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author | Stan Hu <stanhu@gmail.com> | 2016-01-09 22:30:34 +0300 |
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committer | Douglas Barbosa Alexandre <dbalexandre@gmail.com> | 2016-02-02 16:25:44 +0300 |
commit | d20e75a8d80c2828336cd22897ea6868d666f8a5 (patch) | |
tree | 9cbf725ad1b523ab0c8d94261d4a02a0677ca450 /doc | |
parent | 6cffcb05882b0d3c4a02f9acf21806e25ea09ec3 (diff) |
Support Akismet spam checking for creation of issues via API
Currently any spam detected by Akismet by non-members via API will be logged
in a separate table in the admin page.
Closes #5612
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/integration/akismet.md | 30 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/integration/img/akismet_settings.png | bin | 0 -> 55837 bytes |
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/integration/README.md b/doc/integration/README.md index 83116bc8370..281eea8363d 100644 --- a/doc/integration/README.md +++ b/doc/integration/README.md @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ See the documentation below for details on how to configure these services. - [OAuth2 provider](oauth_provider.md) OAuth2 application creation - [Gmail actions buttons](gmail_action_buttons_for_gitlab.md) Adds GitLab actions to messages - [reCAPTCHA](recaptcha.md) Configure GitLab to use Google reCAPTCHA for new users +- [Akismet](akismet.md) Configure Akismet to stop spam GitLab Enterprise Edition contains [advanced Jenkins support][jenkins]. diff --git a/doc/integration/akismet.md b/doc/integration/akismet.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5cc09bd536d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/integration/akismet.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Akismet + +GitLab leverages [Akismet](http://akismet.com) to protect against spam. Currently +GitLab uses Akismet to prevent users who are not members of a project from +creating spam via the GitLab API. Detected spam will be rejected, and +an entry in the "Spam Log" section in the Admin page will be created. + +Privacy note: GitLab submits the user's IP and user agent to Akismet. Note that +adding a user to a project will disable the Akismet check and prevent this +from happening. + +## Configuration + +To use Akismet: + +1. Go to the URL: https://akismet.com/account/ + +2. Sign-in or create a new account. + +3. Click on "Show" to reveal the API key. + +4. Go to Applications Settings on Admin Area (`admin/application_settings`) + +5. Check the `Enable Akismet` checkbox + +6. Fill in the API key from step 3. + +7. Save the configuration. + +![Screenshot of Akismet settings](img/akismet_settings.png) diff --git a/doc/integration/img/akismet_settings.png b/doc/integration/img/akismet_settings.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000000..ccdd3adb1c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/integration/img/akismet_settings.png |