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# GitLab Pages from A to Z: Part 4
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- [Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](getting_started_part_one.md)
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- [Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)
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- [Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_three.md)
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- **Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages**
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## Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages
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[GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) serves
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numerous purposes, to build, test, and deploy your app
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from GitLab through
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[Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/)
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methods. You will need it to build your website with GitLab Pages,
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and deploy it to the Pages server.
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What this file actually does is telling the
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[GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) to run scripts
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as you would do from the command line. The Runner acts as your
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terminal. GitLab CI tells the Runner which commands to run.
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Both are built-in in GitLab, and you don't need to set up
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anything for them to work.
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Explaining [every detail of GitLab CI](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html)
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and GitLab Runner is out of the scope of this guide, but we'll
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need to understand just a few things to be able to write our own
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`.gitlab-ci.yml` or tweak an existing one. It's an
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[Yaml](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/YAMLSyntax.html) file,
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with its own syntax. You can always check your CI syntax with
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the [GitLab CI Lint Tool](https://gitlab.com/ci/lint).
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**Practical Example:**
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Let's consider you have a [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) site.
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To build it locally, you would open your terminal, and run `jekyll build`.
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Of course, before building it, you had to install Jekyll in your computer.
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For that, you had to open your terminal and run `gem install jekyll`.
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Right? GitLab CI + GitLab Runner do the same thing. But you need to
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write in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` the script you want to run so
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GitLab Runner will do it for you. It looks more complicated then it
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is. What you need to tell the Runner:
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```
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$ gem install jekyll
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$ jekyll build
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```
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### Script
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To transpose this script to Yaml, it would be like this:
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```yaml
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script:
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- gem install jekyll
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- jekyll build
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```
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### Job
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So far so good. Now, each `script`, in GitLab is organized by
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a `job`, which is a bunch of scripts and settings you want to
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apply to that specific task.
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```yaml
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job:
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script:
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- gem install jekyll
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- jekyll build
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```
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For GitLab Pages, this `job` has a specific name, called `pages`,
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which tells the Runner you want that task to deploy your website
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with GitLab Pages:
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```yaml
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pages:
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script:
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- gem install jekyll
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- jekyll build
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```
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### The `public` directory
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We also need to tell Jekyll where do you want the website to build,
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and GitLab Pages will only consider files in a directory called `public`.
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To do that with Jekyll, we need to add a flag specifying the
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[destination (`-d`)](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/usage/) of the
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built website: `jekyll build -d public`. Of course, we need
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to tell this to our Runner:
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```yaml
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pages:
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script:
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- gem install jekyll
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- jekyll build -d public
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```
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### Artifacts
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We also need to tell the Runner that this _job_ generates
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_artifacts_, which is the site built by Jekyll.
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Where are these artifacts stored? In the `public` directory:
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```yaml
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pages:
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script:
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- gem install jekyll
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- jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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```
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The script above would be enough to build your Jekyll
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site with GitLab Pages. But, from Jekyll 3.4.0 on, its default
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template originated by `jekyll new project` requires
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[Bundler](http://bundler.io/) to install Jekyll dependencies
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and the default theme. To adjust our script to meet these new
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requirements, we only need to install and build Jekyll with Bundler:
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```yaml
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pages:
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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```
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That's it! A `.gitlab-ci.yml` with the content above would deploy
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your Jekyll 3.4.0 site with GitLab Pages. This is the minimum
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configuration for our example. On the steps below, we'll refine
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the script by adding extra options to our GitLab CI.
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### Image
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At this point, you probably ask yourself: "okay, but to install Jekyll
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I need Ruby. Where is Ruby on that script?". The answer is simple: the
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first thing GitLab Runner will look for in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` is a
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[Docker](https://www.docker.com/) image specifying what do you need in
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your container to run that script:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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pages:
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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```
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In this case, you're telling the Runner to pull this image, which
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contains Ruby 2.3 as part of its file system. When you don't specify
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this image in your configuration, the Runner will use a default
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image, which is Ruby 2.1.
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If your SSG needs [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/) to build, you'll
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need to specify which image you want to use, and this image should
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contain NodeJS as part of its file system. E.g., for a
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[Hexo](https://gitlab.com/pages/hexo) site, you can use `image: node:4.2.2`.
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>**Note:**
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We're not trying to explain what a Docker image is,
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we just need to introduce the concept with a minimum viable
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explanation. To know more about Docker images, please visit
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their website or take a look at a
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[summarized explanation](http://paislee.io/how-to-automate-docker-deployments/) here.
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Let's go a little further.
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### Branching
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If you use GitLab as a version control platform, you will have your
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branching strategy to work on your project. Meaning, you will have
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other branches in your project, but you'll want only pushes to the
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default branch (usually `master`) to be deployed to your website.
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To do that, we need to add another line to our CI, telling the Runner
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to only perform that _job_ called `pages` on the `master` branch `only`:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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pages:
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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```
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### Stages
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Another interesting concept to keep in mind are build stages.
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Your web app can pass through a lot of tests and other tasks
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until it's deployed to staging or production environments.
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There are three default stages on GitLab CI: build, test,
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and deploy. To specify which stage your _job_ is running,
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simply add another line to your CI:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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pages:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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```
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You might ask yourself: "why should I bother with stages
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at all?" Well, let's say you want to be able to test your
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script and check the built site before deploying your site
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to production. You want to run the test exactly as your
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script will do when you push to `master`. It's simple,
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let's add another task (_job_) to our CI, telling it to
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test every push to other branches, `except` the `master` branch:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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pages:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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test:
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stage: test
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- test
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except:
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- master
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```
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The `test` job is running on the stage `test`, Jekyll
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will build the site in a directory called `test`, and
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this job will affect all the branches except `master`.
