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diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md b/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md index 65e1579001b..e4bc58854ef 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/introduction.md @@ -76,17 +76,21 @@ website.  -## Limitations +## Subdomains of subdomains -When using Pages under the general domain of a GitLab instance (`*.example.io`), -you _cannot_ use HTTPS with sub-subdomains. That means that if your -username or group name contains a dot, for example `foo.bar`, the domain -`https://foo.bar.example.io` does _not_ work. This is a limitation of the -[HTTP Over TLS protocol](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818#section-3.1). -HTTP pages continue to work provided you don't redirect HTTP to HTTPS. +When using Pages under the top-level domain of a GitLab instance (`*.example.io`), you can't use HTTPS with subdomains +of subdomains. If your namespace or group name contains a dot (for example, `foo.bar`) the domain +`https://foo.bar.example.io` does _not_ work. -GitLab Pages [does **not** support group websites for subgroups](../../group/subgroups/index.md#limitations). -You can only create the highest-level group website. +This limitation is because of the [HTTP Over TLS protocol](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2818#section-3.1). HTTP pages +work as long as you don't redirect HTTP to HTTPS. + +## GitLab Pages and subgroups + +You must host your GitLab Pages website in a project. This project can belong to a [group](../../group/index.md) or +[subgroup](../../group/subgroups/index.md). For +[group websites](../../project/pages/getting_started_part_one.md#gitlab-pages-default-domain-names), the group must be +at the top level and not a subgroup. ## Specific configuration options for Pages |