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diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md index bc9a11504cd..0cb86218783 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md @@ -244,11 +244,38 @@ with a certain security level. A static personal website will not require the same security level as an online banking web app, for instance. +### Using certificates provided by Let's Encrypt + +> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/28996) in GitLab 12.1. + There are some certificate authorities that offer free certificates, aiming to make the internet more secure to everyone. The most popular is [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/), which issues certificates trusted by most of browsers, it's open -source, and free to use. See our tutorial on [how to secure your GitLab Pages website with Let's Encrypt](lets_encrypt_for_gitlab_pages.md). +source, and free to use. + +#### Requirements + +Befor you can enable automatic provisioning of SSL certificate for you domain, we you should already have: + +- Created a [project](getting_started_part_two.md) in GitLab which + contains your website's source code. +- Acquired a domain (`example.com`) and added a [DNS entry](getting_started_part_three.md#dns-records) + pointing it to your Pages website. +- [Added your domain to your Pages project](getting_started_part_three.md#add-your-custom-domain-to-gitlab-pages-settings) + and verified your ownership. +- If you use **self-hosted** GitLab instance, you also need to ask you administrator to [enable integration with Let's Encrypt](../../../administration/pages/index.md#lets-encrypt-integration). + +If you've already done all that you can enable Let's Encrypt integration on domain settings page: + + + +Note that issuance of cerficate and updating pages configuration **can take up to an hour**. + +If you already have SSL certificate in domain settings it will continue to work until it will replaced +by Let's Encrypt's certificate. + +### Using certificates provided by CloudFlare Similarly popular are [certificates issued by CloudFlare](https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl/), which also offers a [free CDN service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflares-free-cdn-and-you/). |