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The best benefit of applying _stages_ to different
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_jobs_ is that every job in the same stage builds in
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parallel. So, if your web app needs more than one test
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before being deployed, you can run all your test at the
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same time, it's not necessary to wait one test to finish
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to run the other. Of course, this is just a brief
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introduction of GitLab CI and GitLab Runner, which are
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tools much more powerful than that. This is what you
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need to be able to create and tweak your builds for
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your GitLab Pages site.
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### Before Script
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To avoid running the same script multiple times across
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your _jobs_, you can add the parameter `before_script`,
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in which you specify which commands you want to run for
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every single _job_. In our example, notice that we run
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`bundle install` for both jobs, `pages` and `test`.
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We don't need to repeat it:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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before_script:
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- bundle install
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pages:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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test:
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stage: test
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script:
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- test
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except:
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- master
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```
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### Caching Dependencies
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If you want to cache the installation files for your
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projects dependencies, for building faster, you can
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use the parameter `cache`. For this example, we'll
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cache Jekyll dependencies in a `vendor` directory
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when we run `bundle install`:
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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cache:
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paths:
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- vendor/
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before_script:
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- bundle install --path vendor
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pages:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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test:
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stage: test
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script:
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- test
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except:
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- master
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```
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For this specific case, we need to exclude `/vendor`
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from Jekyll `_config.yml` file, otherwise Jekyll will
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understand it as a regular directory to build
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together with the site:
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```yml
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exclude:
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- vendor
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```
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There we go! Now our GitLab CI not only builds our website,
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but also **continuously test** pushes to feature-branches,
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**caches** dependencies installed with Bundler, and
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**continuously deploy** every push to the `master` branch.
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## Advanced GitLab CI for GitLab Pages
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What you can do with GitLab CI is pretty much up to your
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creativity. Once you get used to it, you start creating
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awesome scripts that automate most of tasks you'd do
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manually in the past. Read through the
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[documentation of GitLab CI](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html)
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to understand how to go even further on your scripts.
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- On this blog post, understand the concept of
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[using GitLab CI `environments` to deploy your
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web app to staging and production](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/).
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- On this post, learn [how to run jobs sequentially,
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in parallel, or build a custom pipeline](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/29/the-basics-of-gitlab-ci/)
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- On this blog post, we go through the process of
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[pulling specific directories from different projects](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/)
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to deploy this website you're looking at, docs.gitlab.com.
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- On this blog post, we teach you [how to use GitLab Pages to produce a code coverage report](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/03/publish-code-coverage-report-with-gitlab-pages/).
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|[**← Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates**](getting_started_part_three.md)||
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# GitLab Pages from A to Z: Part 1
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- **Part 1: Static Sites, Domains, DNS Records, and SSL/TLS Certificates**
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- _[Part 2: Quick Start Guide - Setting Up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)_
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- _[Part 3: Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_three.md)_
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- **Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains**
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- [Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)
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- [Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_three.md)
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- [Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_four.md)
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----
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## GitLab Pages form A to Z
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This is a comprehensive guide, made for those who want to
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publish a website with GitLab Pages but aren't familiar with
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the entire process involved.
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This [first part](#what-you-need-to-know-before-getting-started) of this series will present you to the concepts of
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static sites, and go over how the default Pages domains work.
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The [second part](getting_started_part_two.md) covers how to get started with GitLab Pages: deploy
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a website from a forked project or create a new one from scratch.
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The [third part](getting_started_part_three.md) will show you how to set up a custom domain or subdomain
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to your site already deployed.
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The [fourth part](getting_started_part_four.md) will show you how to create and tweak GitLab CI for
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GitLab Pages.
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To **enable** GitLab Pages for GitLab CE (Community Edition)
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and GitLab EE (Enterprise Edition), please read the
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[admin documentation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/administration/pages/index.html),
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to simplify your code and build the static site for you,
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which is highly recommendable and much faster than hardcoding.
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---
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#### Further Reading
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- Read through this technical overview on [Static versus Dynamic Websites](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/03/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-1-dynamic-x-static/)
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- Understand [how modern Static Site Generators work](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/10/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-2/) and what you can add to your static site
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- On your GitLab instance, replace `gitlab.io` above with your
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Pages server domain. Ask your sysadmin for this information.
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### DNS Records
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A Domain Name System (DNS) web service routes visitors to websites
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by translating domain names (such as `www.example.com`) into the
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numeric IP addresses (such as `192.0.2.1`) that computers use to
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connect to each other.
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A DNS record is created to point a (sub)domain to a certain location,
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which can be an IP address or another domain. In case you want to use
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GitLab Pages with your own (sub)domain, you need to access your domain's
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registrar control panel to add a DNS record pointing it back to your
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GitLab Pages site.
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Note that **how to** add DNS records depends on which server your domain
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is hosted on. Every control panel has its own place to do it. If you are
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not an admin of your domain, and don't have access to your registrar,
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you'll need to ask for the technical support of your hosting service
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to do it for you.
