From 4ffe78d32286c53c0ec61fb37798747c4b914487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Kriese <michael.kriese@visualon.de>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:00:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add gitlab pipeline hints (#7885)
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docs/usage/self-hosting.md | 10 +++++++++-
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@@ -176,6 +176,14 @@ workflows:
- master
```
+#### GitLab CI/CD pipeline
+
+For GitLab pipelines we recommend to checkout [this](https://gitlab.com/renovate-bot/renovate-runner).
+We've prepared some pipeline templates to simply run renovate on pipeline schedules.
+You will find necessary configuration steps there.
+
+For self-hosted GitLab clone / import [this](https://gitlab.com/renovate-bot/renovate-runner) project to your instance.
+
## Configuration
Self-hosted Renovate can be configured using any of the following (or a combination):
@@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ Configure it either as `token` in your `config.js` file, or in environment varia
#### GitLab CE/EE
-First, [create a personal access token](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html) for the bot account (select "api" scope).
+First, [create a personal access token](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html) for the bot account (select `read_user`, `api` and `write_repository` scopes).
Configure it either as `token` in your `config.js` file, or in environment variable `RENOVATE_TOKEN`, or via CLI `--token=`.
Don't forget to configure `platform=gitlab` somewhere in config.
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GitLab