
./gitpanda

Environment variables

• PORT
  • default is 8000
• GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT
  • e.g. https://your-gitlab.example.com/api/v4
• GITLAB_BASE_URL
  • e.g. https://your-gitlab.example.com
• GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN
  • Generate a personal access token with api scope
• SLACK_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN
  • see CREATE_SLACK_APP.md
  • e.g. xoxp-0000000000-0000000000-000000000000-00000000000000000000000000000000
• SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN
  • Token for verify slack requests. This is optional, but recommended
  • see. https://api.slack.com/docs/verifying-requests-from-slack#app_management_updates
• TRUNCATE_LINES
  • Line count to truncate the text (default. no truncate)
• SENTRY_DSN
  • Sentry DSN
  • e.g. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxx@sentry.example.com/0000000

Running with AWS (Lambda + API Gateway + Parameter Store)

Use latest gitpanda_linux_amd64 on https://github.com/sue445/gitpanda/releases

Environment variables

One of the following is required

Environment	Key of Parameter Store
GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT	GITLAB_API_ENDPOINT_KEY
GITLAB_BASE_URL	GITLAB_BASE_URL_KEY
GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN	GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN_KEY
SLACK_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN	SLACK_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN_KEY
SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN	SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN_KEY
TRUNCATE_LINES

When you want to store to Parameter Store, please store as SecureString

Example

• Example template for AWS SAM

Arguments

$ ./gitpanda --help
Usage of ./gitpanda:
  -version
    	Whether showing version

Running with docker

Run latest version

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/sue445/gitpanda

Run with specified version

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/sue445/gitpanda:vX.Y.Z

Images

• GitHub Container Registry (Recommended)
  • ghcr.io/sue445/gitpanda:latest: Use latest version
  • ghcr.io/sue445/gitpanda:vX.Y.Z: Use specified version
• Google Artifact Registry: If you want to run this app on Cloud Run, use this image
  • us-docker.pkg.dev/gitpanda/gitpanda/app:latest: Use latest version
  • us-docker.pkg.dev/gitpanda/gitpanda/app:vX.Y.Z: Use specified version
  • us-docker.pkg.dev/gitpanda/gitpanda/app:edge: The contents of the main branch are pushed to this tag

Running with Kubernetes

1. [GKE] Create static IP and managed certificate if necessary

c.f https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/managed-certs

2. Download and edit files in examples/kubernetes_manifests/

3. Create secrets

e.g.

kubectl create secret generic gitpanda-secret \
    --from-literal=gitlab_private_token=${GITLAB_PRIVATE_TOKEN} \
    --from-literal=slack_oauth_access_token=${SLACK_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN} \
    --from-literal=slack_verification_token=${SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN}

4. apply manifests

e.g.

kubectl apply -f path/to/kubernetes_manifests/*.yaml

Running with Cloud Run

See followings

• .github/workflows/docker-gcp.yml deploy_to_cloud_run job
• .github/cloud_run-service.yml

Development

Recommend to use https://github.com/direnv/direnv

cp .envrc.example .envrc
vi .envrc
direnv allow