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To help you out, we've gathered some instructions on how to do that
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for the most popular hosting services:
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- [Amazon](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/swh/getting-started-configure-route53.html)
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- [Bluehost](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/559)
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- [CloudFlare](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200169096-How-do-I-add-A-records-)
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- [cPanel](https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Edit+DNS+Zone)
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- [DreamHost](https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215414867-How-do-I-add-custom-DNS-records-)
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- [Go Daddy](https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-an-a-record-19238)
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- [Hostgator](http://support.hostgator.com/articles/changing-dns-records)
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- [Inmotion hosting](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/559)
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- [Media Temple](https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204403794/how-can-i-change-the-dns-records-for-my-domain)
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- [Microsoft](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727018.aspx)
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If your hosting service is not listed above, you can just try to
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search the web for "how to add dns record on <my hosting service>".
|
||||
|
||||
#### DNS A record
|
||||
|
||||
In case you want to point a root domain (`example.com`) to your
|
||||
GitLab Pages site, deployed to `namespace.gitlab.io`, you need to
|
||||
log into your domain's admin control panel and add a DNS `A` record
|
||||
pointing your domain to Pages' server IP address. For projects on
|
||||
GitLab.com, this IP is `104.208.235.32`. For projects leaving in
|
||||
other GitLab instances (CE or EE), please contact your sysadmin
|
||||
asking for this information (which IP address is Pages server
|
||||
running on your instance).
|
||||
|
||||
**Practical Example:**
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
#### DNS CNAME record
|
||||
|
||||
In case you want to point a subdomain (`hello-world.example.com`)
|
||||
to your GitLab Pages site initially deployed to `namespace.gitlab.io`,
|
||||
you need to log into your domain's admin control panel and add a DNS
|
||||
`CNAME` record pointing your subdomain to your website URL
|
||||
(`namespace.gitlab.io`) address.
|
||||
|
||||
Notice that, despite it's a user or project website, the `CNAME`
|
||||
should point to your Pages domain (`namespace.gitlab.io`),
|
||||
without any `/project-name`.
|
||||
|
||||
**Practical Example:**
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
#### TL;DR
|
||||
|
||||
| From | DNS Record | To |
|
||||
| ---- | ---------- | -- |
|
||||
| domain.com | A | 104.208.235.32 |
|
||||
| subdomain.domain.com | CNAME | namespace.gitlab.io |
|
||||
|
||||
> **Notes**:
|
||||
>
|
||||
> - **Do not** use a CNAME record if you want to point your
|
||||
`domain.com` to your GitLab Pages site. Use an `A` record instead.
|
||||
> - **Do not** add any special chars after the default Pages
|
||||
domain. E.g., **do not** point your `subdomain.domain.com` to
|
||||
`namespace.gitlab.io.` or `namespace.gitlab.io/`.
|
||||
|
||||
### SSL/TLS Certificates
|
||||
|
||||
Every GitLab Pages project on GitLab.com will be available under
|
||||
HTTPS for the default Pages domain (`*.gitlab.io`). Once you set
|
||||
up your Pages project with your custom (sub)domain, if you want
|
||||
it secured by HTTPS, you will have to issue a certificate for that
|
||||
(sub)domain and install it on your project.
|
||||
|
||||
>**Note:**
|
||||
Certificates are NOT required to add to your custom
|
||||
(sub)domain on your GitLab Pages project, though they are
|
||||
highly recommendable.
|
||||
|
||||
The importance of having any website securely served under HTTPS
|
||||
is explained on the introductory section of the blog post
|
||||
[Secure GitLab Pages with StartSSL](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/24/secure-gitlab-pages-with-startssl/#https-a-quick-overview).
|
||||
|
||||
The reason why certificates are so important is that they encrypt
|
||||
the connection between the **client** (you, me, your visitors)
|
||||
and the **server** (where you site lives), through a keychain of
|
||||
authentications and validations.
|
||||
|
||||
### Issuing Certificates
|
||||
|
||||
GitLab Pages accepts [PEM](https://support.quovadisglobal.com/kb/a37/what-is-pem-format.aspx) certificates issued by
|
||||
[Certificate Authorities (CA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority)
|
||||
and self-signed certificates. Of course,
|
||||
[you'd rather issue a certificate than generate a self-signed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate),
|
||||
for security reasons and for having browsers trusting your
|
||||
site's certificate.
|
||||
|
||||
There are several different kinds of certificates, each one
|
||||
with certain security level. A static personal website will
|
||||
not require the same security level as an online banking web app,
|
||||
for instance. There are a couple Certificate Authorities that
|
||||
offer free certificates, aiming to make the internet more secure
|
||||
to everyone. The most popular is [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/),
|
||||
which issues certificates trusted by most of browsers, it's open
|
||||
source, and free to use. Please read through this tutorial to
|
||||
understand [how to secure your GitLab Pages website with Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/).
|
||||
|
||||
With the same popularity, there are [certificates issued by CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/),
|
||||
which also offers a [free CDN service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflares-free-cdn-and-you/).
|
||||
Their certs are valid up to 15 years. Read through the tutorial on
|
||||
[how to add a CloudFlare Certificate to your GitLab Pages website](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/).
|
||||
|
||||
### Adding certificates to your project
|
||||
|
||||
Regardless the CA you choose, the steps to add your certificate to
|
||||
your Pages project are the same.
|
||||
|
||||
#### What do you need
|
||||
|
||||
1. A PEM certificate
|
||||
1. An intermediate certificate
|
||||
1. A public key
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
These fields are found under your **Project**'s **Settings** > **Pages** > **New Domain**.
|
||||
|
||||
#### What's what?
|
||||
|
||||
- A PEM certificate is the certificate generated by the CA,
|
||||
which needs to be added to the field **Certificate (PEM)**.
