Commit 34d5f27b authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'docs/sort-ci-features-by-stage' into 'master'

Sort feature set table by stage

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!27940
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description: "Learn how to use GitLab CI/CD, the GitLab built-in Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Continuous Delivery toolset to build, test, and deploy your application."
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# GitLab Continuous Integration (GitLab CI/CD)
# GitLab CI/CD
GitLab CI/CD is a tool built into GitLab for software development
through the [continuous methodologies](introduction/index.md#introduction-to-cicd-methodologies):
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NOTE: **Note:**
GitLab CI/CD and [shared runners](runners/README.md#shared-specific-and-group-runners) are enabled in GitLab.com and available for all users, limited only to the [user's pipelines quota](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration.html#extra-shared-runners-pipeline-minutes-quota).
## GitLab CI/CD configuration
## Configuration
GitLab CI/CD supports numerous configuration options:
| Configuration | Description |
|:--- |:--- |
|:--------------|:-------------|
| [Pipelines](pipelines.md) | Structure your CI/CD process through pipelines. |
| [Environment variables](variables/README.md) | Reuse values based on a variable/value key pair. |
| [Environments](environments.md) | Deploy your application to different environments (e.g., staging, production). |
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| [Cache dependencies](caching/index.md) | Cache your dependencies for a faster execution. |
| [Schedule pipelines](../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md) | Schedule pipelines to run as often as you need. |
| [Custom path for `.gitlab-ci.yml`](../user/project/pipelines/settings.md#custom-ci-config-path) | Define a custom path for the CI/CD configuration file. |
| [Git submodules for CI/CD](git_submodules.md) | Configure jobs for using Git submodules. |
| [Git submodules for CI/CD](git_submodules.md) | Configure jobs for using Git submodules.|
| [SSH keys for CI/CD](ssh_keys/README.md) | Using SSH keys in your CI pipelines. |
| [Pipelines triggers](triggers/README.md) | Trigger pipelines through the API. |
| [Integrate with Kubernetes clusters](../user/project/clusters/index.md) | Connect your project to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or an existing Kubernetes cluster. |
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Note that certain operations can only be performed according to the
[user](../user/permissions.md#gitlab-cicd-permissions) and [job](../user/permissions.md#job-permissions) permissions.
## GitLab CI/CD feature set
## Feature set
You can also use the vast GitLab CI/CD feature set to easily configure
it for specific purposes:
Use the vast GitLab CI/CD to easily configure it for specific purposes.
Its feature set is listed on the table below according to DevOps stages.
| Feature | Description |
|:--- |:--- |
| [Auto Deploy](../topics/autodevops/index.md#auto-deploy) | Deploy your application to a production environment in a Kubernetes cluster. |
|:--------|:------------|
| **Configure** ||
| [Auto DevOps](../topics/autodevops/index.md) | Set up your app's entire lifecycle. |
| [ChatOps](chatops/README.md) | Trigger CI jobs from chat, with results sent back to the channel. |
|---+---|
| **Verify** ||
| [Browser Performance Testing](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/browser_performance_testing.html) | Quickly determine the performance impact of pending code changes. |
| [CI services](services/README.md) | Link Docker containers with your base image.|
| [Code Quality](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/code_quality.html) **[STARTER]** | Analyze your source code quality. |
| [GitLab CI/CD for external repositories](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/) **[PREMIUM]** | Get the benefits of GitLab CI/CD combined with repositories in GitHub and BitBucket Cloud. |
| [Interactive Web Terminals](interactive_web_terminal/index.md) **[CORE ONLY]** | Open an interactive web terminal to debug the running jobs. |
| [JUnit tests](junit_test_reports.md) | Identify script failures directly on merge requests. |
| [Using Docker images](docker/using_docker_images.md) | Use GitLab and GitLab Runner with Docker to build and test applications. |
|---+---|
| **Release** ||
| [Auto Deploy](../topics/autodevops/index.md#auto-deploy) | Deploy your application to a production environment in a Kubernetes cluster. |
| [Building Docker images](docker/using_docker_build.md) | Maintain Docker-based projects using GitLab CI/CD. |
| [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html) **[PREMIUM]** | Ship features to only a portion of your pods and let a percentage of your user base to visit the temporarily deployed feature. |
| [ChatOps](chatops/README.md) | Trigger CI jobs from chat, with results sent back to the channel. |
| [CI services](services/README.md)| Link Docker containers with your base image. |
| [Container Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/container_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]**| Check your Docker containers for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/dependency_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]**| Analyze your dependencies for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Deploy Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/deploy_boards.html) **[PREMIUM]** | Check the current health and status of each CI/CD environment running on Kubernetes. |
| [Feature Flags](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/feature_flags.html) **[PREMIUM]** | Deploy your features behind Feature Flags. |
| [GitLab CI/CD for external repositories](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ci_cd_for_external_repos/) **[PREMIUM]** | Get the benefits of GitLab CI/CD combined with repositories in GitHub and BitBucket Cloud. |
| [GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/index.md) | Deploy static websites. |
| [GitLab Releases](../user/project/releases/index.md) | Add release notes to Git tags. |
| [Interactive Web Terminals](interactive_web_terminal/index.md) **[CORE ONLY]** | Open an interactive web terminal to debug the running jobs. |
| [JUnit tests](junit_test_reports.md)| Identify script failures directly on merge requests. |
| [Review Apps](review_apps/index.md) | Configure GitLab CI/CD to preview code changes. |
|---+---|
| **Secure** ||
| [Container Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/container_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]** | Check your Docker containers for known vulnerabilities.|
| [Dependency Scanning](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/examples/dependency_scanning.html) **[ULTIMATE]** | Analyze your dependencies for known vulnerabilities. |
| [License Management](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/application_security/license_management/) **[ULTIMATE]** | Search your project dependencies for their licenses. |
| [Security Test reports](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/#security-reports-ultimate) **[ULTIMATE]** | Check for app vulnerabilities. |
| [Using Docker images](docker/using_docker_images.md) | Use GitLab and GitLab Runner with Docker to build and test applications. |
## GitLab CI/CD examples
## Examples
GitLab provides examples of configuring GitLab CI/CD in the form of:
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- [`multi-project-pipelines`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/multi-project-pipelines) for examples of implementing multi-project pipelines.
- [`review-apps-nginx`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/review-apps-nginx/) provides an example of using Review Apps.
## GitLab CI/CD administration **[CORE ONLY]**
## Administration **[CORE ONLY]**
As a GitLab administrator, you can change the default behavior
of GitLab CI/CD for:
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