| [**User Documentation**](user/index.md)<br/>Discover features and concepts for GitLab users. | [**Administrator documentation**](administration/index.md)<br/>Everything GitLab self-managed administrators need to know. |
| [**Contributing to GitLab**](#contributing-to-gitlab)<br/>At GitLab, everyone can contribute! | [**New to Git and GitLab?**](#new-to-git-and-gitlab)<br/>We have resources to get you started. |
| [**Building an integration with GitLab?**](#building-an-integration-with-gitlab)<br/>Consult our automation and integration documentation. | [**Coming to GitLab from another platform?**](#coming-to-gitlab-from-another-platform)<br/>Consult our handy guides. |
| [**Install GitLab**](https://about.gitlab.com/install/)<br/>Installation options for different platforms. | [**Subscribe to GitLab**](#subscribe-to-gitlab)<br/>Get access to more features. |
| [**Update GitLab**](update/README.md)<br/>Update your GitLab self-managed instance to the latest version. | [**GitLab Releases**](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/)<br/>What's new in GitLab. |
## Popular Documentation
Have a look at some of our most popular documentation resources:
-[Issues and merge requests templates](user/project/description_templates.md): Create templates for submitting new issues and merge requests.
-[Labels](user/project/labels.md): Categorize your issues or merge requests based on descriptive titles.
-[Milestones](user/project/milestones/index.md): Organize issues and merge requests into a cohesive group, optionally setting a due date.
-[Todos](workflow/todos.md): A chronological list of to-dos that are waiting for your input, all in a simple dashboard.
-[GitLab Quick Actions](user/project/quick_actions.md): Textual shortcuts for common actions on issues or merge requests that are usually done by clicking buttons or dropdowns in GitLab's UI.
GitLab provides statistics and insight into ways you can maximize the value of GitLab in your organization.
#### Migrate and import your projects from other platforms
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Manage** stage:
-[Importing to GitLab](user/project/import/index.md): Import your projects from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab.com, FogBugz and SVN into GitLab.
-[Migrating from SVN](workflow/importing/migrating_from_svn.md): Convert a SVN repository to Git and GitLab.
| [Authentication and Authorization](administration/auth/README.md)**[CORE ONLY]** | Supported authentication and authorization providers. |
| [GitLab Cycle Analytics](user/project/cycle_analytics.md) | Measure the time it takes to go from an [idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/#from-idea-to-production-with-gitlab) for each project you have. |
| [Instance Statistics](user/instance_statistics/index.md) | Discover statistics on how many GitLab features you use and user activity. |
| [Discussions](user/discussions/index.md) | Threads, comments, and resolvable discussions in issues, commits, and merge requests. |
| [Due Dates](user/project/issues/due_dates.md) | Keep track of issue deadlines. |
| [Quick Actions](user/project/quick_actions.md) | Shortcuts for common actions on issues or merge requests, replacing the need to click buttons or use dropdowns in GitLab's UI. |
| [Issues](user/project/issues/index.md), including [confidential issues](user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md), [issue and merge request templates](user/project/description_templates.md), and [moving issues](user/project/issues/moving_issues.md) | Project issues, restricting access to issues, create templates for submitting new issues and merge requests, and moving issues between projects. |
| [Labels](user/project/labels.md) | Categorize issues or merge requests with descriptive labels. |
| [Milestones](user/project/milestones/index.md) | Set milestones for delivery of issues and merge requests, with optional due date. |
| [Project Issue Board](user/project/issue_board.md) | Display issues on a Scrum or Kanban board. |
| [Time Tracking](workflow/time_tracking.md) | Track time spent on issues and merge requests. |
| [Todos](workflow/todos.md) | Keep track of work requiring attention with a chronological list displayed on a simple dashboard. |
| [Create](gitlab-basics/create-project.md) and [fork](gitlab-basics/fork-project.md) projects, and [import and export projects between instances](user/project/settings/import_export.md) | Create, duplicate, and move projects. |
| [GitLab Pages](user/project/pages/index.md) | Build, test, and deploy your static website with GitLab Pages. |
| [Groups](user/group/index.md) and [Subgroups](user/group/subgroups/index.md) | Organize your projects in groups. |
| [Projects](user/project/index.md), including [project access](public_access/public_access.md) and [settings](user/project/settings/index.md) | Host source code, and control your project's visibility and set configuration. |
| [Search through GitLab](user/search/index.md) | Search for issues, merge requests, projects, groups, and todos. |
| [Snippets](user/snippets.md) | Snippets allow you to create little bits of code. |
| [Web IDE](user/project/web_ide/index.md) | Edit files within GitLab's user interface. |
| [Wikis](user/project/wiki/index.md) | Enhance your repository documentation with built-in wikis. |
-[Work In Progress "WIP" Merge Requests](user/project/merge_requests/work_in_progress_merge_requests.md)
-[Merge Request discussion resolution](user/discussions/index.md#moving-a-single-discussion-to-a-new-issue): Resolve discussions, move discussions in a merge request to an issue, only allow merge requests to be merged if all discussions are resolved.