|
||||
- An [intermediate certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_certificate_authority) (aka "root certificate") is
|
||||
the part of the encryption keychain that identifies the CA.
|
||||
Usually it's combined with the PEM certificate, but there are
|
||||
some cases in which you need to add them manually.
|
||||
[CloudFlare certs](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/)
|
||||
are one of these cases.
|
||||
- A public key is an encrypted key which validates
|
||||
your PEM against your domain.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Now what?
|
||||
|
||||
Now that you hopefully understand why you need all
|
||||
of this, it's simple:
|
||||
|
||||
- Your PEM certificate needs to be added to the first field
|
||||
- If your certificate is missing its intermediate, copy
|
||||
and paste the root certificate (usually available from your CA website)
|
||||
and paste it in the [same field as your PEM certificate](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/),
|
||||
just jumping a line between them.
|
||||
- Copy your public key and paste it in the last field
|
||||
|
||||
>**Note:**
|
||||
**Do not** open certificates or encryption keys in
|
||||
regular text editors. Always use code editors (such as
|
||||
Sublime Text, Atom, Dreamweaver, Brackets, etc).
|
||||
|
||||
|||
|
||||
|:--|--:|
|
||||
||[**Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages →**](getting_started_part_two.md)|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,383 +1,189 @@
|
|||
# GitLab Pages from A to Z: Part 3
|
||||
|
||||
- _[Part 1: Static Sites, Domains, DNS Records, and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_one.md)_
|
||||
- _[Part 2: Quick Start Guide - Setting Up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)_
|
||||
- **Part 3: Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages**
|
||||
- [Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](getting_started_part_one.md)
|
||||
- [Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)
|
||||
- **Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates**
|
||||
- [Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_four.md)
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
## Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates
|
||||
|
||||
## Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages
|
||||
As described in the previous part of this series, setting up GitLab Pages with custom domains, and adding SSL/TLS certificates to them, are optional features of GitLab Pages.
|
||||
|
||||
[GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) serves
|
||||
numerous purposes, to build, test, and deploy your app
|
||||
from GitLab through
|
||||
[Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/)
|
||||
methods. You will need it to build your website with GitLab Pages,
|
||||
and deploy it to the Pages server.
|
||||
These steps assume you've already [set your site up](getting_started_part_two.md) and and it's served under the default Pages domain `namespace.gitlab.io`, or `namespace.gitlab.io/project-name`.
|
||||
|
||||
What this file actually does is telling the
|
||||
[GitLab Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/) to run scripts
|
||||
as you would do from the command line. The Runner acts as your
|
||||
terminal. GitLab CI tells the Runner which commands to run.
|
||||
Both are built-in in GitLab, and you don't need to set up
|
||||
anything for them to work.
|
||||
### DNS Records
|
||||
|
||||
Explaining [every detail of GitLab CI](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html)
|
||||
and GitLab Runner is out of the scope of this guide, but we'll
|
||||
need to understand just a few things to be able to write our own
|
||||
`.gitlab-ci.yml` or tweak an existing one. It's an
|
||||
[Yaml](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/YAMLSyntax.html) file,
|
||||
with its own syntax. You can always check your CI syntax with
|
||||
the [GitLab CI Lint Tool](https://gitlab.com/ci/lint).
|
||||
A Domain Name System (DNS) web service routes visitors to websites
|
||||
by translating domain names (such as `www.example.com`) into the
|
||||
numeric IP addresses (such as `192.0.2.1`) that computers use to
|
||||
connect to each other.
|
||||
|
||||
A DNS record is created to point a (sub)domain to a certain location,
|
||||
which can be an IP address or another domain. In case you want to use
|
||||
GitLab Pages with your own (sub)domain, you need to access your domain's
|
||||
registrar control panel to add a DNS record pointing it back to your
|
||||
GitLab Pages site.
|
||||
|
||||
Note that **how to** add DNS records depends on which server your domain
|
||||
is hosted on. Every control panel has its own place to do it. If you are
|
||||
not an admin of your domain, and don't have access to your registrar,
|
||||
you'll need to ask for the technical support of your hosting service
|
||||
to do it for you.
|
||||
|
||||
To help you out, we've gathered some instructions on how to do that
|
||||
for the most popular hosting services:
|
||||
|
||||
- [Amazon](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/swh/getting-started-configure-route53.html)
|
||||
- [Bluehost](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/559)
|
||||
- [CloudFlare](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200169096-How-do-I-add-A-records-)
|
||||
- [cPanel](https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Edit+DNS+Zone)
|
||||
- [DreamHost](https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215414867-How-do-I-add-custom-DNS-records-)
|
||||
- [Go Daddy](https://www.godaddy.com/help/add-an-a-record-19238)
|
||||
- [Hostgator](http://support.hostgator.com/articles/changing-dns-records)
|
||||
- [Inmotion hosting](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/559)
|
||||
- [Media Temple](https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204403794/how-can-i-change-the-dns-records-for-my-domain)
|
||||
- [Microsoft](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727018.aspx)
|
||||
|
||||
If your hosting service is not listed above, you can just try to
|
||||
search the web for "how to add dns record on <my hosting service>".
|
||||
|
||||
#### DNS A record
|
||||
|
||||
In case you want to point a root domain (`example.com`) to your
|
||||
GitLab Pages site, deployed to `namespace.gitlab.io`, you need to
|
||||
log into your domain's admin control panel and add a DNS `A` record
|
||||
pointing your domain to Pages' server IP address. For projects on
|
||||
GitLab.com, this IP is `104.208.235.32`. For projects leaving in
|
||||
other GitLab instances (CE or EE), please contact your sysadmin
|
||||
asking for this information (which IP address is Pages server
|
||||
running on your instance).
