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-rw-r--r--doc/administration/high_availability/database.md6
-rw-r--r--doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/administration/logs.md36
-rw-r--r--doc/api/enviroments.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/api/projects.md1
-rw-r--r--doc/ci/environments.md34
-rw-r--r--doc/ci/variables/README.md2
-rw-r--r--doc/ci/yaml/README.md22
-rw-r--r--doc/project_services/mattermost_slash_commands.md18
-rw-r--r--doc/user/markdown.md37
10 files changed, 115 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/doc/administration/high_availability/database.md b/doc/administration/high_availability/database.md
index b36cf18d459..e4f94eb7cb6 100644
--- a/doc/administration/high_availability/database.md
+++ b/doc/administration/high_availability/database.md
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ If you use a cloud-managed service, or provide your own PostgreSQL:
gitlab_rails['db_password'] = 'DB password'
postgresql['md5_auth_cidr_addresses'] = ['0.0.0.0/0']
postgresql['listen_address'] = '0.0.0.0'
+
+ # Disable automatic database migrations
+ gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` to install and configure PostgreSQL.
@@ -102,9 +105,6 @@ If you use a cloud-managed service, or provide your own PostgreSQL:
1. Exit the database prompt by typing `\q` and Enter.
1. Exit the `gitlab-psql` user by running `exit` twice.
1. Run `sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure` a final time.
-1. Run `sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations` to prevent database migrations
- from running on upgrade. Only the primary GitLab application server should
- handle migrations.
---
diff --git a/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md b/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
index f532a106bc6..b4e7bf21e35 100644
--- a/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
+++ b/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
redis['password'] = 'redis-password-goes-here'
```
-1. To prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, run:
+1. Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations. To
+ prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, add the following
+ configuration to your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` file:
```
- sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations
+ gitlab_rails['auto_migrate'] = false
```
- Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations.
-
1. [Reconfigure Omnibus GitLab][reconfigure] for the changes to take effect.
### Step 2. Configuring the slave Redis instances
diff --git a/doc/administration/logs.md b/doc/administration/logs.md
index d757a3c2a66..4b8d5c5cc87 100644
--- a/doc/administration/logs.md
+++ b/doc/administration/logs.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Log system
+# Log system
GitLab has an advanced log system where everything is logged so that you
can analyze your instance using various system log files. In addition to
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ documentation](http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/audit_events.html)
System log files are typically plain text in a standard log file format.
This guide talks about how to read and use these system log files.
-### production.log
+## `production.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/production.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/production.log` for
installations from source. (When Gitlab is running in an environment
other than production, the corresponding logfile is shown here.)
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ In this example we can see that server processed an HTTP request with URL
19:34:53 +0200. Also we can see that request was processed by
`Projects::TreeController`.
-### application.log
+## `application.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/application.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/application.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/application.log` for
installations from source.
It helps you discover events happening in your instance such as user creation,
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ October 07, 2014 11:25: User "Claudie Hodkiewicz" (nasir_stehr@olson.co.uk) was
October 07, 2014 11:25: Project "project133" was removed
```
-### githost.log
+## `githost.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/githost.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/githost.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/githost.log` for
installations from source.
GitLab has to interact with Git repositories but in some rare cases
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ December 03, 2014 13:20 -> ERROR -> Command failed [1]: /usr/bin/git --git-dir=/
error: failed to push some refs to '/Users/vsizov/gitlab-development-kit/repositories/gitlabhq/gitlab_git.git'
```
-### sidekiq.log
+## `sidekiq.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/sidekiq.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/sidekiq.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/sidekiq.log` for
installations from source.
GitLab uses background jobs for processing tasks which can take a long
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ this file. For example:
2014-06-10T18:18:26Z 14299 TID-55uqo INFO: Booting Sidekiq 3.0.0 with redis options {:url=>"redis://localhost:6379/0", :namespace=>"sidekiq"}
```
-### gitlab-shell.log
+## `gitlab-shell.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-shell/gitlab-shell.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab-shell/gitlab-shell.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab-shell/gitlab-shell.log` for
installations from source.
GitLab shell is used by Gitlab for executing Git commands and provide
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ I, [2015-02-13T06:17:00.671315 #9291] INFO -- : Adding project root/example.git
I, [2015-02-13T06:17:00.679433 #9291] INFO -- : Moving existing hooks directory and symlinking global hooks directory for /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/root/example.git.
```
-### unicorn\_stderr.log
+## `unicorn\_stderr.log`
This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/unicorn/unicorn_stderr.log` for
-omnibus package or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/unicorn_stderr.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/unicorn_stderr.log` for
installations from source.
