Commit dbfde1d0 authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis Committed by James Edwards-Jones

Add requirements section

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**Table of Contents** *generated with [DocToc](https://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc)*
- [Getting started with GitLab Pages](#getting-started-with-gitlab-pages)
- [GitLab Pages requirements](#gitlab-pages-requirements)
- [GitLab pages per user](#gitlab-pages-per-user)
- [GitLab pages per group](#gitlab-pages-per-group)
- [GitLab pages per project](#gitlab-pages-per-project)
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## Getting started with GitLab Pages
GitLab Pages rely heavily on GitLab CI and its ability to upload artifacts.
The steps that are performed from the initialization of a project to the
creation of the static content, can be summed up to:
1. Find out the general domain name that is used for GitLab Pages
(ask your administrator). This is very important, so you should first make
sure you get that right.
1. Create a project (its name should be specific according to the case)
1. Provide a specific job named `pages` in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
1. GitLab Runner builds the project
1. GitLab CI uploads the artifacts
1. The [GitLab Pages daemon][pages-daemon] serves the content
As a user, you should normally be concerned only with the first three or four
items. If [shared runners](../ci/runners/README.md) are enabled by your GitLab
administrator, you should be able to use them instead of bringing your own.
> **Note:**
> In the rest of this document we will assume that the general domain name that
> is used for GitLab Pages is `example.io`.
GitLab Pages rely heavily on GitLab CI and its ability to upload
[artifacts](../ci/yaml/README.md#artifacts).
In general there are two kinds of pages one might create:
- Pages per user/group
- Pages per project
- Pages per user/group (`username.example.io`)
- Pages per project (`username.example.io/projectname`)
In GitLab, usernames and groupnames are unique and often people refer to them
as namespaces. There can be only one namespace in a GitLab instance.
> **Note:**
> In the rest of this document we will assume that the general domain name that
> is used for GitLab Pages is `example.io`.
> **Warning:**
> There are some known [limitations](#limitations) regarding namespaces served
> under the general domain name and HTTPS. Make sure to read that section.
### GitLab Pages requirements
In brief, this is what you need to upload your website in GitLab Pages:
1. Find out the general domain name that is used for GitLab Pages
(ask your administrator). This is very important, so you should first make
sure you get that right.
1. Create a project
1. Provide a specific job named [`pages`](../ci/yaml/README.md#pages) in
[`.gitlab-ci.yml`](../ci/yaml/README.md)
1. A GitLab Runner to build GitLab Pages
If [shared runners](../ci/runners/README.md) are enabled by your GitLab
administrator, you should be able to use them instead of bringing your own.
### GitLab pages per user
Head over your GitLab instance that supports GitLab Pages and create a
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