Merge branch 'docs-new-topic-user' into 'master'

Docs new topic "user/index"

See merge request !12155

doc/README.md

@@ -11,15 +11,11 @@ self-hosted, free to use. Every feature available in GitLab CE is also available
 self-hosted, fully featured solution of GitLab, available under distinct [subscriptions](https://about.gitlab.com/products/): **GitLab Enterprise Edition Starter (EES)** and **GitLab Enterprise Edition Premium (EEP)**.
 - **GitLab.com**: SaaS GitLab solution, with [free and paid subscriptions](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/). GitLab.com is hosted by GitLab, Inc., and administrated by GitLab (users don't have access to admin settings).
 
-**GitLab EE** contains all features available in **GitLab CE**,
+> **GitLab EE** contains all features available in **GitLab CE**,
 plus premium features available in each version: **Enterprise Edition Starter**
 (**EES**) and **Enterprise Edition Premium** (**EEP**). Everything available in
 **EES** is also available in **EEP**.
 
-**Note:** _We are unifying the documentation for CE and EE. To check if certain feature is
-available in CE or EE, look for a note right below the page title containing the GitLab
-version which introduced that feature._
-
 ----
 
 Shortcuts to GitLab's most visited docs:
@@ -40,6 +36,7 @@ Shortcuts to GitLab's most visited docs:
 
 ### User account
 
+- [User documentation](user/index.md)
 - [Authentication](topics/authentication/index.md): Account security with two-factor authentication, setup your ssh keys and deploy keys for secure access to your projects.
 - [Profile settings](profile/README.md): Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication and more.
 - [User permissions](user/permissions.md): Learn what each role in a project (external/guest/reporter/developer/master/owner) can do.

doc/articles/index.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ They are written by members of the GitLab Team and by
 
 - **LDAP**
   - [How to configure LDAP with GitLab CE](how_to_configure_ldap_gitlab_ce/index.md)
+  - [How to configure LDAP with GitLab EE](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/articles/how_to_configure_ldap_gitlab_ee/)
 
 ## Git
 
@@ -23,3 +24,23 @@ They are written by members of the GitLab Team and by
   - [Part 2: Quick start guide - Setting up GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_two.md)
   - [Part 3: Setting Up Custom Domains - DNS Records and SSL/TLS Certificates](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_three.md)
   - [Part 4: Creating and tweaking `.gitlab-ci.yml` for GitLab Pages](../user/project/pages/getting_started_part_four.md)
+- [Building a new GitLab Docs site with Nanoc, GitLab CI, and GitLab Pages](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/07/building-a-new-gitlab-docs-site-with-nanoc-gitlab-ci-and-gitlab-pages/)
+- [GitLab CI: Deployment & Environments](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/26/ci-deployment-and-environments/)
+
+## Sofware development
+
+- [In 13 minutes from Kubernetes to a complete application development tool](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/14/idea-to-production/)
+- [Making CI Easier with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/07/13/making-ci-easier-with-gitlab/)
+- [Fast and Natural Continuous Integration with GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/22/fast-and-natural-continuous-integration-with-gitlab-ci/)
+- [GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/)
+- [Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment with GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/)
+
+## Build, test, and deploy with GitLab CI/CD
+
+**Build, test, and deploy** the software you develop with **[GitLab CI/CD](../ci/README.md)**
+
+- [Continuous Delivery of a Spring Boot application with GitLab CI and Kubernetes](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/14/continuous-delivery-of-a-spring-boot-application-with-gitlab-ci-and-kubernetes/)
+- [Automated Debian Package Build with GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/12/automated-debian-package-build-with-gitlab-ci/)
+- [Building an Elixir Release into a Docker image using GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/11/building-an-elixir-release-into-docker-image-using-gitlab-ci-part-1/)
+- [Setting up GitLab CI for Android projects](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/30/setting-up-gitlab-ci-for-android-projects/)
+- [How to use GitLab CI and MacStadium to build your macOS or iOS projects](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/05/15/how-to-use-macstadium-and-gitlab-ci-to-build-your-macos-or-ios-projects/)

doc/integration/README.md

@@ -5,19 +5,23 @@ trackers and external authentication.
 
 See the documentation below for details on how to configure these services.
 