|
||||
|
||||
**Practical Example:**
|
||||
|
||||
Let's consider you have a [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) site.
|
||||
To build it locally, you would open your terminal, and run `jekyll build`.
|
||||
Of course, before building it, you had to install Jekyll in your computer.
|
||||
For that, you had to open your terminal and run `gem install jekyll`.
|
||||
Right? GitLab CI + GitLab Runner do the same thing. But you need to
|
||||
write in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` the script you want to run so
|
||||
GitLab Runner will do it for you. It looks more complicated then it
|
||||
is. What you need to tell the Runner:
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
$ gem install jekyll
|
||||
$ jekyll build
|
||||
```
|
||||
#### DNS CNAME record
|
||||
|
||||
### Script
|
||||
In case you want to point a subdomain (`hello-world.example.com`)
|
||||
to your GitLab Pages site initially deployed to `namespace.gitlab.io`,
|
||||
you need to log into your domain's admin control panel and add a DNS
|
||||
`CNAME` record pointing your subdomain to your website URL
|
||||
(`namespace.gitlab.io`) address.
|
||||
|
||||
To transpose this script to Yaml, it would be like this:
|
||||
Notice that, despite it's a user or project website, the `CNAME`
|
||||
should point to your Pages domain (`namespace.gitlab.io`),
|
||||
without any `/project-name`.
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- gem install jekyll
|
||||
- jekyll build
|
||||
```
|
||||
**Practical Example:**
|
||||
|
||||
### Job
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
So far so good. Now, each `script`, in GitLab is organized by
|
||||
a `job`, which is a bunch of scripts and settings you want to
|
||||
apply to that specific task.
|
||||
#### TL;DR
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
job:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- gem install jekyll
|
||||
- jekyll build
|
||||
```
|
||||
| From | DNS Record | To |
|
||||
| ---- | ---------- | -- |
|
||||
| domain.com | A | 104.208.235.32 |
|
||||
| subdomain.domain.com | CNAME | namespace.gitlab.io |
|
||||
|
||||
For GitLab Pages, this `job` has a specific name, called `pages`,
|
||||
which tells the Runner you want that task to deploy your website
|
||||
with GitLab Pages:
|
||||
> **Notes**:
|
||||
>
|
||||
> - **Do not** use a CNAME record if you want to point your
|
||||
`domain.com` to your GitLab Pages site. Use an `A` record instead.
|
||||
> - **Do not** add any special chars after the default Pages
|
||||
domain. E.g., **do not** point your `subdomain.domain.com` to
|
||||
`namespace.gitlab.io.` or `namespace.gitlab.io/`.
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- gem install jekyll
|
||||
- jekyll build
|
||||
```
|
||||
### SSL/TLS Certificates
|
||||
|
||||
### The `public` directory
|
||||
|
||||
We also need to tell Jekyll where do you want the website to build,
|
||||
and GitLab Pages will only consider files in a directory called `public`.
|
||||
To do that with Jekyll, we need to add a flag specifying the
|
||||
[destination (`-d`)](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/usage/) of the
|
||||
built website: `jekyll build -d public`. Of course, we need
|
||||
to tell this to our Runner:
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- gem install jekyll
|
||||
- jekyll build -d public
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Artifacts
|
||||
|
||||
We also need to tell the Runner that this _job_ generates
|
||||
_artifacts_, which is the site built by Jekyll.
|
||||
Where are these artifacts stored? In the `public` directory:
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- gem install jekyll
|
||||
- jekyll build -d public
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The script above would be enough to build your Jekyll
|
||||
site with GitLab Pages. But, from Jekyll 3.4.0 on, its default
|
||||
template originated by `jekyll new project` requires
|
||||
[Bundler](http://bundler.io/) to install Jekyll dependencies
|
||||
and the default theme. To adjust our script to meet these new
|
||||
requirements, we only need to install and build Jekyll with Bundler:
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle install
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
That's it! A `.gitlab-ci.yml` with the content above would deploy
|
||||
your Jekyll 3.4.0 site with GitLab Pages. This is the minimum
|
||||
configuration for our example. On the steps below, we'll refine
|
||||
the script by adding extra options to our GitLab CI.
|
||||
|
||||
### Image
|
||||
|
||||
At this point, you probably ask yourself: "okay, but to install Jekyll
|
||||
I need Ruby. Where is Ruby on that script?". The answer is simple: the
|
||||
first thing GitLab Runner will look for in your `.gitlab-ci.yml` is a
|
||||
[Docker](https://www.docker.com/) image specifying what do you need in
|
||||
your container to run that script:
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
image: ruby:2.3
|
||||
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle install
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
In this case, you're telling the Runner to pull this image, which
|
||||
contains Ruby 2.3 as part of its file system. When you don't specify
|
||||
this image in your configuration, the Runner will use a default
|
||||
image, which is Ruby 2.1.
|
||||
|
||||
If your SSG needs [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org/) to build, you'll
|
||||
need to specify which image you want to use, and this image should
|
||||
contain NodeJS as part of its file system. E.g., for a
|
||||
[Hexo](https://gitlab.com/pages/hexo) site, you can use `image: node:4.2.2`.
