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diff --git a/doc/ci/variables/README.md b/doc/ci/variables/README.md index 6513b31826a..ebcb92b5db1 100644 --- a/doc/ci/variables/README.md +++ b/doc/ci/variables/README.md @@ -158,17 +158,17 @@ script: settings. Follow the discussion in issue [#13784][ce-13784] for masking the secret variables. -GitLab CI allows you to define per-project or per-group **secret variables** -that are set in the build environment. The secret variables are stored out of -the repository (`.gitlab-ci.yml`) and are securely passed to GitLab Runner -making them available in the build environment. It's the recommended method to -use for storing things like passwords, secret keys and credentials. +GitLab CI allows you to define per-project or per-group secret variables +that are set in the pipeline environment. The secret variables are stored out of +the repository (not in `.gitlab-ci.yml`) and are securely passed to GitLab Runner +making them available during a pipeline run. It's the recommended method to +use for storing things like passwords, SSH keys and credentials. Project-level secret variables can be added by going to your project's -**Settings ➔ Pipelines**, then finding the section called **Secret variables**. +**Settings > CI/CD**, then finding the section called **Secret variables**. Likewise, group-level secret variables can be added by going to your group's -**Settings ➔ Pipelines**, then finding the section called **Secret variables**. +**Settings > CI/CD**, then finding the section called **Secret variables**. Any variables of [subgroups] will be inherited recursively. Once you set them, they will be available for all subsequent pipelines. You can also @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ protected, it would only be securely passed to pipelines running on the protected variables. Protected variables can be added by going to your project's -**Settings ➔ Pipelines**, then finding the section called -**Secret variables**, and check *Protected*. +**Settings > CI/CD**, then finding the section called +**Secret variables**, and check "Protected". Once you set them, they will be available for all subsequent pipelines. |