diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/raven/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/raven/index.js
index edc2293915f..4dd0175e528 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/raven/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/raven/index.js
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ const index = function index() {
   RavenConfig.init({
     sentryDsn: gon.sentry_dsn,
     currentUserId: gon.current_user_id,
-    whitelistUrls: [gon.gitlab_url],
-    isProduction: process.env.NODE_ENV,
+    whitelistUrls:
+      process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
+        ? [gon.gitlab_url]
+        : [gon.gitlab_url, 'webpack-internal://'],
+    environment: gon.sentry_environment,
     release: gon.revision,
     tags: {
       revision: gon.revision,
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/raven/raven_config.js b/app/assets/javascripts/raven/raven_config.js
index 338006ce2b9..b4a8c263954 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/raven/raven_config.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/raven/raven_config.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const RavenConfig = {
       release: this.options.release,
       tags: this.options.tags,
       whitelistUrls: this.options.whitelistUrls,
-      environment: this.options.isProduction ? 'production' : 'development',
+      environment: this.options.environment,
       ignoreErrors: this.IGNORE_ERRORS,
       ignoreUrls: this.IGNORE_URLS,
       shouldSendCallback: this.shouldSendSample.bind(this),
diff --git a/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb b/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
index b413ffddb9d..557215ff4dc 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting_implementation.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ module ApplicationSettingImplementation
     clientside_sentry_dsn.strip! if clientside_sentry_dsn.present?
   end
 
+  def sentry_enabled
+    Gitlab.config.sentry.enabled || read_attribute(:sentry_enabled)
+  end
+
+  def sentry_dsn
+    Gitlab.config.sentry.dsn || read_attribute(:sentry_dsn)
+  end
+
+  def clientside_sentry_enabled
+    Gitlab.config.sentry.enabled || read_attribute(:clientside_sentry_enabled)
+  end
+
+  def clientside_sentry_dsn
+    Gitlab.config.sentry.dsn || read_attribute(:clientside_sentry_dsn)
+  end
+
   def performance_bar_allowed_group
     Group.find_by_id(performance_bar_allowed_group_id)
   end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_logging.html.haml b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_logging.html.haml
index 41b787515b5..4145ef94de8 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/application_settings/_logging.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/application_settings/_logging.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 = form_for @application_setting, url: admin_application_settings_path(anchor: 'js-logging-settings'), html: { class: 'fieldset-form' } do |f|
   = form_errors(@application_setting)
 
+  %p
+    %strong
+      NOTE:
+    These settings will be removed from the UI in a GitLab 12.0 release and made available within gitlab.yml.
+    The specific client side DSN setting is already handled as a component from a Sentry perspective anb will be removed.
+    In addition, you will be able to define a Sentry Environment to differentiate between multiple deployments. For example, development, staging, and production.
+
   %fieldset
     .form-group
       .form-check
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/feat-sentry-environment.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/feat-sentry-environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44ea19375f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/feat-sentry-environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Allow Sentry configuration to be passed on gitlab.yml
+merge_request: 27091
+author: Roger Meier
+type: added
diff --git a/config/gitlab.yml.example b/config/gitlab.yml.example
index bdac5b2a6a1..06530194907 100644
--- a/config/gitlab.yml.example
+++ b/config/gitlab.yml.example
@@ -315,6 +315,13 @@ production: &base
     # path: shared/registry
     # issuer: gitlab-issuer
 
+
+  ## Error Reporting and Logging with Sentry
+  sentry:
+    # enabled: false
+    # dsn: https://<key>@sentry.io/<project>
+    # environment: 'production' # e.g. development, staging, production
+
   #
   # 2. GitLab CI settings
   # ==========================
diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index e9b36873d75..cddf5bf33f5 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ Settings.registry['issuer']        ||= nil
 Settings.registry['host_port']     ||= [Settings.registry['host'], Settings.registry['port']].compact.join(':')
 Settings.registry['path']            = Settings.absolute(Settings.registry['path'] || File.join(Settings.shared['path'], 'registry'))
 
+#
+# Error Reporting and Logging with Sentry
+#
+Settings['sentry'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
+Settings.sentry['enabled'] ||= false
+Settings.sentry['dsn'] ||= nil
+Settings.sentry['environment'] ||= nil
+
 #
 # Pages
 #
diff --git a/config/initializers/sentry.rb b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
index 680cfa6f0ed..e5589ce0ad1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sentry.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def configure_sentry
     Raven.configure do |config|
       config.dsn = Gitlab::CurrentSettings.current_application_settings.sentry_dsn
       config.release = Gitlab.revision
+      config.current_environment = Gitlab.config.sentry.environment.presence
 
