## Remote Management, Administration and Integration

*SINCE 0.7.0*

Gitblit optionally allows a remote client to administer the Gitblit server.  This client could be a Java-based tool or perhaps a tool written in another language.

    web.enableRpcServlet=true
    web.enableRpcManagement=false
    web.enableRpcAdministration=false

**https** is strongly recommended because passwords are insecurely transmitted form your browser/rpc client using Basic authentication!

The Gitblit JSON RPC mechanism, like the Gitblit JGit servlet, syndication/feed servlet, etc, supports request-based authentication.  Making an *admin* request will trigger Gitblit's basic authentication mechanism.  Listing of repositories, generally, will not trigger this authentication mechanism unless *web.authenticateViewPages=true*.  That means its possible to allow anonymous enumeration of repositories that are not *view restricted* or *clone restricted*.  Of course, if credentials are provided then all private repositories that are available to the user account will be enumerated in the JSON response.

### Gitblit Manager

[Gitblit Manager](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%MANAGER%) is an example Java/Swing application that allows remote management (repository and user objects) and administration (server settings) of a Gitblit server.
  
This application uses a combination of RSS feeds and the JSON RPC interface, both of which are part of the [Gitblit API](http://code.google.com/p/gitblit/downloads/detail?name=%API%) library, to present live information from a Gitblit server.  Some JSON RPC methods from the utility class `com.gitblit.utils.RpcUtils` are not currently used by the Gitblit Manager.

**NOTE:**  
Gitblit Manager stores your login credentials **INSECURELY** in homedir/.gitblit/config.

### Eclipse/EGit "Import from Gitblit" Feature (Planning)

One obvious goal of a Gitblit RPC mechanism would be to have an Eclipse/EGit Feature that allows authentication and enumeration of Gitblit repositories from the Eclipse *Import...* menu.  Batch cloning would be supported and delegated to EGit.

This particular project should not be difficult as the only external dependency for `com.gitblit.utils.RpcUtils` is [google-gson](http://google-gson.googlecode.com) which is already a dependency of the EGit/GitHub Mylyn feature.

One proposal from the EGit team is to define a common JSON RPC method for enumeration of repositories which can be implemented by Git hosts.  The EGit team would then implement the UI and the client-side enumeration code.  This idea was raised as part of this [feature request for EGit](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=361251).

Currently this project is in the planning stage.

## RSS Query Interface

At present, Gitblit does not yet support retrieving Git objects (commits, etc) via the JSON RPC mechanism.  However, the repository/branch RSS feeds can be used to extract log/history information from a repository branch.

The Gitblit API includes methods for retrieving and interpreting RSS feeds.  The Gitblit Manager uses these methods to allow branch activity monitoring and repository searching.

<table>
<tr><th>url parameter</th><th>default</th><th>description</th></tr>
<tr><td colspan='3'><b>standard query</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><em>repository</em></td><td><em>required</em></td><td>repository name is part of the url (see examples below)</td></tr>
<tr><td>h=</td><td><em>optional</em><br/>default: HEAD</td><td>starting branch, ref, or commit id</td></tr>
<tr><td>l=</td><td><em>optional</em><br/>default: web.syndicationEntries</td><td>maximum return count</td></tr>
<tr><td>pg=</td><td><em>optional</em><br/>default: 0</td><td>page number for paging<br/>(offset into history = pagenumber*maximum return count)</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='3'><b>search query</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>s=</td><td><em>required</em></td><td>search string</td></tr>
<tr><td>st=</td><td><em>optional</em><br/>default: COMMIT</td><td>search type</td></tr>
</table>

### Example RSS Queries

    https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master
    https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master&s=documentation
    https://localhost:8443/feed/gitblit.git?l=50&h=refs/heads/master&s=james&st=author&pg=2

## JSON Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Interface

<table>
<tr><th colspan='2'>url parameters</th><th rowspan='2'>required<br/>user<br/>permission</th><th colspan='2'>json</th></tr>
<tr><th>req=</th><th>name=</th><th>post body</th><th>response body</th></tr>
<tr><td colspan='5'><em>web.enableRpcServlet=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORIES</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Map&lt;String, RepositoryModel&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_BRANCHES</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>Map&lt;String, List&lt;String&gt;&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>-</em></td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (basic keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='5'><em>web.enableRpcManagement=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>CREATE_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>RepositoryModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>RepositoryModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>DELETE_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_USERS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;UserModel&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>CREATE_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>UserModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>UserModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>DELETE_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;String&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>List&lt;String&gt;</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (management keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='5'><em>web.enableRpcAdministration=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_REGISTRATIONS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;FederationModel&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_RESULTS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;FederationModel&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_PROPOSALS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;FederationProposal&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_SETS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>List&lt;FederationSet&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (all keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>Map&lt;String, String&gt;</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_STATUS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>-</td><td>ServerStatus (see example below)</td></tr>
</table>

