Commit 218e2fda authored by Achilleas Pipinellis's avatar Achilleas Pipinellis

Merge branch 'enable-self-monitoring-project-docs' into 'master'

Document how to enable/disable self monitoring project

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!24497
parents 8b48f716 daa1d39b
...@@ -19,17 +19,26 @@ members to the group in order to give them maintainer access to the project. ...@@ -19,17 +19,26 @@ members to the group in order to give them maintainer access to the project.
This project will be used for self monitoring your GitLab instance. This project will be used for self monitoring your GitLab instance.
## Activating or deactivating the self monitoring project ## Activating the self monitoring project
1. Navigate to **Admin Area > Settings > Metrics and profiling** and expand the **Self monitoring** section. 1. Navigate to **Admin Area > Settings > Metrics and profiling**, and expand the **Self monitoring** section.
1. Toggle on or off the **Create Project** button to create or remove the "GitLab self monitoring" project. 1. Toggle the **Create Project** button on.
1. Click **Save changes** for the changes to take effect. 1. It can take a few seconds for the project to be created. After the project is
created, GitLab displays a message with a link to the project. The project
will also be linked in the help text above the **Create Project** button. You can also
find the project under **Projects > Your projects**.
If you activated the monitoring project, it should now be visible in **Projects > Your projects**. ## Deactivating the self monitoring project
CAUTION: **Warning:** CAUTION: **Warning:**
If you deactivate the self monitoring project, it will be permanently deleted. If you deactivate the self monitoring project, it will be permanently deleted.
1. Navigate to **Admin Area > Settings > Metrics and profiling**, and expand the **Self monitoring** section.
1. Toggle the **Create Project** button off.
1. In the confirmation dialog that opens, click **Delete project**.
It can take a few seconds for it to be deleted.
1. After the project is deleted, GitLab displays a message confirming your action.
## Connection to Prometheus ## Connection to Prometheus
The project will be automatically configured to connect to the The project will be automatically configured to connect to the
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