-- [JIRA](../user/project/integrations/jira.md) Integrate with the JIRA issue tracker
+- [Akismet](akismet.md) Configure Akismet to stop spam
+- [Auth0 OmniAuth](auth0.md) Enable the Auth0 OmniAuth provider
+- [Bitbucket](bitbucket.md) Import projects from Bitbucket.org and login to your GitLab instance with your
+Bitbucket.org account
+- [CAS](cas.md) Configure GitLab to sign in using CAS
 - [External issue tracker](external-issue-tracker.md) Redmine, JIRA, etc.
+- [Gmail actions buttons](gmail_action_buttons_for_gitlab.md) Adds GitLab actions to messages
+- [JIRA](../user/project/integrations/jira.md) Integrate with the JIRA issue tracker
+- [Koding](../administration/integration/koding.md) Configure Koding to use IDE integration
 - [LDAP](ldap.md) Set up sign in via LDAP
-- [OmniAuth](omniauth.md) Sign in via Twitter, GitHub, GitLab.com, Google, Bitbucket, Facebook, Shibboleth, SAML, Crowd, Azure and Authentiq ID
-- [SAML](saml.md) Configure GitLab as a SAML 2.0 Service Provider
-- [CAS](cas.md) Configure GitLab to sign in using CAS
 - [OAuth2 provider](oauth_provider.md) OAuth2 application creation
+- [OmniAuth](omniauth.md) Sign in via Twitter, GitHub, GitLab.com, Google, Bitbucket, Facebook, Shibboleth, SAML, Crowd, Azure and Authentiq ID
 - [OpenID Connect](openid_connect_provider.md) Use GitLab as an identity provider
-- [Gmail actions buttons](gmail_action_buttons_for_gitlab.md) Adds GitLab actions to messages
-- [reCAPTCHA](recaptcha.md) Configure GitLab to use Google reCAPTCHA for new users
-- [Akismet](akismet.md) Configure Akismet to stop spam
-- [Koding](../administration/integration/koding.md) Configure Koding to use IDE integration
 - [PlantUML](../administration/integration/plantuml.md) Configure PlantUML to use diagrams in AsciiDoc documents.
+- [reCAPTCHA](recaptcha.md) Configure GitLab to use Google reCAPTCHA for new users
+- [SAML](saml.md) Configure GitLab as a SAML 2.0 Service Provider
+- [Trello](trello_power_up.md) Integrate Trello with GitLab
 
 > GitLab Enterprise Edition contains [advanced Jenkins support][jenkins].
 

