Generate a PAT (Personal Access Token) on GitLab

A Personal Access Token (PAT) is required for authentication and secure connection to the repository. Follow these steps to generate a PAT in GitLab for managing your project metadata.

Generate a PAT in GitLab

To generate a Personal Access Token in GitLab:

• Connect to GitLab with your account
• In the navigation bar, click on your Account picture and choose the Edit profile menu:
  
• In the left menu, select the Access Tokens menu:
  
• Fill in the following information:
  1. Token name: fill in a name for the new PAT
  2. Expiration: choose the validity date of your token
  3. Select scopes: should be at least write_repository

• Click on the Create personal access token button
• Your PAT is generated:
  
• Save it in a secure location; you will need it to create a Project
• Scroll down. Your new PAT appears in the list of your PATs:
  

Demonstration video