|
||||
Every GitLab Pages project on GitLab.com will be available under
|
||||
HTTPS for the default Pages domain (`*.gitlab.io`). Once you set
|
||||
up your Pages project with your custom (sub)domain, if you want
|
||||
it secured by HTTPS, you will have to issue a certificate for that
|
||||
(sub)domain and install it on your project.
|
||||
|
||||
>**Note:**
|
||||
We're not trying to explain what a Docker image is,
|
||||
we just need to introduce the concept with a minimum viable
|
||||
explanation. To know more about Docker images, please visit
|
||||
their website or take a look at a
|
||||
[summarized explanation](http://paislee.io/how-to-automate-docker-deployments/) here.
|
||||
Certificates are NOT required to add to your custom
|
||||
(sub)domain on your GitLab Pages project, though they are
|
||||
highly recommendable.
|
||||
|
||||
Let's go a little further.
|
||||
The importance of having any website securely served under HTTPS
|
||||
is explained on the introductory section of the blog post
|
||||
[Secure GitLab Pages with StartSSL](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/24/secure-gitlab-pages-with-startssl/#https-a-quick-overview).
|
||||
|
||||
### Branching
|
||||
The reason why certificates are so important is that they encrypt
|
||||
the connection between the **client** (you, me, your visitors)
|
||||
and the **server** (where you site lives), through a keychain of
|
||||
authentications and validations.
|
||||
|
||||
If you use GitLab as a version control platform, you will have your
|
||||
branching strategy to work on your project. Meaning, you will have
|
||||
other branches in your project, but you'll want only pushes to the
|
||||
default branch (usually `master`) to be deployed to your website.
|
||||
To do that, we need to add another line to our CI, telling the Runner
|
||||
to only perform that _job_ called `pages` on the `master` branch `only`:
|
||||
### Issuing Certificates
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
image: ruby:2.3
|
||||
GitLab Pages accepts [PEM](https://support.quovadisglobal.com/kb/a37/what-is-pem-format.aspx) certificates issued by
|
||||
[Certificate Authorities (CA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority)
|
||||
and self-signed certificates. Of course,
|
||||
[you'd rather issue a certificate than generate a self-signed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate),
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for security reasons and for having browsers trusting your
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site's certificate.
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pages:
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
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```
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There are several different kinds of certificates, each one
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with certain security level. A static personal website will
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not require the same security level as an online banking web app,
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for instance. There are a couple Certificate Authorities that
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offer free certificates, aiming to make the internet more secure
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to everyone. The most popular is [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/),
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which issues certificates trusted by most of browsers, it's open
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source, and free to use. Please read through this tutorial to
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understand [how to secure your GitLab Pages website with Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/).
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### Stages
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With the same popularity, there are [certificates issued by CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/),
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which also offers a [free CDN service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflares-free-cdn-and-you/).
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Their certs are valid up to 15 years. Read through the tutorial on
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[how to add a CloudFlare Certificate to your GitLab Pages website](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/).
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Another interesting concept to keep in mind are build stages.
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Your web app can pass through a lot of tests and other tasks
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until it's deployed to staging or production environments.
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There are three default stages on GitLab CI: build, test,
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and deploy. To specify which stage your _job_ is running,
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simply add another line to your CI:
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### Adding certificates to your project
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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Regardless the CA you choose, the steps to add your certificate to
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your Pages project are the same.
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pages:
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stage: deploy
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script:
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- bundle install
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- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
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artifacts:
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paths:
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- public
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only:
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- master
|
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```
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#### What do you need
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You might ask yourself: "why should I bother with stages
|
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at all?" Well, let's say you want to be able to test your
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script and check the built site before deploying your site
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to production. You want to run the test exactly as your
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script will do when you push to `master`. It's simple,
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let's add another task (_job_) to our CI, telling it to
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test every push to other branches, `except` the `master` branch:
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1. A PEM certificate
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1. An intermediate certificate
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1. A public key
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|
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```yaml
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image: ruby:2.3
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|
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|
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pages:
|
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stage: deploy
|
||||
script:
|
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- bundle install
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
|
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artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
only:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
These fields are found under your **Project**'s **Settings** > **Pages** > **New Domain**.
|
||||
|
||||
test:
|
||||
stage: test
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle install
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- test
|
||||
except:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
```
|
||||
#### What's what?
|
||||
|
||||
The `test` job is running on the stage `test`, Jekyll
|
||||
will build the site in a directory called `test`, and
|
||||
this job will affect all the branches except `master`.
|
||||
- A PEM certificate is the certificate generated by the CA,
|
||||
which needs to be added to the field **Certificate (PEM)**.
|
||||
- An [intermediate certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_certificate_authority) (aka "root certificate") is
|
||||
the part of the encryption keychain that identifies the CA.
|
||||
Usually it's combined with the PEM certificate, but there are
|
||||
some cases in which you need to add them manually.
|
||||
[CloudFlare certs](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/)
|
||||
are one of these cases.
|
||||
- A public key is an encrypted key which validates
|
||||
your PEM against your domain.
|
||||
|
||||
The best benefit of applying _stages_ to different
|
||||
_jobs_ is that every job in the same stage builds in
|
||||
parallel. So, if your web app needs more than one test
|
||||
before being deployed, you can run all your test at the
|
||||
same time, it's not necessary to wait one test to finish
|
||||
to run the other. Of course, this is just a brief
|
||||
introduction of GitLab CI and GitLab Runner, which are
|
||||
tools much more powerful than that. This is what you
|
||||
need to be able to create and tweak your builds for
|
||||
your GitLab Pages site.