Unicorn is a high-performance forking Web server which is used for
@@ -136,3 +136,13 @@ I, [2015-02-13T07:16:01.530733 #9047] INFO -- : reaped #<Process::Status: pid 9
I, [2015-02-13T07:16:01.534501 #13379] INFO -- : worker=1 spawned pid=13379
I, [2015-02-13T07:16:01.534848 #13379] INFO -- : worker=1 ready
```
+
+## `repocheck.log`
+
+This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/repocheck.log` for
+Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/repocheck.log` for
+installations from source.
+
+It logs information whenever a [repository check is run][repocheck] on a project.
+
+[repocheck]: repository_checks.md
diff --git a/doc/api/enviroments.md b/doc/api/enviroments.md
index 87a5fa67124..1299aca8c45 100644
--- a/doc/api/enviroments.md
+++ b/doc/api/enviroments.md
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ Example response:
[
{
"id": 1,
- "name": "Env1",
- "external_url": "https://env1.example.gitlab.com"
+ "name": "review/fix-foo",
+ "slug": "review-fix-foo-dfjre3",
+ "external_url": "https://review-fix-foo-dfjre3.example.gitlab.com"
}
]
```
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "deploy",
+ "slug": "deploy",
"external_url": "https://deploy.example.gitlab.com"
}
```
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "staging",
+ "slug": "staging",
"external_url": "https://staging.example.gitlab.com"
}
```
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ Example response:
{
"id": 1,
"name": "deploy",
+ "slug": "deploy",
"external_url": "https://deploy.example.gitlab.com"
}
```
diff --git a/doc/api/projects.md b/doc/api/projects.md
index 0bc2a5210aa..edffad555a5 100644
--- a/doc/api/projects.md
+++ b/doc/api/projects.md
@@ -664,7 +664,6 @@ Parameters:
| `path` | string | no | Custom repository name for new project. By default generated based on name |
| `default_branch` | string | no | `master` by default |
| `namespace_id` | integer | no | Namespace for the new project (defaults to the current user's namespace) |
-| `default_branch` | string | no | `master` by default |
| `description` | string | no | Short project description |
| `issues_enabled` | boolean | no | Enable issues for this project |
| `merge_requests_enabled` | boolean | no | Enable merge requests for this project |
diff --git a/doc/ci/environments.md b/doc/ci/environments.md
index 705bca6cc1f..bad0233a9ce 100644
--- a/doc/ci/environments.md
+++ b/doc/ci/environments.md
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ will later see, is exposed in various places within GitLab. Each time a job that
has an environment specified and succeeds, a deployment is recorded, remembering
the Git SHA and environment name.
+>**Note:**
+Starting with GitLab 8.15, the environment name is exposed to the Runner in
+two forms: `$CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME`, and `$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG`. The first is
+the name given in `.gitlab-ci.yml` (with any variables expanded), while the
+second is a "cleaned-up" version of the name, suitable for use in URLs, DNS,
+etc.
+
To sum up, with the above `.gitlab-ci.yml` we have achieved that:
- All branches will run the `test` and `build` jobs.
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ that can be found in the deployments page
job with the commit associated with it.
>**Note:**
-Bare in mind that your mileage will vary and it's entirely up to how you define
+Bear in mind that your mileage will vary and it's entirely up to how you define
the deployment process in the job's `script` whether the rollback succeeds or not.
GitLab CI is just following orders.
@@ -248,7 +255,7 @@ deploy_review:
- echo "Deploy a review app"
environment:
name: review/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
- url: https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.example.com
+ url: https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.review.example.com
only:
- branches
except:
@@ -266,9 +273,18 @@ ones.
So, the first part is `review`, followed by a `/` and then `$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME`
which takes the value of the branch name. Since `$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME` itself may
also contain `/`, or other characters that would be invalid in a domain name or
-URL, we use `$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG` in the `environment:url` so that the environment
-can get a specific and distinct URL for each branch. Again, the way you set up
-the webserver to serve these requests is based on your setup.
+URL, we use `$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG` in the `environment:url` so that the
+environment can get a specific and distinct URL for each branch. In this case,
+given a `$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME` of `100-Do-The-Thing`, the URL will be something
+like `https://review-100-do-the-4f99a2.example.com`. Again, the way you set up
+the web server to serve these requests is based on your setup.
+
+You could also use `$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG` in `environment:url`, e.g.:
+`https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.review.example.com`. We use `$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG`
+here because it is guaranteed to be unique, but if you're using a workflow like
+[GitLab Flow][gitlab-flow], collisions are very unlikely, and you may prefer
+environment names to be more closely based on the branch name - the example
+above would give you an URL like `https://100-do-the-thing.review.example.com`
Last but not least, we tell the job to run [`only`][only] on branches
[`except`][only] master.
@@ -300,7 +316,7 @@ deploy_review:
- echo "Deploy a review app"
environment:
name: review/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
- url: https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.example.com
+ url: https://$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG.example.com
only:
- branches
except:
@@ -419,7 +435,7 @@ deploy_review:
- echo "Deploy a review app"
environment:
name: review/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
- url: https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.example.com
+ url: https://$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG.example.com
on_stop: stop_review
only:
- branches
@@ -493,10 +509,6 @@ fetch = +refs/environments/*:refs/remotes/origin/environments/*
## Limitations
-1. `$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG` is not *guaranteed* to be unique, so there is a small
- chance of collisions between similarly-named branches (`fix-foo` would
- conflict with `fix/foo`, for instance). Following a well-defined workflow
- such as [GitLab Flow][gitlab-flow] can keep this from being a problem.
1. You are limited to use only the [CI predefined variables][variables] in the
`environment: name`. If you try to re-use variables defined inside `script`
as part of the environment name, it will not work.
diff --git a/doc/ci/variables/README.md b/doc/ci/variables/README.md
index e0ff9756868..eb540a50606 100644
--- a/doc/ci/variables/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/variables/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ version of Runner required.
| **CI_PROJECT_PATH** | 8.10 | 0.5 | The namespace with project name |
| **CI_PROJECT_URL** | 8.10 | 0.5 | The HTTP address to access project |
| **CI_PROJECT_DIR** | all | all | The full path where the repository is cloned and where the build is run |
+| **CI_ENVIRONMENT_NAME** | 8.15 | all | The name of the environment for this build |
+| **CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG** | 8.15 | all | A simplified version of the environment name, suitable for inclusion in DNS, URLs, Kubernetes labels, etc. |
| **CI_REGISTRY** | 8.10 | 0.5 | If the Container Registry is enabled it returns the address of GitLab's Container Registry |
| **CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE** | 8.10 | 0.5 | If the Container Registry is enabled for the project it returns the address of the registry tied to the specific project |
| **CI_RUNNER_ID** | 8.10 | 0.5 | The unique id of runner being used |
diff --git a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
index 5e8d888e555..a62193700fc 100644
--- a/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/yaml/README.md
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ The `stop_review_app` job is **required** to have the following keywords defined
#### dynamic environments
> [Introduced][ce-6323] in GitLab 8.12 and GitLab Runner 1.6.
- `$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG` was [introduced][ce-8072] in GitLab 8.15.
+ `$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG` was [introduced][ce-7983] in GitLab 8.15
`environment` can also represent a configuration hash with `name` and `url`.
These parameters can use any of the defined [CI variables](#variables)
@@ -703,15 +703,17 @@ deploy as review app:
stage: deploy
script: make deploy
environment:
- name: review-apps/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
- url: https://$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG.review.example.com/
+ name: review/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME
+ url: https://$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG.example.com/
```
The `deploy as review app` job will be marked as deployment to dynamically
-create the `review-apps/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME` environment, which `$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME`
-is an [environment variable][variables] set by the Runner. If for example the
-`deploy as review app` job was run in a branch named `pow`, this environment
-should be accessible under `https://pow.review.example.com/`.
+create the `review/$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME` environment, where `$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME`
+is an [environment variable][variables] set by the Runner. The
+`$CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG` variable is based on the environment name, but suitable
+for inclusion in URLs. In this case, if the `deploy as review app` job was run
+in a branch named `pow`, this environment would be accessible with an URL like
+`https://review-pow-aaaaaa.example.com/`.
This of course implies that the underlying server which hosts the application
is properly configured.
@@ -720,10 +722,6 @@ The common use case is to create dynamic environments for branches and use them
as Review Apps. You can see a simple example using Review Apps at
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-examples/review-apps-nginx/.
-`$CI_BUILD_REF_SLUG` is another environment variable set by the runner, based on
-`$CI_BUILD_REF_NAME` but lower-cased, and with some characters replaced with
-`-`, making it suitable for use in URLs and domain names.
-
### artifacts
>**Notes:**
@@ -1243,5 +1241,5 @@ CI with various languages.