doc/user/index.md

+# User documentation
+
+Welcome to GitLab! We're glad to have you here!
+
+As a GitLab user you'll have access to all the features
+your [subscription](https://about.gitlab.com/products/)
+includes, except [GitLab administrator](../README.md#administrator-documentation)
+settings, unless you have admin privileges to install, configure,
+and upgrade your GitLab instance.
+
+For GitLab.com, admin privileges are restricted to the GitLab team.
+
+If you run your own GitLab instance and are looking for the administration settings,
+please refer to the [administration](../README.md#administrator-documentation)
+documentation.
+
+## Overview
+
+GitLab is a fully integrated software development platform that enables you
+and your team to work cohesively, faster, transparently, and effectively,
+since the discussion of a new idea until taking that idea to production all
+all the way through, from within the same platform.
+
+Please check this page for an overview on [GitLab's features](https://about.gitlab.com/features/).
+
+## Use cases
+
+GitLab is a git-based platforms that integrates a great number of essential tools for software development and deployment, and project management:
+
+- Code hosting in repositories with version control
+- Track proposals for new implementations, bug reports, and feedback with a
+fully featured [Issue Tracker](project/issues/index.md#issue-tracker)
+- Organize and prioritize with [Issue Boards](project/issues/index.md#issue-boards)
+- Code review in [Merge Requests](project/merge_requests/index.md) with live-preview changes per
+branch with [Review Apps](../ci/review_apps/index.md)
+- Build, test and deploy with built-in [Continuous Integration](../ci/README.md)
+- Deploy your personal and professional static websites with [GitLab Pages](project/pages/index.md)
+- Integrate with Docker with [GitLab Container Registry](project/container_registry.md)
+- Track the development lifecycle with [GitLab Cycle Analytics](project/cycle_analytics.md)
+
+With GitLab Enterprise Edition, you can also:
+
+- Provide support with [Service Desk](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/service_desk.html)
+- Improve collaboration with
+[Merge Request Approvals](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/index.html#merge-request-approvals),
+[Multiple Assignees for Issues](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/multiple_assignees_for_issues.html),
+and [Multiple Issue Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issue_board.html#multiple-issue-boards)
+- Create formal relashionships between issues with [Related Issues](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/related_issues.html)
+- Use [Burndown Charts](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/milestones/burndown_charts.html) to track progress during a sprint or while working on a new version of their software.
+- Leverage [Elasticsearch](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html) with [Advanced Global Search](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/search/advanced_global_search.html) and [Advanced Syntax Search](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/search/advanced_search_syntax.html) for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance
+- [Authenticate users with Kerberos](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/kerberos.html)
+- [Mirror a repository](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/workflow/repository_mirroring.html) from elsewhere on your local server.
+- [Export issues as CSV](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/csv_export.html)
+- View your entire CI/CD pipeline involving more than one project with [Multiple-Project Pipeline Graphs](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/multi_project_pipeline_graphs.html)
+- [Lock files](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/file_lock.html) to prevent conflicts
+- View of the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes with [Deploy Boards](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/deploy_boards.html)
+- Leverage your continuous delivery method with [Canary Deployments](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/canary_deployments.html)
+
+You can also [integrate](project/integrations/project_services.md) GitLab with numerous third-party applications, such as Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, HipChat, Trello, Slack, Bamboo CI, JIRA, and a lot more.
+
+### Articles
+
+For a complete workflow use case please check [GitLab Workflow, an Overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/#gitlab-workflow-use-case-scenario).
+
+For more use cases please check our [Technical Articles](../articles/index.md).
+
+## Projects
+
+In GitLab, you can create projects for numerous reasons, such as, host
+your code, use it as an issue tracker, collaborate on code, and continuously
+build, test, and deploy your app with built-in GitLab CI/CD. Or, you can do
+it all at once, from one single project.
+
+### Issues
+
+Explore the best of GitLab [Issues](project/issues/index.md).
+
+### Merge Requests
+
+Collanorate on code, gather reviews, live preview changes per branch, and
+request approvals with [Merge Requests](project/merge_requests/index.md).
+
+### Milestones
+
+Work on multiple issues and merge requests towards the same target date
+with [Milestones](project/milestones/index.md).
+
+### GitLab Pages
+
+Publish your static site directly from GitLab with [GitLab Pages](project/pages/index.md). You
+can [build, test, and deploy any Static Site Generator](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/06/17/ssg-overview-gitlab-pages-part-3-examples-ci/) with Pages.
+
+### Container Registry
+
+Build and deploy Docker images with [GitLab Container Registry](project/container_registry.md).
+
+## GitLab CI/CD
+
+Use built-in [GitLab CI/CD](../ci/README.md) to test, build, and deploy your applications
+directly from GitLab. No third-party integrations needed.
+
+### Auto Deploy
+
+Deploy your application out-of-the-box with [GitLab Auto Deploy](../ci/autodeploy/index.md).
+
+### Review Apps
+
+Live-preview the changes introduced by a merge request with [Review Apps](../ci/review_apps/index.md).
+
+## Groups
+
+With GitLab [Groups](group/index.md) you can assemble related projects together
+and grant members access to several projects at once.
+
+### Subgroups
+
+Groups can also be nested in [subgroups](group/subgroups/index.md).
+
+## Account
+
+There is a lot you can customize and configure
+to enjoy the best of GitLab.
+
+Manage your user settings to change your personal info,
+personal access tokens, authorized applications, integrations, etc.
+
+### Authentication
+
+Read through the [authentication](../topics/authentication/index.md) methods available in GitLab.
+
+### Permissions
+
+Learn the different set of [permissions](permissions.md) for user type (guest, reporter, developer, master, owner).
+
+## Integrations
+
+[Integrate GitLab](../integration/README.md) with your preferred tool,
+such as Trello, JIRA, etc.
+
+## Git and GitLab
+
+Learn what is [Git](../topics/git/index.md) and its best practices.
+
+## Discussions
+
+In GitLab, you can comment and mention collaborators in issues,
+merge requests, code snippets, and commits.
+
+When performing inline reviews to implementations
+to your codebase through merge requests you can
+gather feedback through [resolvable discussions](discussions/index.md#resolvable-discussions).
+
+## Todos
+
+Never forget to reply to your collaborators. [GitLab Todos](../workflow/todos.md)
+are a tool for working faster and more effectively with your team,
+by listing all user or group mentions, as well as issues and merge
+requests you're assigned to.
+
+## Snippets
+
+[Snippets](snippets.md) are code blocks that you want to store in GitLab, from which
+you have quick access to. You can also gather feedback on them through
+[discussions](#discussions).
+
+## Webhooks
+
+Configure [webhooks](project/integrations/webhooks.html) to listen for
+specific events like pushes, issues or merge requests. GitLab will send a
+POST request with data to the webhook URL.
+
+## API
+
+Automate GitLab via [API](../api/README.html).
+