|
||||
#### Now what?
|
||||
|
||||
### Before Script
|
||||
Now that you hopefully understand why you need all
|
||||
of this, it's simple:
|
||||
|
||||
To avoid running the same script multiple times across
|
||||
your _jobs_, you can add the parameter `before_script`,
|
||||
in which you specify which commands you want to run for
|
||||
every single _job_. In our example, notice that we run
|
||||
`bundle install` for both jobs, `pages` and `test`.
|
||||
We don't need to repeat it:
|
||||
- Your PEM certificate needs to be added to the first field
|
||||
- If your certificate is missing its intermediate, copy
|
||||
and paste the root certificate (usually available from your CA website)
|
||||
and paste it in the [same field as your PEM certificate](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/),
|
||||
just jumping a line between them.
|
||||
- Copy your public key and paste it in the last field
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
image: ruby:2.3
|
||||
|
||||
before_script:
|
||||
- bundle install
|
||||
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
stage: deploy
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
only:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
|
||||
test:
|
||||
stage: test
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- test
|
||||
except:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Caching Dependencies
|
||||
|
||||
If you want to cache the installation files for your
|
||||
projects dependencies, for building faster, you can
|
||||
use the parameter `cache`. For this example, we'll
|
||||
cache Jekyll dependencies in a `vendor` directory
|
||||
when we run `bundle install`:
|
||||
|
||||
```yaml
|
||||
image: ruby:2.3
|
||||
|
||||
cache:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- vendor/
|
||||
|
||||
before_script:
|
||||
- bundle install --path vendor
|
||||
|
||||
pages:
|
||||
stage: deploy
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d public
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- public
|
||||
only:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
|
||||
test:
|
||||
stage: test
|
||||
script:
|
||||
- bundle exec jekyll build -d test
|
||||
artifacts:
|
||||
paths:
|
||||
- test
|
||||
except:
|
||||
- master
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
For this specific case, we need to exclude `/vendor`
|
||||
from Jekyll `_config.yml` file, otherwise Jekyll will
|
||||
understand it as a regular directory to build
|
||||
together with the site:
|
||||
|
||||
```yml
|
||||
exclude:
|
||||
- vendor
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
There we go! Now our GitLab CI not only builds our website,
|
||||
but also **continuously test** pushes to feature-branches,
|
||||
**caches** dependencies installed with Bundler, and
|
||||
**continuously deploy** every push to the `master` branch.
|
||||
|
||||
## Advanced GitLab CI for GitLab Pages
|
||||
|
||||
What you can do with GitLab CI is pretty much up to your
|
||||
creativity. Once you get used to it, you start creating
|
||||
awesome scripts that automate most of tasks you'd do
|
||||
manually in the past. Read through the
|
||||
[documentation of GitLab CI](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html)
|
||||
to understand how to go even further on your scripts.
|
||||
|
||||
- On this blog post, understand the concept of
|
||||
[using GitLab CI `environments` to deploy your
|
||||
web app to staging and production](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/).
|
||||
- On this post, learn [how to run jobs sequentially,
|
||||
in parallel, or build a custom pipeline](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/29/the-basics-of-gitlab-ci/)
|
||||
- On this blog post, we go through the process of
|
||||
[pulling specific directories from different projects](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/)
|
||||
to deploy this website you're looking at, docs.gitlab.com.
|
||||
- On this blog post, we teach you [how to use GitLab Pages to produce a code coverage report](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/03/publish-code-coverage-report-with-gitlab-pages/).
|
||||
>**Note:**
|
||||
**Do not** open certificates or encryption keys in
|
||||
regular text editors. Always use code editors (such as
|
||||
Sublime Text, Atom, Dreamweaver, Brackets, etc).
|
||||
|
||||
|||
|
||||
|:--|--:|
|
||||
|[**← Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages**](getting_started_part_two.md)||
|
||||
|[**← Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages**](getting_started_part_two.md)|[**Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages →**](getting_started_part_four.md)|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
|
|||
# GitLab Pages from A to Z: Part 2
|
||||
|
||||
> Type: user guide
|
||||
>
|
||||
> Level: beginner
|
||||
|
||||
- _[Part 1: Static Sites, Domains, DNS Records, and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_one.md)_
|
||||
- **Part 2: Quick Start Guide - Setting Up GitLab Pages**
|
||||
- _[Part 3: Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_three.md)_
|
||||
|
||||
----
|
||||
- [Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](getting_started_part_one.md)
|
||||
- **Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages**
|
||||
- [Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_three.md)
|
||||
- [Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_four.md)
|
||||
|
||||
## Setting up GitLab Pages
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -30,6 +25,8 @@ Optional Features:
|
|||
1. **Optional**: an SSL/TLS certificate so your custom
|
||||
domain is accessible under HTTPS.
|
||||
|
||||
The optional settings, custom domain, DNS records, and SSL/TLS certificates, are described in [Part 3](getting_started_part_three.md)).
|
||||
|
||||
## Project
|
||||
|
||||
Your GitLab Pages project is a regular project created the
|
||||
|
|
@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ where you'll find its default URL.
