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Document Auto DevOps secret variables

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An example project service that defines deployment variables is the
[Kubernetes integration](../../user/project/clusters/index.md#deployment-variables).
## Auto DevOps application variables
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49056) in GitLab 11.7.
You can configure [Auto DevOps](../../topics/autodevops/index.md) to
pass CI variables to the running application by prefixing the key of the
variable with `K8S_SECRET_`.
These [prefixed
variables](../../topics/autodevops/index.md#application-secret-variables) will
then be available as environment variables on the running application
container.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
Variables with multiline values are not currently supported due to
limitations with the current Auto DevOps scripting environment.
## Debug tracing
> Introduced in GitLab Runner 1.7.

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| `REVIEW_DISABLED` | From GitLab 11.0, this variable can be used to disable the `review` and the manual `review:stop` job. If the variable is present, these jobs will not be created. |
| `DAST_DISABLED` | From GitLab 11.0, this variable can be used to disable the `dast` job. If the variable is present, the job will not be created. |
| `PERFORMANCE_DISABLED` | From GitLab 11.0, this variable can be used to disable the `performance` job. If the variable is present, the job will not be created. |
| `K8S_SECRET_*` | From GitLab 11.7, any variable prefixed with [`K8S_SECRET_`](#application-secret-variables) will be made available by Auto DevOps as environment variables to the deployed application. |
TIP: **Tip:**
Set up the replica variables using a
@ -713,6 +714,63 @@ You should *not* scale your application using Kubernetes directly. This can
cause confusion with Helm not detecting the change, and subsequent deploys with
Auto DevOps can undo your changes.
#### Application secret variables
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49056) in GitLab 11.7.
Some applications need to define secret variables that are
accessible by the deployed application. Auto DevOps detects variables where the key starts with
`K8S_SECRET_` and make these prefixed variables available to the
deployed application, as environment variables.
To configure your application variables:
1. Go to your project's **Settings > CI/CD**, then expand the section
called **Variables**.
2. Create a CI Variable, ensuring the key is prefixed with
`K8S_SECRET_`. For example, you can create a variable with key
`K8S_SECRET_RAILS_MASTER_KEY`.
3. Run an Auto Devops pipeline either by manually creating a new
pipeline or by pushing a code change to GitLab.
Auto DevOps pipelines will take your application secret variables to
populate a Kubernetes secret. This secret is unique per environment.
When deploying your application, the secret is loaded as environment
variables in the container running the application. Following the
example above, you can see the secret below containing the
`RAILS_MASTER_KEY` variable.
```sh
$ kubectl get secret production-secret -n minimal-ruby-app-54 -o yaml
apiVersion: v1
data:
RAILS_MASTER_KEY: MTIzNC10ZXN0
kind: Secret
metadata:
creationTimestamp: 2018-12-20T01:48:26Z
name: production-secret
namespace: minimal-ruby-app-54
resourceVersion: "429422"
selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/minimal-ruby-app-54/secrets/production-secret
uid: 57ac2bfd-03f9-11e9-b812-42010a9400e4
type: Opaque
```
CAUTION: **Caution:**
Variables with multiline values are not currently supported due to
limitations with the current Auto DevOps scripting environment.
NOTE: **Note:**
Environment variables are generally considered immutable in a Kubernetes
pod. Therefore, if you update an application secret without changing any
code then manually create a new pipeline, you will find that any running
application pods will not have the updated secrets. In this case, you
can either push a code update to GitLab to force the Kubernetes
Deployment to recreate pods or manually delete running pods to
cause Kubernetes to create new pods with updated secrets.
#### Advanced replica variables setup
Apart from the two replica-related variables for production mentioned above,