Commit c5c1ce29 authored by Craig Norris's avatar Craig Norris

Merge branch 'docs-aqualls-move-status-page' into 'master'

Move the status page to a new home

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!37766
parents 85d00751 69e9d5c2
---
stage: Monitor
group: Health
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers
---
# GitLab Status Page **(ULTIMATE)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2479) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.10.
GitLab Status Page allows you to create and deploy a static website to communicate efficiently to users during an incident.
## How to set up
NOTE: **Note:**
Only AWS S3 is supported as a deploy target.
```mermaid
graph TB
subgraph GitLab Instance
issues(issue updates) -- trigger --> middleware(Background job: JSON generation)
end
subgraph Cloud Provider
middleware --saves data --> c1(Cloud Bucket stores JSON file)
end
subgraph Status Page
d(Static Site on CDN) -- fetches data --> c1
end
```
Setting up a Status Page is pretty painless but there are a few things you need to do.
### Cloud account set up
To use GitLab Status Page you first need to set up your account details for your cloud provider in the operations settings page. Today, only AWS is supported.
#### AWS Setup
1. Within your AWS acccout, create two new IAM policies.
- [Create bucket](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page/-/blob/master/deploy/etc/s3_create_policy.json).
- [Update bucket contents](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page/-/blob/master/deploy/etc/s3_update_bucket_policy.json) (Remember replace `S3_BUCKET_NAME` with your bucket name).
1. Create a new AWS access key with the permissions policies created in the first step.
### Status Page project
To deploy the Status Page to AWS S3 you need to add the Status Page project & configure the necessary CI variables.
1. Fork the [Status Page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page) project. This can also be done via [Repository Mirroring](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page#repository-mirroring) which will ensure you get the up-to-date Status Page features.
1. Add the following variables in **Settings > CI/CD > Variables**. (To get these variables from Amazon, use your Amazon Console):
- `S3_BUCKET_NAME` - name of the Amazon S3 bucket (If a bucket with the provided name doesn't exist, the first pipeline run will create one and configure it for [static website hosting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/HostingWebsiteOnS3Setup.html))
- `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` - the AWS region
- `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` - the AWS access key ID
- `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` - the AWS secret
1. Run the pipeline to deploy the Status Page to S3.
### Syncing incidents to the Status Page
Once the CI/CD variables are set, you'll need to set up the Project you want to use for Incident issues:
1. To view the [Operations Settings](../../user/project/settings/#operations-settings) page, navigate to **{settings}** **Settings > Operations > Status Page**.
1. Fill in your cloud provider's credentials and make sure the **Active** checkbox is checked.
1. Click **Save changes**.
## Status Page UI
The Status Page landing page shows you an overview of the recent incidents. Clicking on an incident will take you to the incident's detail page.
![Status Page landing page](img/status_page_incidents_v12_10.png)
### Incident detail page
The incident detail page shows detailed information about a particular incident. For example:
- Status on the incident, including when the incident was last updated.
- The incident title, including any emojis.
- The description of the incident, including emojis.
- Any file attachments provided in the incident description or comments with a valid image extension. [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/205166) in GitLab 13.1.
- A chronological ordered list of updates to the incident.
![Status Page detail](img/status_page_detail_v12_10.png)
## How it works
### Publishing Incidents
To publish an Incident, you first need to create an issue in the Project you enabled the Status Page settings in.
Issues are not published to the Status Page by default. Use the `/publish` [quick action](../../user/project/quick_actions.md) in an issue to publish the issue. Only [project or group owners](../../user/permissions.md) are permitted to publish issues.
After the quick action is used, a background worker publishes the issue onto the Status Page using the credentials you provided during setup.
Since all incidents are published publicly, user and group mentions are anonymized with `Incident Responder`,
and titles of non-public [GitLab references](../../user/markdown.md#special-gitlab-references) are removed.
When an Incident is published in the GitLab project, you can access the
details page of the Incident by clicking the **Published on status page** button
displayed under the Incident's title.
![Status Page detail link](img/status_page_detail_link_v13_1.png)
NOTE: **Note:**
Confidential issues can't be published. If you make a published issue confidential, it will be unpublished.
