[FIXED] How to backup/export Gitlab CI environment variables?

Issue

We have a continuously growing collection of Gitlab CI variables (around 40-50) in our current project. All these variables are used during our CI/CD pipeline and are crucial for our production environment.

I want to generate backups in regular intervals in case someone messes with these variables.

Unfortunately, I do not see any options to export the variables in Project -> Settings -> CI / CD -> Environment variables. All I can do is viewing / editing / deleting the variables.

Is there maybe a hidden export function for these variables? We are self-hosting our Gitlab instance (GitLab Community Edition 11.8.1).

Solution

You can use the API in order to query all variables. For example:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/TEST_VARIABLE_1"

See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/project_level_variables.html#show-variable-details

Answered By - Iron Bishop

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)