Commit 824acb35 authored by Amy Qualls's avatar Amy Qualls

Subheading revisions for tone, style, flow

This subheading contained a lot of one-sentence paragraphs, and two
notes. This commit restructures the section to provide a more
cohesive narrative flow, and reduce the number of notes.
parent 8e3ccca1
......@@ -454,26 +454,21 @@ API requests to add a new user to a project are not possible.
> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/1985) in [GitLab Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 12.0.
> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/215410) to [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) in 13.1.
WARNING:
Currently IP access restrictions work only for HTTP requests on GitLab.com.
SSH requests will fail and
users will not be able to perform Git operations over SSH.
For more information, [see this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/271673).
To ensure only people from your organization can access particular
resources, you can restrict access to groups by IP address. This setting applies to all subgroups,
projects, issues, and so on.
IP access restrictions can be configured at the group level only.
resources, you can restrict access to groups by IP address. This group-level setting
applies to:
This restriction applies to:
- The GitLab UI.
- The GitLab UI, including subgroups, projects, and issues.
- [In GitLab 12.3 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/12874), the API.
NOTE:
Administrators and group owners are **always** able to access the group settings regardless of IP restriction,
however, they cannot access projects belonging to the group when accessing via a non-allowed IP address.
You should consider these security implications before configuring IP address restrictions:
- **SSH requests**: While you can restrict HTTP traffic on GitLab.com with IP address restrictions,
they cause SSH requests, including Git operations over SSH, to fail. For more information,
read [issue 271673](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/271673).
- **Administrators and group owners**: Users with these permission levels can always
access the group settings, regardless of IP restriction, but the can't access projects
belonging to the group when accessing from a disallowed IP address.
To restrict group access by IP address:
......@@ -482,7 +477,7 @@ To restrict group access by IP address:
1. In the **Allow access to the following IP addresses** field, enter IP address ranges in CIDR notation.
1. Select **Save changes**.
![Domain restriction by IP address](img/restrict-by-ip.gif)
![Domain restriction by IP address](img/restrict-by-ip.gif)
## Restrict group access by domain **(PREMIUM)**
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