## 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.
## 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 class="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
### RPC Protocol Versions
<table class="table">
<tbody>
<tr><th>Release</th><th>Protocol Version</th></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v0.7.0</td><td>1 (inferred version)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v0.8.0</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v0.9.0 - v1.0.0</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v1.1.0</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v1.2.0+</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v1.3.1+</td><td>6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Gitblit v1.4.0+</td><td>7</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
#### Protocol Version 5
- *SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS* will reject all calls because this would elevate all discrete permissions to RW+
Use *SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBER_PERMISSIONS* instead.
- *SET_REPOSITORY_TEAMS* will reject all calls because this would elevate all discrete permissions to RW+
Use *SET_REPOSITORY_TEAM_PERMISSIONS* instead.
### RPC Request and Response Types
<table class="table">
<tr><th colspan='2'>url parameters</th><th rowspan='2'>required<br/>user<br/>permission</th><th rowspan='2'>protocol<br/>version</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='6'><em>web.enableRpcServlet=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>GET_PROTOCOL</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>Integer</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORIES</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>Map<String, RepositoryModel></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_BRANCHES</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>Map<String, List<String>></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>-</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (basic keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td>GET_USER</td><td>user name</td><td>-</td><td>6</td><td>-</td><td>UserModel</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='6'><em>web.enableRpcManagement=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>CREATE_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>RepositoryModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>RepositoryModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>DELETE_REPOSITORY</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>RepositoryModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_USERS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<UserModel></td></tr>
<tr><td>CREATE_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>UserModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>UserModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>DELETE_USER</td><td>user name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>UserModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_TEAMS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>List<TeamModel></td></tr>
<tr><td>CREATE_TEAM</td><td>team name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>2</td><td>TeamModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_TEAM</td><td>team name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>2</td><td>TeamModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>DELETE_TEAM</td><td>team name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>2</td><td>TeamModel</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<String></td></tr>
<tr><td><s>SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBERS</s></td><td><s>repository name</s></td><td><em><s>admin</s></em></td><td><s>1</s></td><td><s>List<String></s></td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORY_MEMBER_PERMISSIONS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>5</td><td>-</td><td>List<String></td></tr>
<tr><td>SET_REPOSITORY_MEMBER_PERMISSIONS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>5</td><td>List<String></td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORY_TEAMS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>2</td><td>-</td><td>List<String></td></tr>
<tr><td><s>SET_REPOSITORY_TEAMS</s></td><td><s>repository name</s></td><td><em><s>admin</s></em></td><td><s>2</s></td><td><s>List<String></s></td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_REPOSITORY_TEAM_PERMISSIONS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>5</td><td>-</td><td>List<String></td></tr>
<tr><td>SET_REPOSITORY_TEAM_PERMISSIONS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>5</td><td>List<String></td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (management keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td>CLEAR_REPOSITORY_CACHE</td><td>-</td><td><em>-</em></td><td>4</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>REINDEX_TICKETS</td><td>repository name</td><td><em>-</em></td><td>7</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan='6'><em>web.enableRpcAdministration=true</em></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_REGISTRATIONS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<FederationModel></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_RESULTS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<FederationModel></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_PROPOSALS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<FederationProposal></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_FEDERATION_SETS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>List<FederationSet></td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>ServerSettings (all keys)</td></tr>
<tr><td>EDIT_SETTINGS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>Map<String, String></td><td>-</td></tr>
<tr><td>LIST_STATUS</td><td>-</td><td><em>admin</em></td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>ServerStatus (see example below)</td></tr>
</table>
### RPC/HTTP Response Codes
<table class="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<String, RepositoryModel> where the map key is the clone url of the repository
```json
{
"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"
}
}
```
### 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
```json
{
"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"
}
```
### Example: LIST_USERS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_USERS
**response body**: List<UserModel>
```json
[
{
"username": "admin",
"password": "admin",
"canAdmin": true,
"excludeFromFederation": true,
"repositories": []
},
{
"username": "test",
"password": "test",
"canAdmin": false,
"excludeFromFederation": false,
"repositories": [
"libraries/xmlapache.git",
"libraries/smack.git"
]
}
]
```
### Example: LIST_SETTINGS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_SETTINGS
**response body**: ServerSettings
```json
{
"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
}
}
}
```
### Example: LIST_STATUS
**url**: https://localhost/rpc?req=LIST_STATUS
**response body**: ServerStatus
```json
{
"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"
}
```