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-# Use GitLab as a microservice
+# Use GitLab as a microservice **(FREE)**
Many applications need to access JSON APIs, so application tests might need access
to APIs too. The following example shows how to use GitLab as a microservice to give
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ tests access to the GitLab API.
GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD: "password" # to access the api with user root:password
```
-1. To set values for the `GITLAB_HTTPS` and `GITLAB_ROOT_PASSWORD`,
- [assign them to a variable in the user interface](../variables/index.md#add-a-cicd-variable-to-a-project).
- Then assign that variable to the corresponding variable in your
- `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
+NOTE:
+Variables set in the GitLab UI are not passed down to the service containers.
+[Learn more](../variables/index.md#).
Then, commands in `script:` sections in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file can access the API at `http://gitlab/api/v4`.