       # Sanitize fields based on those sanitized from Rails.
       config.sanitize_fields = Rails.application.config.filter_parameters.map(&:to_s)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
index e00309e7946..582c3065189 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gon_helper.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ module Gitlab
       gon.relative_url_root      = Gitlab.config.gitlab.relative_url_root
       gon.shortcuts_path         = Gitlab::Routing.url_helpers.help_page_path('shortcuts')
       gon.user_color_scheme      = Gitlab::ColorSchemes.for_user(current_user).css_class
-      gon.sentry_dsn             = Gitlab::CurrentSettings.clientside_sentry_dsn if Gitlab::CurrentSettings.clientside_sentry_enabled
+
+      if Gitlab::CurrentSettings.clientside_sentry_enabled
+        gon.sentry_dsn           = Gitlab::CurrentSettings.clientside_sentry_dsn
+        gon.sentry_environment   = Gitlab.config.sentry.environment
+      end
+
       gon.gitlab_url             = Gitlab.config.gitlab.url
       gon.revision               = Gitlab.revision
       gon.gitlab_logo            = ActionController::Base.helpers.asset_path('gitlab_logo.png')
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/raven/index_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/raven/index_spec.js
index a503a54029f..6b9fe923624 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/raven/index_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/raven/index_spec.js
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ describe('RavenConfig options', () => {
   const sentryDsn = 'sentryDsn';
   const currentUserId = 'currentUserId';
   const gitlabUrl = 'gitlabUrl';
-  const isProduction = 'isProduction';
+  const environment = 'test';
   const revision = 'revision';
   let indexReturnValue;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     window.gon = {
       sentry_dsn: sentryDsn,
+      sentry_environment: environment,
       current_user_id: currentUserId,
       gitlab_url: gitlabUrl,
       revision,
     };
 
-    process.env.NODE_ENV = isProduction;
     process.env.HEAD_COMMIT_SHA = revision;
 
     spyOn(RavenConfig, 'init');
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ describe('RavenConfig options', () => {
     indexReturnValue = index();
   });
 
-  it('should init with .sentryDsn, .currentUserId, .whitelistUrls and .isProduction', () => {
+  it('should init with .sentryDsn, .currentUserId, .whitelistUrls and environment', () => {
     expect(RavenConfig.init).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       sentryDsn,
       currentUserId,
-      whitelistUrls: [gitlabUrl],
-      isProduction,
+      whitelistUrls: [gitlabUrl, 'webpack-internal://'],
+      environment,
       release: revision,
       tags: {
         revision,
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/raven/raven_config_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/raven/raven_config_spec.js
index 5cc59cc28d3..af634a0c196 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/raven/raven_config_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/raven/raven_config_spec.js
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ describe('RavenConfig', () => {
     let ravenConfig;
     const options = {
       sentryDsn: '//sentryDsn',
-      whitelistUrls: ['//gitlabUrl'],
-      isProduction: true,
+      whitelistUrls: ['//gitlabUrl', 'webpack-internal://'],
+      environment: 'test',
       release: 'revision',
       tags: {
         revision: 'revision',
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe('RavenConfig', () => {
         release: options.release,
         tags: options.tags,
         whitelistUrls: options.whitelistUrls,
-        environment: 'production',
+        environment: 'test',
         ignoreErrors: ravenConfig.IGNORE_ERRORS,
         ignoreUrls: ravenConfig.IGNORE_URLS,
         shouldSendCallback: jasmine.any(Function),
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ describe('RavenConfig', () => {
       expect(raven.install).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
-    it('should set .environment to development if isProduction is false', () => {
-      ravenConfig.options.isProduction = false;
+    it('should set environment from options', () => {
+      ravenConfig.options.environment = 'development';
 
       RavenConfig.configure.call(ravenConfig);
 
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/application_setting_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/application_setting_examples.rb
index e7ec24c5b7e..d8f7ba1185e 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/application_setting_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/application_setting_examples.rb
@@ -249,4 +249,41 @@ RSpec.shared_examples 'application settings examples' do
 
     expect(setting.password_authentication_enabled_for_web?).to be_falsey
   end
+
+  describe 'sentry settings' do
+    context 'when the sentry settings are not set in gitlab.yml' do
+      it 'fallbacks to the settings in the database' do
+        setting.sentry_enabled = true
+        setting.sentry_dsn = 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/40'
+        setting.clientside_sentry_enabled = true
+        setting.clientside_sentry_dsn = 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/41'
+
+        allow(Gitlab.config.sentry).to receive(:enabled).and_return(false)
+        allow(Gitlab.config.sentry).to receive(:dsn).and_return(nil)
+
+        expect(setting.sentry_enabled).to eq true
+        expect(setting.sentry_dsn).to eq 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/40'
+        expect(setting.clientside_sentry_enabled).to eq true
+        expect(setting.clientside_sentry_dsn). to eq 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/41'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when the sentry settings are set in gitlab.yml' do
+      it 'does not fallback to the settings in the database' do
+        setting.sentry_enabled = false
+        setting.sentry_dsn = 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/40'
+        setting.clientside_sentry_enabled = false
+        setting.clientside_sentry_dsn = 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/41'
+
+        allow(Gitlab.config.sentry).to receive(:enabled).and_return(true)
+        allow(Gitlab.config.sentry).to receive(:dsn).and_return('https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/42')
+
+        expect(setting).not_to receive(:read_attribute)
+        expect(setting.sentry_enabled).to eq true
+        expect(setting.sentry_dsn).to eq 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/42'
+        expect(setting.clientside_sentry_enabled).to eq true
+        expect(setting.clientside_sentry_dsn). to eq 'https://b44a0828b72421a6d8e99efd68d44fa8@example.com/42'
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end