### RPC/HTTP Response Codes
<table>
<tr><th>code</th><th>name</th><th>description</th></tr>
<tr><td>200</td><td>success</td><td>Gitblit processed the request successfully</td></tr>
<tr><td>401</td><td>unauthorized</td><td>Gitblit requires user credentials to process the request</td></tr>
<tr><td>403</td><td>forbidden</td><td>Gitblit can not process the request for the supplied credentials</td></tr>
<tr><td>405</td><td>method not allowed</td><td>Gitblit has disallowed the processing the specified request</td></tr>
<tr><td>500</td><td>server error</td><td>Gitblit failed to process the request likely because the input object created a conflict</td></tr>
<tr><td>501</td><td>unknown request</td><td>Gitblit does not recognize the RPC request type</td></tr>
</table>

### Example: LIST_REPOSITORIES

**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_REPOSITORIES  
**response body**: Map&lt;String, RepositoryModel&gt; where the map key is the clone url of the repository
<pre>
{
  "https://localhost/git/libraries/xmlapache.git": {
    "name": "libraries/xmlapache.git",
    "description": "apache xmlrpc client and server",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2010-01-28T22:12:06Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [
      "libraries"
    ],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "102 KB"
  },
  "https://localhost/git/libraries/smack.git": {
    "name": "libraries/smack.git",
    "description": "smack xmpp client",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2009-01-28T18:38:14Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "4.8 MB"
  }
}
</pre>

### Example: EDIT_REPOSITORY (rename)

The original repository name is specified in the *name* url parameter.  The new name is set within the JSON object.

**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=EDIT_REPOSITORY&name=libraries/xmlapache.git  
**post body**: RepositoryModel
<pre>
{
    "name": "libraries/xmlapache-renamed.git",
    "description": "apache xmlrpc client and server",
    "owner": "admin",
    "lastChange": "2010-01-28T22:12:06Z",
    "hasCommits": true,
    "showRemoteBranches": false,
    "useTickets": false,
    "useDocs": false,
    "accessRestriction": "VIEW",
    "isFrozen": false,
    "showReadme": false,
    "federationStrategy": "FEDERATE_THIS",
    "federationSets": [
      "libraries"
    ],
    "isFederated": false,
    "skipSizeCalculation": false,
    "skipSummaryMetrics": false,
    "size": "102 KB"
}
</pre>

### Example: LIST_USERS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_USERS  
**response body**: List&lt;UserModel&gt;
<pre>
[
  {
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "admin",
    "canAdmin": true,
    "excludeFromFederation": true,
    "repositories": []
  },
  {
    "username": "test",
    "password": "test",
    "canAdmin": false,
    "excludeFromFederation": false,
    "repositories": [
      "libraries/xmlapache.git",
      "libraries/smack.git"
    ]
  }
]
</pre>

### Example: LIST_SETTINGS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_SETTINGS  
**response body**: ServerSettings
<pre>
{
  "settings": {
      "web.siteName": {
        "name": "web.siteName",
        "currentValue": "",
        "defaultValue": "",
        "description": "Gitblit Web Settings\nIf blank Gitblit is displayed.",
        "since": "0.5.0",
        "caseSensitive": false,
        "restartRequired": false,
        "spaceDelimited": false
      },
      "web.summaryCommitCount": {
        "name": "web.summaryCommitCount",
        "currentValue": "16",
        "defaultValue": "16",
        "description": "The number of commits to display on the summary page\nValue must exceed 0 else default of 16 is used",
        "since": "0.5.0",
        "caseSensitive": false,
        "restartRequired": false,
        "spaceDelimited": false
      }
  }
}
</pre>

### Example: LIST_STATUS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_STATUS  
**response body**: ServerStatus
<pre>
{
  "bootDate": "2011-10-22T12:13:00Z",
  "version": "0.7.0-SNAPSHOT",
  "releaseDate": "PENDING",
  "isGO": true,
  "systemProperties": {
    "file.encoding": "Cp1252",
    "java.home": "C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_26\\jre",
    "java.io.tmpdir": "C:\\Users\\JAMESM~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\",
    "java.runtime.name": "Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment",
    "java.runtime.version": "1.6.0_26-b03",
    "java.vendor": "Sun Microsystems Inc.",
    "java.version": "1.6.0_26",
    "java.vm.info": "mixed mode",
    "java.vm.name": "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM",
    "java.vm.vendor": "Sun Microsystems Inc.",
    "java.vm.version": "20.1-b02",
    "os.arch": "amd64",
    "os.name": "Windows 7",
    "os.version": "6.1"
  },
  "heapAllocated": 128057344,
  "heapFree": 120399168,
  "heapSize": 1899560960,
  "servletContainer": "jetty/7.4.3.v20110701"
}
</pre>