Gitlab "Automatic webhook creation" does not seem to work

[cbrown1234]

I've followed the instructions at https://github.com/mend/renovate-ce-ee/blob/ca71afdfcb0eab72ac7ce17a6886611121ca6465/docs/setup-for-gitlab.md#option-automatic-webhook-creation

However, I don't see any attempts to create the webhooks in the debug logs

The settings seem to be read correctly from environment variables, but no mention of webhook in the logs beyond this:

renovate-ce-1       | DEBUG: Resolved configuration
renovate-ce-1       |        "resolvedConfig": {
renovate-ce-1       |          "cronJobSchedulerAll": "25 * * * *",
renovate-ce-1       |          "licenseKey": "***********",
renovate-ce-1       |          "acceptTOS": "Y",
renovate-ce-1       |          "versionMismatchPrintInterval": 60,
renovate-ce-1       |          "debugMode": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "dataHandlerType": "sqlite",
renovate-ce-1       |          "sqlTraceMode": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "sqliteFilePath": "/db/renovate-db.sqlite",
renovate-ce-1       |          "sqliteVerbose": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "sqliteExtensionsPaths": ["/usr/src/mend/resources/sqlite/uuid.so"],
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverHttpPort": "8080",
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverHttpDisabled": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverHttpsPort": "8443",
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverRoleBasedAuthzControl": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "userAgent": "mend-renovate",
renovate-ce-1       |          "syncMode": "bulk",
renovate-ce-1       |          "syncOnStartup": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverApiRoot": "/api",
renovate-ce-1       |          "serverApiSecret": "***********",
renovate-ce-1       |          "apisEnabled": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "systemApiEnabled": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "jobsApiEnabled": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "requestLoggerEnabled": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "metricsEnabled": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "cronAppSync": "0 0,4,8,12,16,20 * * *",
renovate-ce-1       |          "cronLibYearsRefresh": "50 * * * *",
renovate-ce-1       |          "reportingEnabled": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "enqueueJobsOnStartup": "discovered",
renovate-ce-1       |          "webhookBaseBranches": ["master", "main", "develop"],
renovate-ce-1       |          "webhookBranchPrefixes": ["renovate/"],
renovate-ce-1       |          "webhookUrl": "https://renovate.<my hostname redacted>.com/webhook",
renovate-ce-1       |          "webhookName": "renovate",
renovate-ce-1       |          "webhookSkipDisabledRepoJobs": true,
renovate-ce-1       |          "adminToken": "***********",
renovate-ce-1       |          "logHistoryDir": "/logs",
renovate-ce-1       |          "logHistoryTTLDays": 30,
renovate-ce-1       |          "logHistoryCleanupCron": "0 0 * * *",
renovate-ce-1       |          "workerExecutionTimeout": 3600000,
renovate-ce-1       |          "workerHealthPort": "8080",
renovate-ce-1       |          "workerCleanup": "off",
renovate-ce-1       |          "workerCleanupDirs": [
renovate-ce-1       |            "/tmp/renovate/cache",
renovate-ce-1       |            "/tmp/renovate/repos",
renovate-ce-1       |            "/home/ubuntu"
renovate-ce-1       |          ],
renovate-ce-1       |          "diskUsageWarnThreshold": 70,
renovate-ce-1       |          "diskUsageFilters": ["/dev/**"],
renovate-ce-1       |          "maxInactiveCount": 0,
renovate-ce-1       |          "singleJobWorker": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "kafkaTopicName": "mend-renovate-ee",
renovate-ce-1       |          "kafkaPartitionKeyCandidates": [],
renovate-ce-1       |          "platform": "gitlab",
renovate-ce-1       |          "enableHttp2": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "disableGlobalAgent": false,
renovate-ce-1       |          "gitlabEndpoint": "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/",
renovate-ce-1       |          "gitlabPat": "***********",
renovate-ce-1       |          "gitlabWebhookSecret": "***********"
renovate-ce-1       |        }
...
renovate-ce-1       | DEBUG: Initializing webhooks handler
...

Image: ghcr.io/mend/renovate-ce:11.5.0

The webhook setup works fine if I manually create the webhook as described in the doc.

I have tested setups where:

• gitlab PAT token is renovate user as maintainer (inherited from group) and no admin token is set
• gitlab PAT token is renovate user as maintainer (inherited from group) and admin token is set as a token from the group owner

[justo-mend]

I am sorry to hear that.
Try running with Trace logging and see if you can get more info about the webhook creation process.

Note: Sometimes the webhook will not be able to create or delete a webhook if there is one that was created by a different user.