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diff --git a/doc/user/project/pages/redirects.md b/doc/user/project/pages/redirects.md index ae7b1b4fa6e..60fbf368061 100644 --- a/doc/user/project/pages/redirects.md +++ b/doc/user/project/pages/redirects.md @@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w # Create redirects for GitLab Pages -> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/-/issues/24) in GitLab Pages 1.25.0 and GitLab 13.4. -> - It's [deployed behind a feature flag](#enable-or-disable-redirects), disabled by default. -> - To use it in GitLab self-managed instances, ask a GitLab administrator to [enable it](#enable-or-disable-redirects). +> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/-/issues/24) in GitLab Pages 1.25.0 and GitLab 13.4 behind a feature flag, disabled by default. +> - [Became enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-pages/-/merge_requests/367) in GitLab 13.5. CAUTION: **Warning:** This feature might not be available to you. Check the **version history** note above for details. -In GitLab Pages, you can [enable](#enable-or-disable-redirects) the redirects feature to configure rules to forward one URL to another using HTTP redirects. GitLab Pages uses -[Netlify style redirects](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/#syntax-for-the-redirects-file). +In GitLab Pages, you can configure rules to forward one URL to another using +[Netlify style](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/#syntax-for-the-redirects-file) +HTTP redirects. ## Supported features @@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ GitLab Pages only supports the [`_redirects` plain text file syntax](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/#syntax-for-the-redirects-file), and `.toml` files are not supported. -Redirects are only supported at a basic level, and GitLab Pages doesn't support all -[special options offered by Netlify](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/redirect-options/): +Redirects are only supported at a basic level. GitLab Pages doesn't support all +[special options offered by Netlify](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/redirect-options/). + +Note that supported paths must start with a forward slash `/`. | Feature | Supported | Example | | ------- | --------- | ------- | @@ -37,12 +39,9 @@ Redirects are only supported at a basic level, and GitLab Pages doesn't support | Redirect by country or language | **{dotted-circle}** No | `/ /anz 302 Country=au,nz` | | Redirect by role | **{dotted-circle}** No | `/admin/* 200! Role=admin` | -NOTE: **Note:** -Supported paths must start with a forward slash `/`. - ## Create redirects -To create redirects after [enabling](#enable-or-disable-redirects) the feature, +To create redirects, create a configuration file named `_redirects` in the `public/` directory of your GitLab Pages site. @@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ is ignored because `hello.html` exists: /projectname/hello.html /projectname/world.html 302 ``` -NOTE: **Note:** -GitLab does not support Netlify's +GitLab doesn't support Netlify's [force option](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/rewrites-proxies/#shadowing) to change this behavior. @@ -105,19 +103,19 @@ rule 10: valid rule 11: valid ``` -## Enable or disable redirects +## Disable redirects -Redirects in GitLab Pages is under development and not ready for production use. It is -deployed behind a feature flag that is **disabled by default**. +Redirects in GitLab Pages is under development, and is deployed behind a feature flag +that is **enabled by default**. -For [Omnibus installations](../../../administration/pages/index.md), define the +To disable redirects, for [Omnibus installations](../../../administration/pages/index.md), define the `FF_ENABLE_REDIRECTS` environment variable in the [global settings](../../../administration/pages/index.md#global-settings). Add the following line to `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and [reconfigure the instance](../../../administration/restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure). ```ruby -gitlab_pages['env']['FF_ENABLE_REDIRECTS'] = 'true' +gitlab_pages['env']['FF_ENABLE_REDIRECTS'] = 'false' ``` For [source installations](../../../administration/pages/source.md), define the @@ -125,6 +123,6 @@ For [source installations](../../../administration/pages/source.md), define the [restart GitLab](../../../administration/restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source): ```shell -export FF_ENABLE_REDIRECTS="true" +export FF_ENABLE_REDIRECTS="false" /path/to/pages/bin/gitlab-pages -config gitlab-pages.conf ``` |