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administration clarify DB/Redis HA docs 2017-05-04 12:13:41 -04:00
api Revert "Merge branch 'bvl-rename-build-events-to-job-events' into 'master'" 2017-05-15 20:24:19 +00:00
articles fix broken link 2017-05-15 12:03:34 -03:00
ci Merge branch 'patch-17' into 'master' 2017-05-15 12:57:47 +00:00
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development Merge branch 'patch-18' into 'master' 2017-05-15 07:22:17 +00:00
downgrade_ee_to_ce Remove remnants of git annex 2017-03-03 18:33:47 +01:00
gitlab-basics New doc topic: issues 2017-05-08 08:35:38 +00:00
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install Fix typo 2017-05-15 14:39:55 +00:00
integration Improve Slack docs 2017-04-28 09:47:59 +00:00
intro New doc topic: issues 2017-05-08 08:35:38 +00:00
legal
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migrate_ci_to_ce Reorg CE Docs landing page 2017-04-26 13:13:11 +00:00
monitoring
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profile Add documentation around migrating records to the ghost user after user deletion. 2017-04-06 18:59:18 +05:30
project_services All CI offline migrations 2017-03-17 23:06:11 +00:00
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raketasks Refactor backup/restore docs 2017-04-25 11:46:45 +02:00
security Support 2FA requirement per-group 2017-04-06 10:01:13 +02:00
ssh Update deploy keys documentation 2017-03-20 13:49:05 +00:00
system_hooks Documentation for repository_update_events 2017-05-12 23:26:48 +01:00
topics add article - how to install git 2017-05-15 11:55:19 -03:00
university Milestones documentation refactor 2017-04-20 16:28:05 +00:00
update Update guides for 9.2. 2017-05-08 10:29:08 +00:00
user Merge branch 'dturner/username' into 'master' 2017-05-15 07:28:58 +00:00
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workflow Update todos screenshots 2017-05-03 16:08:42 -05:00
README.md New doc topic: issues 2017-05-08 08:35:38 +00:00

GitLab Community Edition

GitLab is a Git-based fully featured platform for software development.

GitLab Community Edition (CE) is an opensource product, self-hosted, free to use. All GitLab products contain the features available in GitLab CE. Premium features are available in GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE).


Shortcuts to GitLab's most visited docs:

GitLab CI Other
Quick start guide API
Configuring .gitlab-ci.yml SSH authentication
Using Docker images GitLab Pages

Getting started with GitLab

User account

  • Authentication: Account security with two-factor authentication, setup your ssh keys and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
  • Profile settings: Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication and more.
  • User permissions: Learn what each role in a project (external/guest/reporter/developer/master/owner) can do.

Projects and groups

Repository

Manage files and branches from the UI (user interface):

Issues and Merge Requests (MRs)

Git and GitLab

  • Git: Getting started with Git, branching strategies, Git LFS, advanced use.
  • Git cheatsheet: Download a PDF describing the most used Git operations.
  • GitLab Flow: explore the best of Git with the GitLab Flow strategy.

Migrate and import your projects from other platforms

GitLab's superpowers

Take a step ahead and dive into GitLab's advanced features.

  • GitLab Pages: Build, test, and deploy your static website with GitLab Pages.
  • Snippets: Snippets allow you to create little bits of code.
  • Wikis: Enhance your repository documentation with built-in wikis.

Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment

  • GitLab CI: Explore the features and capabilities of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment with GitLab.
    • Auto Deploy: Configure GitLab CI for the deployment of your application.
    • Review Apps: Preview changes to your app right from a merge request.
  • GitLab Cycle Analytics: Cycle Analytics measures the time it takes to go from an idea to production for each project you have.
  • GitLab Container Registry: Learn how to use GitLab's built-in Container Registry.

Automation

  • API: Automate GitLab via a simple and powerful API.
  • GitLab Webhooks: Let GitLab notify you when new code has been pushed to your project.

Integrations

  • Project Services: Integrate a project with external services, such as CI and chat.
  • GitLab Integration: Integrate with multiple third-party services with GitLab to allow external issue trackers and external authentication.

Administrator documentation

Learn how to administer your GitLab instance. Regular users don't have access to GitLab administration tools and settings.

Install, update, upgrade, migrate

  • Install: Requirements, directory structures and installation from source.
  • Mattermost: Integrate Mattermost with your GitLab installation.
  • Migrate GitLab CI to CE/EE: If you have an old GitLab installation (older than 8.0), follow this guide to migrate your existing GitLab CI data to GitLab CE/EE.
  • Restart GitLab: Learn how to restart GitLab and its components.
  • Update: Update guides to upgrade your installation.

User permissions

GitLab admins' superpowers

Integrations

  • Integrations: How to integrate with systems such as JIRA, Redmine, Twitter.
  • Koding: Set up Koding to use with GitLab.
  • Mattermost: Set up GitLab with Mattermost.

Monitoring

Performance

Customization

Admin tools

  • Raketasks: Backups, maintenance, automatic webhook setup and the importing of projects.
  • Reply by email: Allow users to comment on issues and merge requests by replying to notification emails.
  • Repository checks: Periodic Git repository checks.
  • Repository storage paths: Manage the paths used to store repositories.
  • Security: Learn what you can do to further secure your GitLab instance.
  • System hooks: Notifications when users, projects and keys are changed.

Troubleshooting

Contributor documentation