|
|||
> - GitLab Pages [supports any SSG](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/), but,
|
||||
if you don't find yours among the templates, you'll need
|
||||
to configure your own `.gitlab-ci.yml`. Do do that, please
|
||||
read through the article [Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_three.md). New SSGs are very welcome among
|
||||
read through the article [Creating and Tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_four.md). New SSGs are very welcome among
|
||||
the [example projects](https://gitlab.com/pages). If you set
|
||||
up a new one, please
|
||||
[contribute](https://gitlab.com/pages/pages.gitlab.io/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
|
||||
|
|
@ -147,6 +144,11 @@ example we've just mentioned, you'd have to change Jekyll's `_config.yml` to:
|
|||
baseurl: ""
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Custom Domains
|
||||
|
||||
GitLab Pages supports custom domains and subdomains, served under HTTPS or HTTPS.
|
||||
Please check the [next part](getting_started_part_three.md) of this series for an overview.
|
||||
|
||||
|||
|
||||
|:--|--:|
|
||||
|[**← Part 1: Static sites, domains, DNS records, and SSL/TLS certificates**](getting_started_part_one.md)|[**Part 3: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages →**](getting_started_part_three.md)|
|
||||
|[**← Part 1: Static sites, domains, DNS records, and SSL/TLS certificates**](getting_started_part_one.md)|[**Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates →**](getting_started_part_three.md)|
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
|
|||
# All you need to know about GitLab Pages
|
||||
# GitLab Pages documentation
|
||||
|
||||
With GitLab Pages you can create static websites for your GitLab projects,
|
||||
groups, or user accounts. You can use any static website generator: Jekyll,
|
||||
Middleman, Hexo, Hugo, Pelican, you name it! Connect as many customs domains
|
||||
as you like and bring your own TLS certificate to secure them.
|
||||
|
||||
Here's some info we have gathered to get you started.
|
||||
Here's some info we've gathered to get you started.
|
||||
|
||||
## General info
|
||||
|
||||
- [Product webpage](https://pages.gitlab.io)
|
||||
- [We're bringing GitLab Pages to CE](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/24/were-bringing-gitlab-pages-to-community-edition/)
|
||||
- ["We're bringing GitLab Pages to CE" blog post](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/24/were-bringing-gitlab-pages-to-community-edition/)
|
||||
- [Pages group - templates](https://gitlab.com/pages)
|
||||
- [General user documentation](introduction.md)
|
||||
- [Admin documentation - Set GitLab Pages on your own GitLab instance](../../../administration/pages/index.md)
|
||||
|
||||
## Getting started
|
||||
|
||||
- GitLab Pages from A to Z
|
||||
- [Part 1: Static sites, domains, DNS records, and SSL/TLS certificates](getting_started_part_one.md)
|
||||
- **GitLab Pages from A to Z**
|
||||
- [Part 1: Static sites and GitLab Pages domains](getting_started_part_one.md)
|
||||
- [Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_two.md)
|
||||
- [Part 3: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_three.md)
|
||||
- [Hosting on GitLab.com with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/07/gitlab-pages-setup/) a comprehensive step-by-step guide
|
||||
- Secure GitLab Pages custom domain with SSL/TLS certificates
|
||||
- [Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/)
|
||||
- [CloudFlare](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/)
|
||||
- [StartSSL](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/24/secure-gitlab-pages-with-startssl/)
|
||||
- Static Site Generators - Blog posts series
|
||||
- [Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](getting_started_part_three.md)
|
||||
- [Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](getting_started_part_four.md)
|
||||
- **Static Site Generators - Blog posts series**
|
||||
- [SSGs part 1: Static vs dynamic websites](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/03/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-1-dynamic-x-static/)
|
||||
- [SSGs part 2: Modern static site generators](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/10/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-2/)
|
||||
- [SSGs part 3: Build any SSG site with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/)
|
||||
- [Posting to your GitLab Pages blog from iOS](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/19/posting-to-your-gitlab-pages-blog-from-ios/)
|
||||
- **Secure GitLab Pages custom domain with SSL/TLS certificates**
|
||||
- [Let's Encrypt](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/11/tutorial-securing-your-gitlab-pages-with-tls-and-letsencrypt/)
|
||||
- [CloudFlare](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/07/setting-up-gitlab-pages-with-cloudflare-certificates/)
|
||||
- [StartSSL](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/24/secure-gitlab-pages-with-startssl/)
|
||||
- **General**
|
||||
- [Hosting on GitLab.com with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/07/gitlab-pages-setup/) a comprehensive step-by-step guide
|
||||
- [Posting to your GitLab Pages blog from iOS](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/19/posting-to-your-gitlab-pages-blog-from-ios/)
|
||||
|
||||
## Video tutorials
|
||||
|
||||
- [How to publish a website with GitLab Pages on GitLab.com: from a forked project](https://youtu.be/TWqh9MtT4Bg)
|
||||
- [How to Enable GitLab Pages for GitLab CE and EE](https://youtu.be/dD8c7WNcc6s)
|
||||
- [How to Enable GitLab Pages for GitLab CE and EE (for Admins only)](https://youtu.be/dD8c7WNcc6s)
|
||||
|
||||
## Advanced use
|
||||
|
||||
- Blog Posts:
|
||||
- **Blog Posts**
|
||||
- [GitLab CI: Run jobs sequentially, in parallel, or build a custom pipeline](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/07/29/the-basics-of-gitlab-ci/)
|
||||
- [GitLab CI: Deployment & environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/)
|
||||
- [Building a new GitLab docs site with Nanoc, GitLab CI, and GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/)
|
||||
- [Publish code coverage reports with GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/03/publish-code-coverage-report-with-gitlab-pages/)
|
||||
|
||||
## Specific documentation
|
||||
|
||||
- [User docs](introduction.md)
|
||||
- [Admin docs](../../../administration/pages/index.md)
|
||||
|
|
|
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