[release](#release), [configure](#configure), [monitor](#monitor), and
| [Authentication and Authorization](administration/auth/README.md)**[CORE ONLY]** | Supported authentication and authorization providers. |
[secure](#secure).
| [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. |
| [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. |
-[Related Issues](user/project/issues/related_issues.md): create a relationship between issues.**[STARTER]**
| [Labels](user/project/labels.md) | Categorize issues or merge requests with descriptive labels. |
-[Issues and merge requests templates](user/project/description_templates.md): Create templates for submitting new issues and merge requests.
| [Milestones](user/project/milestones/index.md) | Set milestones for delivery of issues and merge requests, with optional due date. |
-[Labels](user/project/labels.md): Categorize your issues or merge requests based on descriptive titles.
| [Project Issue Board](user/project/issue_board.md) | Display issues on a Scrum or Kanban board. |
-[Milestones](user/project/milestones/index.md): Organize issues and merge requests into a cohesive group, optionally setting a due date.
| [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. |
-[Burndown Charts](user/project/milestones/burndown_charts.md): Watch your project's progress throughout a specific milestone. **[STARTER]**
| [Related Issues](user/project/issues/related_issues.md)**[STARTER]** | Create a relationship between issues. |
-[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.
| [Service Desk](user/project/service_desk.md)**[PREMIUM]** | A simple way to allow people to create issues in your GitLab instance without needing their own user account. |
-[Service Desk](user/project/service_desk.md): A simple way to allow people to create issues in your GitLab instance without needing their own user account. **[PREMIUM]**
| [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. |
#### Migrate and import your projects from other platforms
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-[Importing to GitLab](user/project/import/index.md): Import your projects from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab.com, FogBugz and SVN into GitLab.
| [Advanced global search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md)**[STARTER]** | Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. |
-[Importing and exporting projects between instances](user/project/settings/import_export.md).
| [Advanced syntax search](user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md)**[STARTER]** | Use advanced queries for more targeted search results. |
-[Project access](public_access/public_access.md): Setting up your project's visibility to public, internal, or private.
| [Contribution analytics](user/group/contribution_analytics/index.md)**[STARTER]** | See detailed statistics of group contributors. |
-[GitLab Pages](user/project/pages/index.md): Build, test, and deploy your static website with GitLab Pages.
| [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. |
-[Groups](user/group/index.md): Organize your projects in groups.
| [Issues Analytics](user/group/issues_analytics/index.md)**[PREMIUM]** | Check how many issues were created per month. |
-[Contribution Analytics](user/group/contribution_analytics/index.md): See detailed statistics of group contributors. **[STARTER]**
| [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. |
-[Issues Analytics](user/group/issues_analytics/index.md): Check how many issues were created per month. **[PREMIUM]**
| [Search through GitLab](user/search/index.md) | Search for issues, merge requests, projects, groups, and todos. |
-[Search through GitLab](user/search/index.md): Search for issues, merge requests, projects, groups, todos, and issues in Issue Boards.
| [Snippets](user/snippets.md) | Snippets allow you to create little bits of code. |
-[Advanced Global Search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md): Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. **[STARTER]**
| [Web IDE](user/project/web_ide/index.md) | Edit files within GitLab's user interface. |
-[Advanced Syntax Search](user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md): Use advanced queries for more targeted search results. **[STARTER]**
| [Wikis](user/project/wiki/index.md) | Enhance your repository documentation with built-in wikis. |
-[Snippets](user/snippets.md): Snippets allow you to create little bits of code.
-[Wikis](user/project/wiki/index.md): Enhance your repository documentation with built-in wikis.
| [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. |
-[Files](user/project/repository/index.md#files)
| [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 a file](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-file)
| [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. |
-[Upload a file](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#upload-a-file)
| [Delete merged branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#delete-merged-branches) | Bulk delete branches after their changes are merged. |
-[Work In Progress "WIP" Merge Requests](user/project/merge_requests/work_in_progress_merge_requests.md)
| [Checking out merge requests locally](user/project/merge_requests/index.md#checkout-merge-requests-locally) | Tips for working with merge requests locally. |
-[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.
| [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. |
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#### Integrations
#### Integration and Automation
-[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.
-[JIRA Development Panel](integration/jira_development_panel.md): See GitLab information in the JIRA Development Panel. **[PREMIUM]**
| Create Topics - Integration and Automation | Description |
| [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. |
| [JIRA Development Panel](integration/jira_development_panel.md)**[PREMIUM]** | See GitLab information in the JIRA Development Panel. |
| [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. |
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-[API](api/README.md): Automate GitLab via a simple and powerful API.