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#### Integrations
#### Repositories
-[Project Services](user/project/integrations/project_services.md): Integrate a project with external services, such as CI and chat.
-[GitLab Integration](integration/README.md): Integrate with multiple third-party services with GitLab to allow external issue trackers and external authentication.
-[Trello Power-Up](integration/trello_power_up.md): Integrate with GitLab's Trello Power-Up
| [Branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md) and the [default branch](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#default-branch) | How to use branches in GitLab. |
| [Commits](user/project/repository/index.md#commits) and [signing commits](user/project/repository/gpg_signed_commits/index.md) | Work with commits, and use GPG to sign your commits. |
| [Create branches](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-new-branch), [create](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-file) and [upload](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#upload-a-file) files, and [create directories](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-directory) | Create branches, create and upload files, and create directories within GitLab. |
| [Delete merged branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#delete-merged-branches) | Bulk delete branches after their changes are merged. |
| [File templates](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#template-dropdowns) | File templates for common files. |
| [Checking out merge requests locally](user/project/merge_requests/index.md#checkout-merge-requests-locally) | Tips for working with merge requests locally. |
| [Cherry-picking](user/project/merge_requests/cherry_pick_changes.md) | Use GitLab for cherry-picking changes. |
| [Merge request discussion resolution](user/discussions/index.md#moving-a-single-discussion-to-a-new-issue) | Resolve discussions, move discussions in a merge request to an issue, and only allow merge requests to be merged if all discussions are resolved. |
| [GitLab API](api/README.md) | Integrate GitLab via a simple and powerful API. |
| [GitLab Integration](integration/README.md) | Integrate with multiple third-party services with GitLab to allow external issue trackers and external authentication. |
| [GitLab Webhooks](user/project/integrations/webhooks.md) | Let GitLab notify you when new code has been pushed to your project. |
| [Project Services](user/project/integrations/project_services.md) | Integrate a project with external services, such as CI and chat. |
| [Trello Power-Up](integration/trello_power_up.md) | Integrate with GitLab's Trello Power-Up. |
Apps. Customize your approval workflow controls, automatically test the quality
of your code, and spin up a staging environment for every code change.
GitLab Continuous Integration is the most popular next generation testing system that
scales to run your tests faster.
-[GitLab CI/CD](ci/README.md): Explore the features and capabilities of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment with GitLab.
-[Review Apps](ci/review_apps/index.md): Preview changes to your app right from a merge request.
| [Easy creation of Kubernetes clusters on GKE](user/project/clusters/index.md#adding-and-creating-a-new-gke-cluster-via-gitlab) | Use Google Kubernetes Engine and GitLab. |
| [Executable Runbooks](user/project/clusters/runbooks/index.md) | Documented procedures that explain how to carry out particular processes. |
| [Installing Applications](user/project/clusters/index.md#installing-applications) | Deploy Helm, Ingress, and Prometheus on Kubernetes. |
| [Mattermost slash commands](user/project/integrations/mattermost_slash_commands.md) | Enable and use slash commands from within Mattermost. |
| [Protected variables](ci/variables/README.md#protected-variables) | Restrict variables to protected branches and tags. |
| [Slack slash commands](user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md) | Enable and use slash commands from within Slack. |
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### Monitor
Measure how long it takes to go from planning to monitoring and ensure your
applications are always responsive and available. GitLab collects and displays
performance metrics for deployed apps using Prometheus so you can know in an
Ensure your applications are always responsive and available.
GitLab collects and displays performance metrics for deployed applications so you can know in an
instant how code changes impact your production environment.
-[GitLab Prometheus](administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md): Configure the bundled Prometheus to collect various metrics from your GitLab instance.
-[Prometheus project integration](user/project/integrations/prometheus.md): Configure the Prometheus integration per project and monitor your CI/CD environments.
-[Prometheus metrics](user/project/integrations/prometheus_library/index.md): Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch.
-[GitLab Performance Monitoring](administration/monitoring/performance/index.md): Use InfluxDB and Grafana to monitor the performance of your GitLab instance (will be eventually replaced by Prometheus).
-[Health check](user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md): GitLab provides liveness and readiness probes to indicate service health and reachability to required services.
-[GitLab Cycle Analytics](user/project/cycle_analytics.md): Cycle Analytics measures the time it takes to go from an
[idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/#from-idea-to-production-with-gitlab) for each project you have.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Monitor** stage:
| [GitLab Performance Monitoring](administration/monitoring/performance/index.md)**[CORE ONLY]** | Use InfluxDB and Grafana to monitor the performance of your GitLab instance (will be eventually replaced by Prometheus). |
| [GitLab Prometheus](administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md)**[CORE ONLY]** | Configure the bundled Prometheus to collect various metrics from your GitLab instance. |
| [Health check](user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md) | GitLab provides liveness and readiness probes to indicate service health and reachability to required services. |
| [Prometheus project integration](user/project/integrations/prometheus.md) | Configure the Prometheus integration per project and monitor your CI/CD environments. |
| [Prometheus metrics](user/project/integrations/prometheus_library/index.md) | Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch. |
-[GitLab Basics](gitlab-basics/README.md): Start working on your command line and on GitLab.
