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| author | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-18 23:56:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Evan Read <eread@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-18 23:56:51 +0000 |
| commit | 9e26e85994ada4a4ba389f448dd041496e123546 (patch) | |
| tree | d20bac0fbf8089590036efee053f71cf51123b5b | |
| parent | aa73c9e9f68986262b881fa38d8de3216a0f94d2 (diff) | |
| parent | b57e99295a2758174eca2c204faa52d4f8da99f7 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-9e26e85994ada4a4ba389f448dd041496e123546.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'updates-rate-limit-docs' into 'master'
Mentions `auth.log` on Rate limit docs
See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!31906
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/administration/logs.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/administration/logs.md b/doc/administration/logs.md index 306d611f6bf..a57ef8ddc7d 100644 --- a/doc/administration/logs.md +++ b/doc/administration/logs.md @@ -284,13 +284,16 @@ Introduced in GitLab 11.3. This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/impo Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/importer.log` for installations from source. -## `auth.log` +## `auth.log` Introduced in GitLab 12.0. This file lives in `/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/auth.log` for Omnibus GitLab packages or in `/home/git/gitlab/log/auth.log` for installations from source. -It logs information whenever [Rack Attack] registers an abusive request. +This log records: + +- Information whenever [Rack Attack] registers an abusive request. +- Requests over the [Rate Limit] on raw endpoints. NOTE: **Note:** From [%12.1](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/62756), user id and username are available on this log. @@ -334,3 +337,4 @@ installations from source. [repocheck]: repository_checks.md [Rack Attack]: ../security/rack_attack.md +[Rate Limit]: ../user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md index b2d56be154b..8e53a6995fb 100644 --- a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md +++ b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/rate_limits_on_raw_endpoints.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type: reference This setting allows you to rate limit the requests to raw endpoints, defaults to `300` requests per minute. It can be modified in **Admin Area > Network > Performance Optimization**. -For example, requests over `300` per minute to `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/raw/master/app/controllers/application_controller.rb` will be blocked. +For example, requests over `300` per minute to `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/raw/master/app/controllers/application_controller.rb` will be blocked. Access to the raw file will be released after 1 minute.  @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ This limit is: - Applied independently per project, per commit and per file path. - Not applied per IP address. - Active by default. To disable, set the option to `0`. + +Requests over the rate limit are logged into `auth.log`. |