docs: gitlab: add note about more restrictive API scope

If `allowed_groups` is not used with GitLab authentication, the
*read_user* scope can be used instead of *api*.
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Benoît Knecht 2018-08-14 14:09:04 +02:00
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@ -448,8 +448,12 @@ instance, if you access Grafana at `http://203.0.113.31:3000`, you should use
http://203.0.113.31:3000/login/gitlab
```
Finally, select *api* as the *Scope* and submit the form. You'll get an
*Application Id* and a *Secret* in return; we'll call them
Finally, select *api* as the *Scope* and submit the form. Note that if you're
not going to use GitLab groups for authorization (i.e. not setting
`allowed_groups`, see below), you can select *read_user* instead of *api* as
the *Scope*, thus giving a more restricted access to your GitLab API.
You'll get an *Application Id* and a *Secret* in return; we'll call them
`GITLAB_APPLICATION_ID` and `GITLAB_SECRET` respectively for the rest of this
section.