| [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. |
GitLab is the first single application for software development, security,
and operations that enables Concurrent DevOps, making the software lifecycle
three times faster and radically improving the speed of business. GitLab
provides solutions for all the stages of the DevOps lifecycle:
| [Burndown Charts](user/project/milestones/burndown_charts.md)**[STARTER]** | Watch your project's progress throughout a specific milestone. |
| [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. |
| [Epics](user/group/epics/index.md)**[ULTIMATE]** | Tracking groups of issues that share a theme. |
| [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. |
| [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. |
| [Related Issues](user/project/issues/related_issues.md)**[STARTER]** | Create a relationship between issues. |
| [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. |
| [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. |
-[Related Issues](user/project/issues/related_issues.md): create a relationship between issues.**[STARTER]**
-[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.
-[Burndown Charts](user/project/milestones/burndown_charts.md): Watch your project's progress throughout a specific milestone. **[STARTER]**
-[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): A simple way to allow people to create issues in your GitLab instance without needing their own user account. **[PREMIUM]**
#### Migrate and import your projects from other platforms
-[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.
### Create
Consolidate source code into a single [distributed version control system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control)
Consolidate source code into a single [DVCS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control)
that’s easily managed and controlled without disrupting your workflow.
GitLab’s Git repositories come complete with branching tools and access
GitLab’s git repositories come complete with branching tools and access
controls, providing a scalable, single source of truth for collaborating
on projects and code.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Create** stage:
#### Projects and Groups
| Create Topics - Projects and Groups | Description |
| [Advanced global search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md)**[STARTER]** | Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. |
| [Advanced syntax search](user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md)**[STARTER]** | Use advanced queries for more targeted search results. |
| [Contribution analytics](user/group/contribution_analytics/index.md)**[STARTER]** | See detailed statistics of group contributors. |
| [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. |
| [Issues Analytics](user/group/issues_analytics/index.md)**[PREMIUM]** | Check how many issues were created per month. |
| [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. |
-[Contribution Analytics](user/group/contribution_analytics/index.md): See detailed statistics of group contributors. **[STARTER]**
-[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, todos, and issues in Issue Boards.
-[Advanced Global Search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md): Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. **[STARTER]**
-[Advanced Syntax Search](user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md): Use advanced queries for more targeted search results. **[STARTER]**
-[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. |
| [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. |
-[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.
-[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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-[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.
| [Auto Deploy](topics/autodevops/index.md#auto-deploy) | Configure GitLab for the deployment of your application. |
| [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)**[PREMIUM]** | View the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes, displaying the status of the pods in the deployment. |
| [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. |
-[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]**
-[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]**
### Configure
Automate your entire workflow from build to deploy and monitoring with GitLab
Auto DevOps. Best practice templates get you started with minimal to zero
Auto Devops. Best practice templates get you started with minimal to zero
configuration. Then customize everything from buildpacks to CI/CD.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Configure** stage:
| [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. |
| [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. |
| [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/metrics.md) | Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch. |
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-[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/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).
-[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.
### Secure
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data leaks, and denial of services. GitLab will perform static and dynamic tests on the
code of your application, looking for known flaws and report them in the merge request
so you can fix them before merging. Security teams can use dashboards to get a
high-level view on projects and groups, and start remediation processes when needed.
The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Secure** stage:
| [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.
high-level view on projects and groups, and start remediation processes when needed:
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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-[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).
### 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. |
| [GitLab API](api/README.md) | Integrate GitLab via a simple and powerful API. |
| [Integrations and automation](#integration-and-automation) | All GitLab integration and automation options. |
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.
