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diff --git a/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md b/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md index fb2ce27bf49..7c0cd2c40d2 100644 --- a/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md +++ b/doc/topics/autodevops/index.md @@ -10,8 +10,30 @@ applications. ## Overview With Auto DevOps, the software development process becomes easier to set up -as every project can have a complete workflow from build to deploy and monitoring, -with minimal to zero configuration. +as every project can have a complete workflow from verification to monitoring +without needing to configure anything. Just push your code and GitLab takes +care of everything else. This makes it easier to start new projects and brings +consistency to how applications are set up throughout a company. + +## Comparison to application platforms and PaaS + +Auto DevOps provides functionality described by others as an application +platform or as a Platform as a Service (PaaS). It takes inspiration from the +innovative work done by [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com/) and goes beyond it +in a couple of ways: + +1. Auto DevOps works with any Kubernetes cluster, you're not limited to running + on GitLab's infrastructure (note that many features also work without Kubernetes). +1. There is no additional cost (no markup on the infrastructure costs), and you + can use a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster or Containers as a Service on any + public cloud (for example [Google Kubernetes Engine](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/)). +1. Auto DevOps has more features including security testing, performance testing, + and code quality testing. +1. It offers an incremental graduation path. If you need advanced customizations + you can start modifying the templates without having to start over on a + completely different platform. + +## Features Comprised of a set of stages, Auto DevOps brings these best practices to your project in an easy and automatic way: @@ -113,6 +135,11 @@ and `1.2.3.4` is the IP address of your load balancer; generally NGINX ([see prerequisites](#prerequisites)). How to set up the DNS record is beyond the scope of this document; you should check with your DNS provider. +Alternatively you can use free public services like [xip.io](http://xip.io) or +[nip.io](http://nip.io) which provide automatic wildcard DNS without any +configuration. Just set the Auto DevOps base domain to `1.2.3.4.xip.io` or +`1.2.3.4.nip.io`. + Once set up, all requests will hit the load balancer, which in turn will route them to the Kubernetes pods that run your application(s). |