Merge branch 'move_chatops_to_core_docs' into 'master'

Docs: Move chatops docs from EE to core

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!25324

doc/README.md

@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ The following documentation relates to the DevOps **Configure** stage:
 | [Auto DevOps](topics/autodevops/index.md)                                                                                          | Automatically employ a complete DevOps lifecycle.                         |
 | [Easy creation of Kubernetes<br/>clusters on GKE](user/project/clusters/index.md#adding-and-creating-a-new-gke-cluster-via-gitlab) | Use Google Kubernetes Engine and GitLab.                                  |
 | [Executable Runbooks](user/project/clusters/runbooks/index.md)                                                                     | Documented procedures that explain how to carry out particular processes. |
+| [GitLab ChatOps](ci/chatops/README.md)                                                                                             | Interact with CI/CD jobs through chat services.                           |
 | [Installing Applications](user/project/clusters/index.md#installing-applications)                                                  | Deploy Helm, Ingress, and Prometheus on Kubernetes.                       |
 | [Mattermost slash commands](user/project/integrations/mattermost_slash_commands.md)                                                | Enable and use slash commands from within Mattermost.                     |
 | [Protected variables](ci/variables/README.md#protected-variables)                                                                  | Restrict variables to protected branches and tags.                        |

doc/ci/README.md

@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ use of advanced features:
 | [Triggering pipelines through the API](triggers/README.md)                       | Use the GitLab API to trigger a pipeline.                                                                                    |
 | [Pipeline schedules](../user/project/pipelines/schedules.md)                     | Trigger pipelines on a schedule.                                                                                             |
 | [Connecting GitLab with a Kubernetes cluster](../user/project/clusters/index.md) | Integrate one or more Kubernetes clusters to your project.                                                                   |
+| [ChatOps](chatops/README.md)                                                     | Trigger CI jobs from chat, with results sent back to the channel.                                                            |
 | [Interactive web terminals](interactive_web_terminal/index.md)                   | Open an interactive web terminal to debug the running jobs.                                                                  |
 
 ### GitLab Pages

doc/ci/chatops/README.md

+# GitLab ChatOps
+
+> **Notes:**
+>
+> * [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/4466) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 10.6. [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/24780) to [GitLab Core](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) in 11.9.
+>
+> * ChatOps is currently in alpha, with some important features missing like access control.
+
+GitLab ChatOps provides a method to interact with CI/CD jobs through chat services like Slack. Many organizations' discussion, collaboration, and troubleshooting is taking place in chat services these days, and having a method to run CI/CD jobs with output posted back to the channel can significantly augment a team's workflow.
+
+## How it works
+
+GitLab ChatOps is built upon two existing features, [GitLab CI/CD](../README.md) and [Slack Slash Commmands](../../user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md).
+
+A new `run` action has been added to the [slash commands](../../integration/slash_commands.md), which takes two arguments: a `<job name>` to execute and the `<job arguments>`. When executed, ChatOps will look up the specified job name and attempt to match it to a corresponding job in [.gitlab-ci.yml](../yaml/README.md). If a matching job is found on `master`, a pipeline containing just that job is scheduled. Two additional [CI/CD variables](../variables/README.html#predefined-variables-environment-variables) are passed to the job: `CHAT_INPUT` contains any additional arguments, and `CHAT_CHANNEL` is set to the name of channel the action was triggered in.
+
+After the job has finished, its output is sent back to Slack provided it has completed within 30 minutes. If a job takes more than 30 minutes to run it must use the Slack API to manually send data back to a channel.
+
+[Developer access and above](../../user/permissions.html#project-members-permissions) is required to use the `run` command. If a job should not be able to be triggered from chat, it can be set to `except: [chat]`.
+
+## Creating a ChatOps CI job
+
+Since ChatOps is built upon GitLab CI/CD, the job has all the same features and functions available. There a few best practices to consider however when creating ChatOps jobs:
+
+* It is strongly recommended to set `only: [chat]` so the job does not run as part of the standard CI pipeline.
+* If the job is set to `when: manual`, the pipeline will be created however the job will wait to be started.
+* It is important to keep in mind that there is very limited support for access control. If the user who triggered the slash command is a developer in the project, the job will run. The job itself can utilize existing [CI/CD variables](../variables/README.html#predefined-environment-variables) like `GITLAB_USER_ID` to perform additional rights validation, however these variables can be [overridden](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/variables/README.html#priority-of-variables).
+
+### Controlling the ChatOps reply
+
+For jobs with a single command, its output is automatically sent back to the channel as a reply. For example the chat reply of the following job is simply `Hello World.`
+
+```yaml
+hello-world:
+  stage: chatops
+  only: [chat]
+  script:
+    - echo "Hello World."
+```
+
+Jobs that contain multiple commands, or have a `before_script`, include additional content in the chat reply. In these cases both the commands and their output are included, with the commands wrapped in ANSI colors codes.
+
+To selectively reply with the output of one command, its output must be bounded by the `chat_reply` section. For example, the following job will list the files in the current directory.
+
+```yaml
+ls:
+  stage: chatops
+  only: [chat]
+  script:
+    - echo "This command will not be shown."
+    - echo -e "section_start:$( date +%s ):chat_reply\r\033[0K\n$( ls -la )\nsection_end:$( date +%s ):chat_reply\r\033[0K"
+```
+
+## GitLab ChatOps icon
+
+Say Hi to our ChatOps bot.
+You can find and download the official GitLab ChatOps icon here.
+
+![GitLab ChatOps bot icon](img/gitlab-chatops-icon-small.png)
+
+[Download bigger image](img/gitlab-chatops-icon.png)

