Commit d88007b9 authored by Russell Dickenson's avatar Russell Dickenson

Merge branch 'edit-navigation-steps-features-flags' into 'master'

Update doc/operations/feature_flags.md

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!73113
parents 43a44f4a ee76211f
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To create and enable a feature flag:
1. Navigate to your project's **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Click the **New feature flag** button.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Select **New feature flag**.
1. Enter a name that starts with a letter and contains only lowercase letters, digits, underscores (`_`),
or dashes (`-`), and does not end with a dash (`-`) or underscore (`_`).
1. Enter a description (optional, 255 characters max).
1. Optional. Enter a description (255 characters maximum).
1. Enter details about how the flag should be applied:
- In GitLab 13.0 and earlier, add **Environment specs**. For each environment,
include the **Status** (default enabled) and [**Rollout strategy**](#rollout-strategy-legacy)
......@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ To create and enable a feature flag:
- In GitLab 13.1 and later, add Feature Flag [**Strategies**](#feature-flag-strategies).
For each strategy, include the **Type** (defaults to [**All users**](#all-users))
and **Environments** (defaults to all environments).
1. Click **Create feature flag**.
1. Select **Create feature flag**.
You can change these settings by clicking the **{pencil}** (edit) button
To change these settings, select **Edit** (**{pencil}**).
next to any feature flag in the list.
## Maximum number of feature flags
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Strategies can be added to feature flags when [creating a feature flag](#create-a-feature-flag),
or by editing an existing feature flag after creation by navigating to **Deployments > Feature Flags**
and clicking **{pencil}** (edit).
and selecting **Edit** (**{pencil}**).
### All users
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To create a user list:
1. In your project, navigate to **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Select **View user lists**
1. Select **New user list**.
1. Enter a name for the list.
1. Select **Create**.
You can view a list's User IDs by clicking the **{pencil}** (edit) button next to it.
When viewing a list, you can rename it by clicking the **Edit** button.
You can view a list's User IDs by selecting **Edit** (**{pencil}**) next to it.
When viewing a list, you can rename it by selecting **Edit** (**{pencil}**).
#### Add users to a user list
......@@ -219,12 +221,13 @@ When viewing a list, you can rename it by clicking the **Edit** button.
To add users to a user list:
1. In your project, navigate to **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Click on the **{pencil}** (edit) button next to the list you want to add users to.
1. Click on **Add Users**.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Select **Edit** (**{pencil}**) next to the list you want to add users to.
1. Select **Add Users**.
1. Enter the user IDs as a comma-separated list of values. For example,
`user@example.com, user2@example.com`, or `username1,username2,username3`, and so on.
1. Click on **Add**.
1. Select **Add**.
#### Remove users from a user list
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To remove users from a user list:
1. In your project, navigate to **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Click on the **{pencil}** (edit) button next to the list you want to change.
1. Click on the **{remove}** (remove) button next to the ID you want to remove.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Select **Edit** (**{pencil}**) next to the list you want to change.
1. Select **Remove** (**{remove}**) next to the ID you want to remove.
## Rollout strategy (legacy)
......@@ -270,21 +274,23 @@ See [this video tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAJY2IGep7Y) for help
In [GitLab 13.0 and earlier](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/8621),
to disable a feature flag for a specific environment:
1. Navigate to your project's **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. For the feature flag you want to disable, click the Pencil icon.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. For the feature flag you want to disable, select **Edit** (**{pencil}**).
1. To disable the flag:
- In GitLab 13.0 and earlier: Slide the Status toggle for the environment. Or, to delete the
environment spec, on the right, click the **Remove (X)** icon.
environment spec, on the right, select **Remove (X)**.
- In GitLab 13.1 and later: For each strategy it applies to, under **Environments**, delete the environment.
1. Click **Save changes**.
1. Select **Save changes**.
## Disable a feature flag for all environments
To disable a feature flag for all environments:
1. Navigate to your project's **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. For the feature flag you want to disable, slide the Status toggle to **Disabled**.
The feature flag is displayed on the **Disabled** tab.
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To get the access credentials that your application needs to communicate with GitLab:
1. Navigate to your project's **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Click the **Configure** button to view the following:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Deployments > Feature Flags**.
1. Select **Configure** to view the following:
- **API URL**: URL where the client (application) connects to get a list of feature flags.
- **Instance ID**: Unique token that authorizes the retrieval of the feature flags.
- **Application name**: The name of the *environment* the application runs in
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