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| author | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-31 08:54:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Marcia Ramos <marcia@gitlab.com> | 2019-07-31 08:54:18 +0000 |
| commit | 87fd224fa27da2cc1b5b01c127e90ab4a8d78036 (patch) | |
| tree | eed14c32cf416ea09471d2aa11e74ef23d865e2d | |
| parent | d6a2488a5bde638edc59ce425d667e13542aa27e (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-87fd224fa27da2cc1b5b01c127e90ab4a8d78036.tar.gz | |
Help user to know what to do when deploying to cluster
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diff --git a/doc/user/project/clusters/index.md b/doc/user/project/clusters/index.md index 918944d72a1..f0d80dad94f 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/clusters/index.md +++ b/doc/user/project/clusters/index.md @@ -620,8 +620,16 @@ use an A record. If your external endpoint is a hostname, use a CNAME record. ## Deploying to a Kubernetes cluster -A Kubernetes cluster can be the destination for a deployment job using special -[deployment variables](#deployment-variables). +A Kubernetes cluster can be the destination for a deployment job. If + +- The cluster is integrated with GitLab, special + [deployment variables](#deployment-variables) are made available to your job + and configuration is not required. You can immediately begin interacting with + the cluster from your jobs using tools such as `kubectl` or `helm`. +- You don't use GitLab's cluster integration you can still deploy to your + cluster. However, you will need configure Kubernetes tools yourself + using [environment variables](../../../ci/variables/README.md#creating-a-custom-environment-variable) + before you can interact with the cluster from your jobs. ### Deployment variables |