Integrate GitLab with Calendly

GitLab is a web application for managing and sharing code. Calendly is an online scheduling service, used to schedule meetings, appointments or other events.

What is GitLab?

GitLab is an open-source web-based Git repository manager. Originally created by Dmitriy Connectorozhets and Valery Sizov, it was acquired on September 4, 2016 by GitLab Inc., which offers a set of additional features on top of the free version of the software.GitLab provides code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis for projects. It uses Git as its underlying version contrp system and provides a graphical user interface (GUI. as well as a command-line interface (CLI.On the GitLab server, there are several parts. a web interface, a backend and optionally a CI/CD build server. The web interface is used by users to create projects, view their source code, submit changes for review, etc. It is also used by the CI/CD server to receive project updates. The CI/CD server receives the updates from GitLab and decides whether to build the project or not, and which actions should be taken if something fails.The GitLab backend is responsible for handling all the data related to projects and users, including their credentials, permissions, issues, code reviews, etc. Finally, all the code that is written by developers and subsequently reviewed and approved by other developers goes to the CI/CD server for further processing. This server can be run on the same machine as the GitLab backend, or on a separate one.The CI/CD server builds the application every time there is an update from GitLab. It can also deploy the application to a production environment in case it passes all tests. All this is done automatically without manual intervention from humans.

What is Calendly?

Calendly is an online scheduling service that allows users to manage meetings, appointments and other events without having to juggle different emails and back-and-forth messages with their meeting participants.C. Integration of Calendly and GitLabCalendly integration with GitLab makes it easier to organize meetings between developers and customers or cplaborators. Let's assume that we have a GitLab instance available at "gitlab.example.com". In order to link it with Calendly, we need to fplow these steps:First of all, we need to create an account on Calendly. For this purpose, we need to visit https://calendly.com/signup/ and fill out all the fields. Then we can log in using our username and password (https://www.calendly.com/users/login. The next step is creating a new integration between Calendly and GitLab. To do this, we need to visit https://calendly.com/connectors/add and select GitLab in the list of supported products. At this point, we are asked to enter the URL of our GitLab instance and choose a project where users will be able to find and edit which days they are available for meeting appointments. The next step is configuring how Calendly should send meeting requests to users through email after they have created a new event in their calendar. We can either use an existing Google Calendar or any other calendar supported by our mail client. We also need to configure 2-factor authentication (2FA. settings for GitLab in Calendly so that users can log in with just their username (email address. and password, without having to enter their 2FA token additionally. That's it! After we finish configuring all the settings, we can click "Save & Continue" on the upper right side of the screen and return to our main calendar view. Once we refresh our browser window, the integration between Calendly and GitLab is complete! Now our calendar view contains a new section called "My GitLab" (see screenshot below):

When you click on "My GitLab", you will see an overview of all your projects (if you have more than 1 project in your GitLab instance. It displays information about each project including its owner, remaining number of issues (or commits), repositories associated with this project, etc. If you need to update any of this information, click on the "Update" button in the upper right corner of each row in order to get access to the form where you can configure everything about your project including. its name, description (optional), number of repositories associated with it, etc. When you're done updating your project details, simply click "Save & Close" in the upper right corner of the form.In addition to updating projects' details here, you can also add or delete repositories associated with them here as well - simply click on "Add Repository" or "Remove Repository" buttons in order to do so. When you're done with all these modifications, click on "Accept Changes" button in order to save what you have changed.If you want to invite people from your organization who may benefit from using GitLab (e.g. developers or designers), you can do so by clicking on "Invite People" button in order to display a popup window where you can enter people's email addresses one by one:After entering all email addresses that you want to invite, click on "Send Invites" button to send invitations to them via email right away! Of course these invitations expire after some time - anyone who received one will be able to claim it after 14 days if they have not already done so; otherwise they will expire and become invalid (cannot be used any longer. If you need to revoke an invitation before its expiration date, then visit https://calendly.com/connectors/invite/gitlab . You will see a dropdown list where you can select an invitation and click "Revoke" button in order to revoke it right away! In case you want your email invitation only to be valid for certain number of days after it has been sent out (e.g. 7 days), then simply enter its expiration date when configuring it (i.e. after 14 days. Or else it will expire after 14 days anyway!If someone wants to create a new appointment request using Calendly after they've received an email invitation from us, they simply need to visit https://calendly.com/appointmentsew . Here they will see a form where they need to specify which date(s. they are available for meeting appointments along with the duration of each appointment (e.g 30 minutes. Then they simply need to click "Create Appointment Request" button in order to create their appointment request right away! Note that if someone creates more than one appointment request using Calendly within a period of time (10 minutes by default), then only their latest request will be processed - others will be discarded silently without being processed at all! This feature helps prevent spamming and unnecessary overload for our server(s.However, if someone wants to create more than one appointment request using Calendly within a period of time (10 minutes by default), then only their latest request will be processed - others will be discarded silently without being processed at all! This feature helps prevent spamming and unnecessary overload for our server(s.

Integration of Calendly with GitLab makes it much easier for developers to meet up with customers or cplaborators in order to discuss changes that need to be done or features that need to be added. Developers no longer need to worry about double bookings as Calendly sends out meeting requests automatically only when there are free slots left in potential customers' calendars!

The process to integrate GitLab and Calendly may seem complicated and intimidating. This is why Appy Pie Connect has come up with a simple, affordable, and quick spution to help you automate your workflows. Click on the button below to begin.