Creating a Personal Access Token

For some tasks in GitLab a so called Personal Access Token is needed. You can create them as follows:

• Call up the page https://git.rwth-aachen.de/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens (opens in new tab) or https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens (opens in new tab) respectively.
  
• In the "Name" field, enter a name (for example: My API Token, Test Token...).
• (Optional) Set an expiration date (Expires at). From this point on, the token no longer works.
• Select one or more scopes. For API access the Scope api is sufficient. Each scope is accompanied by a short description of what the scope is used for.
• Click on "Create personal access token".
• The token is now displayed to you
• Important: Secure the token! As soon as you leave the page or close the browser, you cannot display the token again.

Revoke/delete Personal tokens

If you want to revoke or delete a token, proceed as follows:

• Call up the page https://git.rwth-aachen.de/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens (opens in new tab) or https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/-/user_settings/personal_access_tokens (opens in new tab) respectively.
• Under "Active Personal Access Tokens", select the token that you want to revoke/delete.
• Click on the red "Revoke" button on the right.