-[GitLab Workflow](workflow/README.md): Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow.
- See also [GitLab Workflow - an overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/).
-[GitLab Markdown](user/markdown.md): GitLab's advanced formatting system (GitLab Flavored Markdown).
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### User account
### Secure
-[User account](user/profile/index.md): Manage your account
-[Authentication](topics/authentication/index.md): Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your ssh keys and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
-[Profile settings](user/profile/index.md#profile-settings): Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication and more.
-[User permissions](user/permissions.md): Learn what each role in a project (external/guest/reporter/developer/maintainer/owner) can do.
GitLab can help you secure your applications from within your development lifecycle.
### Git and GitLab
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Secure** stage:
-[Git](topics/git/index.md): Getting started with Git, branching strategies, Git LFS, advanced use.
-[Git cheatsheet](https://about.gitlab.com/images/press/git-cheat-sheet.pdf): Download a PDF describing the most used Git operations.
-[GitLab Flow](workflow/gitlab_flow.md): explore the best of Git with the GitLab Flow strategy.
| [Container Scanning example](ci/examples/container_scanning.md) | `.gitlab-ci.yml` example of using Clair and clair-scanner to scan docker images for known vulnerabilities. |
## Administrator documentation
NOTE: **Note:**
Viewing [Container Scanning reports](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/container_scanning.html) within merge requests requires [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/).
[Administration documentation](administration/index.md) applies to admin users of GitLab
self-hosted instances.
## Subscribe to GitLab
Learn how to install, configure, update, upgrade, integrate, and maintain your own instance.
Regular users don't have access to GitLab administration tools and settings.
There are two ways to use GitLab:
## Contributor documentation
-[GitLab self-managed](#gitlab-self-managed): Install, administer, and maintain your own GitLab instance.
-[GitLab.com](#gitlab-com): GitLab's SaaS offering. You don't need to install anything to use GitLab.com,
you only need to [sign up](https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in) and start using GitLab straight away.
GitLab Community Edition is [open source](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/)
and GitLab Enterprise Edition is [open-core](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/).
Learn how to contribute to GitLab:
The following sections outline tiers and features within GitLab self-managed and GitLab.com.
-[Development](development/README.md): All styleguides and explanations how to contribute.
| Premium | Core, Starter, and Premium features. |
| Ultimate | Core, Starter, Premium, and Ultimate features. |
### GitLab self-hosted
The following resources are available for more information on GitLab self-managed:
With GitLab self-hosted, you deploy your own GitLab instance on-premises or on a private cloud of your choice. GitLab self-hosted is available for [free and with paid subscriptions](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/): Core, Starter, Premium, and Ultimate.
-[Feature comparison](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/self-managed/feature-comparison/), for information on what features are available at each tier.
-[GitLab pricing page](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#self-managed), for subscription information and a free trial.
- Our [product marketing page](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/), for additional information including:
- How [different tiers are licensed](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/#tiers).
- The different [GitLab distributions](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/#distributions).
Every feature available in Core is also available in Starter, Premium, and Ultimate.
Starter features are also available in Premium and Ultimate, and Premium features are also
to the same features available in GitLab self-managed, **except
[administration](administration/index.md) tools and settings**.
TIP: **Tip:**
To support the open source community and encourage the development of open source projects, GitLab grants access to **Gold** features for all GitLab.com **public** projects, regardless of the subscription.
The following resources are available for more information on GitLab.com:
-[Feature comparison](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/gitlab-com/feature-comparison/), for information on what features are available at each tier.
-[GitLab pricing page](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/), for subscription information and a free trial.
- Our [product marketing page](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/), for additional information including:
- How [different tiers are licensed](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/#tiers).
- The different [GitLab distributions](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/product-marketing/#distributions).
| [GitLab Basics](gitlab-basics/README.md) | Start working on the command line and with GitLab. |
| [GitLab Workflow](workflow/README.md) and [overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/) | Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow. |
| [Get started with GitLab CI/CD](ci/quick_start/README.md) | Quickly implement GitLab CI/CD. |
| [Auto DevOps](topics/autodevops/index.md) | Learn more about GitLab's Auto DevOps. |
| [User account](user/profile/index.md) | Manage your account. |
| [Authentication](topics/authentication/index.md) | Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your ssh keys, and deploy keys for secure access to your projects. |
| [Profile settings](user/profile/index.md#profile-settings) | Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication, and more. |
| [User permissions](user/permissions.md) | Learn what each role in a project can do. |
GitLab.com subscriptions grants access
to the same features available in GitLab self-hosted, **except
[administration](administration/index.md) tools and settings**:
