GitLab Docs

Welcome to GitLab documentation.

Here you can access the complete documentation for GitLab, the single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle.

Overview

No matter how you use GitLab, we have documentation for you.

Essential documentation	Essential documentation
User documentation Discover features and concepts for GitLab users.	Administrator documentation Everything GitLab self-managed administrators need to know.
Contributing to GitLab At GitLab, everyone can contribute!	New to Git and GitLab? We have the resources to get you started.
Build an integration with GitLab Consult our integration documentation.	Coming to GitLab from another platform? Consult our guides.
Install GitLab Installation options for different platforms.	Customers Information for new and existing customers.
Update GitLab Update your GitLab self-managed instance to the latest version.	Reference Architectures GitLab reference architectures
GitLab releases What's new in GitLab.

Popular topics

Have a look at some of our most popular topics:

Popular topic	Description
Two-factor authentication	Improve the security of your GitLab account.
GitLab groups	Manage projects together.
GitLab CI/CD pipeline configuration reference	Available configuration options for .gitlab-ci.yml files.
Activate GitLab EE with a license (STARTER ONLY)	Activate GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license.
Back up and restore GitLab (CORE ONLY)	Rake tasks for backing up and restoring GitLab self-managed instances.
GitLab release and maintenance policy	Policies for version naming and cadence, and also upgrade recommendations.
Elasticsearch integration (STARTER ONLY)	Integrate Elasticsearch with GitLab to enable advanced searching.
Omnibus GitLab database settings (CORE ONLY)	Database settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances.
Omnibus GitLab NGINX settings (CORE ONLY)	NGINX settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances.
Omnibus GitLab SSL configuration (CORE ONLY)	SSL settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances.
GitLab.com settings	Settings used for GitLab.com.

The entire DevOps lifecycle

GitLab is the first single application for software development, security, and operations that enables Concurrent DevOps. GitLab makes the software lifecycle faster and radically improves the speed of business.

GitLab provides solutions for each of the stages of the DevOps lifecycle.

New to Git and GitLab?

Working with new systems can be daunting.

We have the following documentation to rapidly uplift your GitLab knowledge:

Topic	Description
GitLab basics guides	Start working on the command line and with GitLab.
GitLab workflow overview	Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow.
Get started with GitLab CI/CD	Quickly implement GitLab CI/CD.
Auto DevOps	Learn more about Auto DevOps in GitLab.
GitLab Markdown	Advanced formatting system (GitLab Flavored Markdown)

User account

Learn more about GitLab account management:

Topic	Description
User account	Manage your account.
Authentication	Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your SSH keys, and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
Profile settings	Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication, and more.
User permissions	Learn what each role in a project can do.

Git and GitLab

Learn more about using Git, and using Git with GitLab:

Topic	Description
Git	Getting started with Git, branching strategies, Git LFS, and advanced use.
Git cheat sheet	Download a PDF describing the most used Git operations.
GitLab Flow	Explore the best of Git with the GitLab Flow strategy.

Coming to GitLab from another platform

If you are coming to GitLab from another platform, the following information is useful:

Topic	Description
Importing to GitLab	Import your projects from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab.com, FogBugz, and SVN into GitLab.
Migrating from SVN	Convert a SVN repository to Git and GitLab.

Build an integration with GitLab

There are many ways to integrate with GitLab, including:

Topic	Description
GitLab REST API	Integrate with GitLab using our REST API.
GitLab GraphQL API	Integrate with GitLab using our GraphQL API.
Integrations	Integrations with third-party products.

Contributing to GitLab

GitLab Community Edition is open source and GitLab Enterprise Edition is open-core.

Learn how to contribute to GitLab with the following resources:

Topic	Description
Development	How to contribute to GitLab development.
Legal	Contributor license agreements.
Writing documentation	How to contribute to GitLab Docs.