sameersbn / sameersbn/docker-gitlab
GITLAB_THROTTLE_USER_ALLOWLIST does not work
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Description
Hi, I'm trying to allow admin users to bypass authenticated request rate limiting based on this doc https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/settings/user_and_ip_rate_limits.html#allow-specific-users-to-bypass-authenticated-request-rate-limiting
I set - GITLAB_THROTTLE_USER_ALLOWLIST=157,114,24,15,8 in docker-compose.ymland restart docker service.
Though I notice gitlab_throttle_user_allowlist is logged in auth.log file(see below), admin users occasionally are throttled.
{"severity":"INFO","time":"2022-08-17T03:34:41.297Z","correlation_id":null,"gitlab_throttle_user_allowlist":[157,114,24,15,8]}
{"severity":"INFO","time":"2022-08-17T04:07:14.986Z","correlation_id":null,"gitlab_throttle_user_allowlist":[157,114,24,15,8]}
{"severity":"INFO","time":"2022-08-17T04:42:06.797Z","correlation_id":null,"gitlab_throttle_user_allowlist":[157,114,24,15,8]}
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Research direction
Start with the documented GITLAB_THROTTLE_USER_ALLOWLIST setting and its docker-compose.yml entry, then compare the configured values with the auth.log output. Reproduce a rate-limited request as an allowlisted admin user and trace where the allowlist is applied. Done means listed users consistently bypass authenticated request rate limiting.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, docker-compose, gitlab
- Domain
- authentication, devops, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100