### Publishing updates
To publish an update to the Incident, update the incident issue's description.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
When referenced issues are changed (e.g. title, confidentiality) the incident they were referenced in are not updated automatically.
### Adding comments
To add comments to the Status Page Incident, create a comment on the incident issue.
When you're ready to publish the comment, add a microphone [award emoji](../../user/award_emojis.md) reaction (`:microphone` 🎤) to the comment. This marks the comment as one which should be deployed to the Status Page.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
Anyone with access to view the Issue can add an Emoji Award to a comment, so you may want to keep your Issues limited to team members only.
### Changing the Incident status
To change the incident status from `open` to `closed`, close the incident issue within GitLab. This will then be updated shortly on the Status Page website.
## Attachment storage
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/205166) in GitLab 13.1.
Beginning with GitLab 13.1, files attached to incident issue descriptions or
comments are published and unpublished to the status page storage as part of
the [publication flow](#how-it-works).
### Limit
Only 5000 attachments per issue will be transferred to the status page.
......@@ -316,4 +316,4 @@ Read more how to [add or remove a zoom meeting](associate_zoom_meeting.md).
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/30906) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.1.
If a status page application is associated with the project, you can use the `/publish` [quick action](../quick_actions.md) to publish the issue. Refer to [GitLab Status Page](../status_page/index.md) for more information.
If a status page application is associated with the project, you can use the `/publish` [quick action](../quick_actions.md) to publish the issue. Refer to [GitLab Status Page](../../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md) for more information.
......@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The following quick actions are applicable to descriptions, discussions and thre
| `/move <path/to/project>` | ✓ | | | Move this issue to another project. |
| `/parent_epic <epic>` | | | ✓ | Set parent epic to `<epic>`. The `<epic>` value should be in the format of `&epic`, `group&epic`, or a URL to an epic ([introduced in GitLab 12.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10556)). **(ULTIMATE)** |
| `/promote` | ✓ | | | Promote issue to epic. **(PREMIUM)** |
| `/publish` | ✓ | | | Publish issue to an associated [Status Page](status_page/index.md) ([Introduced in GitLab 13.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/30906)) **(ULTIMATE)** |
| `/publish` | ✓ | | | Publish issue to an associated [Status Page](../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md) ([Introduced in GitLab 13.0](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/30906)) **(ULTIMATE)** |
| `/reassign @user1 @user2` | ✓ | ✓ | | Change assignee. **(STARTER)** |
| `/relabel ~label1 ~label2` | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Replace existing labels with those specified. |
| `/relate #issue1 #issue2` | ✓ | | | Mark issues as related. **(STARTER)** |
......
......@@ -278,5 +278,5 @@ Add the URL of a Jaeger server to allow your users to [easily access the Jaeger
### Status Page
[Add Storage credentials](../status_page/#syncing-incidents-to-the-status-page)
to enable the syncing of public Issues to a [deployed status page](../status_page/#status-page-project).
[Add Storage credentials](../../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md#syncing-incidents-to-the-status-page)
to enable the syncing of public Issues to a [deployed status page](../../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md#status-page-project).
---
stage: Monitor
group: Health
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers
redirect_to: '../../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md'
---
# GitLab Status Page **(ULTIMATE)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2479) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.10.
GitLab Status Page allows you to create and deploy a static website to communicate efficiently to users during an incident.
## How to set up
NOTE: **Note:**
Only AWS S3 is supported as a deploy target.
```mermaid
graph TB
subgraph GitLab Instance
issues(issue updates) -- trigger --> middleware(Background job: JSON generation)
end
subgraph Cloud Provider
middleware --saves data --> c1(Cloud Bucket stores JSON file)
end
subgraph Status Page
d(Static Site on CDN) -- fetches data --> c1
end
```
Setting up a Status Page is pretty painless but there are a few things you need to do.
### Cloud account set up
To use GitLab Status Page you first need to set up your account details for your cloud provider in the operations settings page. Today, only AWS is supported.
