How can I find the GitLab source URL for a private group when importing it to a new GitLab instance?

Question

I am trying to import a private GitLab group from my gitlab.com account to the GitLab instance hosted by my university.

I have ownership rights for the original group and created the necessary personal access token.

However, I doubt that I am using the correct GitLab source URL . When I navigate to my group, the URL I see has the following structure:

https://gitlab.com/GROUPNAME

I wonder if the actual GitLab source URL should also include the group ID because using the https://gitlab.com/GROUPNAME URL is clearly not working.

The error notification I am getting reads:

No groups found. You don't have the Owner role for any groups in this instance.

I cannot make sense of it and would appreciate your advice.

Answer 1

I also stumbled upon this. But the solution is right in the input. It only wants the GitLab source URL , not the group URL. So remove the group name from the URL and it should find all the groups you have access to in the particular GitLab instance.