doc/ci/variables/README.md

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ future GitLab releases.**
 | Variable                                  | GitLab | Runner | Description |
 |-------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------|
 | **ARTIFACT_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS**            | 8.15   | 1.9    | Number of attempts to download artifacts running a job |
+| **CHAT_INPUT**                            | 10.6   | all    | Additional arguments passed in the [ChatOps](../chatops/README.md) command |
+| **CHAT_CHANNEL**                          | 10.6   | all    | Source chat channel which triggered the [ChatOps](../chatops/README.md) command |
 | **CI**                                    | all    | 0.4    | Mark that job is executed in CI environment |
 | **CI_COMMIT_BEFORE_SHA**                  | 11.2   | all    | The previous latest commit present on a branch before a push request. |
 | **CI_COMMIT_DESCRIPTION**                 | 10.8   | all    | The description of the commit: the message without first line, if the title is shorter than 100 characters; full message in other case. |

doc/integration/slash_commands.md

 # Slash Commands
 
+> The `run` command was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/4466) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 10.6. [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/24780) to [GitLab Core](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) in 11.9.
+
 Slash commands in Mattermost and Slack allow you to control GitLab and view GitLab content right inside your chat client, without having to leave it. For Slack, this requires a [project service configuration](../user/project/integrations/slack_slash_commands.md). Simply type the command as a message in your chat client to activate it.
 
 Commands are scoped to a project, with a trigger term that is specified during configuration.
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ Taking the trigger term as `project-name`, the commands are:
 | `/project-name issue search <query>` | Shows up to 5 issues matching `<query>` |
 | `/project-name issue move <id> to <project>` | Moves issue ID `<id>` to `<project>` |
 | `/project-name deploy <from> to <to>` | Deploy from the `<from>` environment to the `<to>` environment |
+| `/project-name run <job name> <arguments>` | Execute [ChatOps](../ci/chatops/README.md) job `<job name>` on `master` |
 
 Note that if you are using the [GitLab Slack application](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/gitlab_slack_application.html) for
 your GitLab.com projects, you need to [add the `gitlab` keyword at the beginning of the command](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/gitlab_slack_application.html#usage).

scripts/lint-doc.sh

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 # Do not use 'README.md', instead use 'index.md'
 # Number of 'README.md's as of 2018-03-26
-NUMBER_READMES_CE=42
+NUMBER_READMES_CE=43
 NUMBER_READMES_EE=46
 FIND_READMES=$(find doc/ -name "README.md" | wc -l)
 echo '=> Checking for new README.md files...'