[ce-6323]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/6323
[environment]: ../environments.md
[ce-6669]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/6669
-[ce-8072]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/xxxx
[variables]: ../variables/README.md
+[ce-7983]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/7983
diff --git a/doc/project_services/mattermost_slash_commands.md b/doc/project_services/mattermost_slash_commands.md
index 6fcbf6f1642..1a7c13a29b4 100644
--- a/doc/project_services/mattermost_slash_commands.md
+++ b/doc/project_services/mattermost_slash_commands.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ the administrator console.
### Step 3. Create a new custom slash command in Mattermost
-Now that you have enabled the custom slash commands in Mattermost and opened
+Now that you have enabled custom slash commands in Mattermost and opened
the Mattermost slash commands service in GitLab, it's time to copy these values
in a new slash command.
@@ -128,20 +128,16 @@ GitLab using the Mattermost commands.
## Available slash commands
-The available slash commands so far are:
+The available slash commands are:
| Command | Description | Example |
| ------- | ----------- | ------- |
-| `/<trigger> issue create <title>\n<description>` | Create a new issue in the project that `<trigger>` is tied to. `<description>` is optional. | `/trigger issue create We need to change the homepage` |
-| `/<trigger> issue show <issue-number>` | Show the issue with ID `<issue-number>` from the project that `<trigger>` is tied to. | `/trigger issue show 42` |
-| `/<trigger> deploy <environment> to <environment>` | Start the CI job that deploys from one environment to another, for example `staging` to `production`. CI/CD must be [properly configured][ciyaml]. | `/trigger deploy staging to production` |
+| <kbd>/&lt;trigger&gt; issue new &lt;title&gt; <kbd>⇧ Shift</kbd>+<kbd>↵ Enter</kbd> &lt;description&gt;</kbd> | Create a new issue in the project that `<trigger>` is tied to. `<description>` is optional. | <samp>/gitlab issue new We need to change the homepage</samp> |
+| <kbd>/&lt;trigger&gt; issue show &lt;issue-number&gt;</kbd> | Show the issue with ID `<issue-number>` from the project that `<trigger>` is tied to. | <samp>/gitlab issue show 42</samp> |
+| <kbd>/&lt;trigger&gt; deploy &lt;environment&gt; to &lt;environment&gt;</kbd> | Start the CI job that deploys from one environment to another, for example `staging` to `production`. CI/CD must be [properly configured][ciyaml]. | <samp>/gitlab deploy staging to production</samp> |
-To see a list of available commands that can interact with GitLab, type the
-trigger word followed by `help`:
-
-```
-/my-project help
-```
+To see a list of available commands to interact with GitLab, type the
+trigger word followed by <kbd>help</kbd>. Example: <samp>/gitlab help</samp>
![Mattermost bot available commands](img/mattermost_bot_available_commands.png)
diff --git a/doc/user/markdown.md b/doc/user/markdown.md
index 4d24eb21976..f6484688721 100644
--- a/doc/user/markdown.md
+++ b/doc/user/markdown.md
@@ -319,6 +319,40 @@ Here's a sample video:
![Sample Video](img/markdown_video.mp4)
+### Math
+
+> If this is not rendered correctly, see
+https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/user/markdown.md#math
+
+It is possible to have math written with the LaTeX syntax rendered using [KaTeX][katex].
+
+Math written inside ```$``$``` will be rendered inline with the text.
+
+Math written inside triple back quotes, with the language declared as `math`, will be rendered on a separate line.
+
+Example:
+
+ This math is inline $`a^2+b^2=c^2`$.
+
+ This is on a separate line
+ ```math
+ a^2+b^2=c^2
+ ```
+
+Becomes:
+
+This math is inline $`a^2+b^2=c^2`$.
+
+This is on a separate line
+```math
+a^2+b^2=c^2
+```
+
+_Be advised that KaTeX only supports a [subset][katex-subset] of LaTeX._
+
+>**Note:**
+This also works for the asciidoctor `:stem: latexmath`. For details see the [asciidoctor user manual][asciidoctor-manual].
+
## Standard Markdown
### Headers
@@ -764,3 +798,6 @@ A link starting with a `/` is relative to the wiki root.
[markdown.md]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/user/markdown.md
[rouge]: http://rouge.jneen.net/ "Rouge website"
[redcarpet]: https://github.com/vmg/redcarpet "Redcarpet website"
+[katex]: https://github.com/Khan/KaTeX "KaTeX website"
+[katex-subset]: https://github.com/Khan/KaTeX/wiki/Function-Support-in-KaTeX "Macros supported by KaTeX"
+[asciidoctor-manual]: http://asciidoctor.org/docs/user-manual/#activating-stem-support "Asciidoctor user manual" \ No newline at end of file