#### AWS Setup
1. Within your AWS acccout, create two new IAM policies.
- [Create bucket](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page/-/blob/master/deploy/etc/s3_create_policy.json).
- [Update bucket contents](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page/-/blob/master/deploy/etc/s3_update_bucket_policy.json) (Remember replace `S3_BUCKET_NAME` with your bucket name).
1. Create a new AWS access key with the permissions policies created in the first step.
### Status Page project
To deploy the Status Page to AWS S3 you need to add the Status Page project & configure the necessary CI variables.
1. Fork the [Status Page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page) project. This can also be done via [Repository Mirroring](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page#repository-mirroring) which will ensure you get the up-to-date Status Page features.
1. Add the following variables in **Settings > CI/CD > Variables**. (To get these variables from Amazon, use your Amazon Console):
- `S3_BUCKET_NAME` - name of the Amazon S3 bucket (If a bucket with the provided name doesn't exist, the first pipeline run will create one and configure it for [static website hosting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/HostingWebsiteOnS3Setup.html))
- `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` - the AWS region
- `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` - the AWS access key ID
- `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` - the AWS secret
1. Run the pipeline to deploy the Status Page to S3.
### Syncing incidents to the Status Page
Once the CI/CD variables are set, you'll need to set up the Project you want to use for Incident issues:
1. To view the [Operations Settings](../settings/#operations-settings) page, navigate to **{settings}** **Settings > Operations > Status Page**.
1. Fill in your cloud provider's credentials and make sure the **Active** checkbox is checked.
1. Click **Save changes**.
## Status Page UI
The Status Page landing page shows you an overview of the recent incidents. Clicking on an incident will take you to the incident's detail page.
![Status Page landing page](../img/status_page_incidents_v12_10.png)
### Incident detail page
The incident detail page shows detailed information about a particular incident. For example:
- Status on the incident, including when the incident was last updated.
- The incident title, including any emojis.
- The description of the incident, including emojis.
- Any file attachments provided in the incident description or comments with a valid image extension. [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/205166) in GitLab 13.1.
- A chronological ordered list of updates to the incident.
![Status Page detail](../img/status_page_detail_v12_10.png)
## How it works
### Publishing Incidents
To publish an Incident, you first need to create an issue in the Project you enabled the Status Page settings in.
Issues are not published to the Status Page by default. Use the `/publish` [quick action](../quick_actions.md) in an issue to publish the issue. Only [project or group owners](../../permissions.md) are permitted to publish issues.
After the quick action is used, a background worker publishes the issue onto the Status Page using the credentials you provided during setup.
Since all incidents are published publicly, user and group mentions are anonymized with `Incident Responder`,
and titles of non-public [GitLab references](../../markdown.md#special-gitlab-references) are removed.
When an Incident is published in the GitLab project, you can access the
details page of the Incident by clicking the **Published on status page** button
displayed under the Incident's title.
![Status Page detail link](../img/status_page_detail_link_v13_1.png)
NOTE: **Note:**
Confidential issues can't be published. If you make a published issue confidential, it will be unpublished.
### Publishing updates
To publish an update to the Incident, update the incident issue's description.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
When referenced issues are changed (e.g. title, confidentiality) the incident they were referenced in are not updated automatically.
### Adding comments
To add comments to the Status Page Incident, create a comment on the incident issue.
When you're ready to publish the comment, add a microphone [award emoji](../../../user/award_emojis.md) reaction (`:microphone` 🎤) to the comment. This marks the comment as one which should be deployed to the Status Page.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
Anyone with access to view the Issue can add an Emoji Award to a comment, so you may want to keep your Issues limited to team members only.
### Changing the Incident status
To change the incident status from `open` to `closed`, close the incident issue within GitLab. This will then be updated shortly on the Status Page website.
## Attachment storage
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/205166) in GitLab 13.1.
Beginning with GitLab 13.1, files attached to incident issue descriptions or
comments are published and unpublished to the status page storage as part of
the [publication flow](#how-it-works).
### Limit
Only 5000 attachments per issue will be transferred to the status page.
This document was moved to [status_page.md](../../../operations/incident_management/status_page.md).
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