Apps. Customize your approval workflow controls, automatically test the quality
apps. Customize your approval workflow controls, automatically test the quality
of your code, and spin up a staging environment for every code change.
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
GitLab Continuous Integration is the most popular next generation testing system that
scales to run your tests faster.
scales to run your tests faster.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Verify** stage:
-[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.
| [Canary Deployments](user/project/canary_deployments.md)**[PREMIUM]** | Employ a popular CI strategy where a small portion of the fleet is updated to the new version first. |
-[Deploy Boards](user/project/deploy_boards.md): View of the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes, displaying the status of the pods in the deployment. **[PREMIUM]**
| [Deploy Boards](user/project/deploy_boards.md)**[PREMIUM]** | View the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes, displaying the status of the pods in the deployment. |
-[Canary Deployments](user/project/canary_deployments.md): A popular CI strategy, where a small portion of the fleet is updated to the new version first. **[PREMIUM]**
| [Environments and deployments](ci/environments.md) | With environments, you can control the continuous deployment of your software within GitLab. |
| [Environment-specific variables](ci/variables/README.md#limiting-environment-scopes-of-variables)**[PREMIUM]** | Limit scope of variables to specific environments. |
| [GitLab CI/CD](ci/README.md) | Explore the features and capabilities of Continuous Deployment and Delivery with GitLab. |
| [GitLab Pages](user/project/pages/index.md) | Build, test, and deploy a static site directly from GitLab. |
| [Protected Runners](ci/runners/README.md#protected-runners) | Select Runners to only pick jobs for protected branches and tags. |
| [Scheduled Pipelines](user/project/pipelines/schedules.md) | Execute pipelines on a schedule. |
| [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. |
| [GitLab ChatOps](ci/chatops/README.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Interact with CI/CD jobs through chat services. |
| [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. |
| [Multiple Kubernetes Clusters](user/project/clusters/index.md#multiple-kubernetes-clusters)**[PREMIUM]** | Associate more than one Kubernetes clusters to your project. |
| [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
### Monitor
Ensure your applications are always responsive and available.
Measure how long it takes to go from planning to monitoring and ensure your
applications are always responsive and available. GitLab collects and displays
GitLab collects and displays performance metrics for deployed applications so you can know in an
performance metrics for deployed apps using Prometheus so you can know in an
instant how code changes impact your production environment.
instant how code changes impact your production environment.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Monitor** stage:
-[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.
| Monitor Topics | Description |
-[Prometheus metrics](user/project/integrations/prometheus_library/metrics.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).
| [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). |
-[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 Prometheus](administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md)**[CORE ONLY]** | Configure the bundled Prometheus to collect various metrics from your GitLab instance. |
-[GitLab Cycle Analytics](user/project/cycle_analytics.md): Cycle Analytics measures the time it takes to go from an
| [Health check](user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md) | GitLab provides liveness and readiness probes to indicate service health and reachability to required services. |
[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.
| [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/metrics.md) | Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch. |
| [Container Scanning](user/project/merge_requests/container_scanning.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Use Clair to scan docker images for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency Scanning](user/project/merge_requests/dependency_scanning.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Analyze your dependencies for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](user/project/merge_requests/dast.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Analyze running web applications for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Group Security Dashboard](user/group/security_dashboard/index.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | View vulnerabilities in all the projects in a group and its subgroups. |
| [License Management](user/project/merge_requests/license_management.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Search your project's dependencies for their licenses. |
| [Project Security Dashboard](user/project/security_dashboard.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | View the latest security reports for your project. |
| [Static Application Security Testing (SAST)](user/project/merge_requests/sast.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Analyze source code for known vulnerabilities. |
## Subscribe to GitLab
There are two ways to use GitLab:
-[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.
The following sections outline tiers and features within GitLab self-managed and GitLab.com.
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. |
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### User account
### User account
Learn more about GitLab account management:
-[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.
| [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. |
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-[Git](topics/git/index.md): Getting started with Git, branching strategies, Git LFS, advanced use.
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## Building an integration with GitLab
- GitLab self-hosted: Install, administer, and maintain your own GitLab instance.
- 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.
There are many ways to integrate with GitLab, including:
### GitLab self-hosted
| Topic | Description |
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.
