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diff --git a/doc/user/infrastructure/index.md b/doc/user/infrastructure/index.md index b2d75a22615..9f28a40474e 100644 --- a/doc/user/infrastructure/index.md +++ b/doc/user/infrastructure/index.md @@ -6,9 +6,40 @@ info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated w # Infrastructure management **(FREE)** -GitLab provides you with great solutions to help you manage your -infrastructure: +With the rise of DevOps and SRE approaches, infrastructure management becomes codified, +automatable, and software development best practices gain their place around infrastructure +management too. On one hand, the daily tasks of classical operations people changed +and are more similar to traditional software development. On the other hand, software engineers +are more likely to control their whole DevOps lifecycle, including deployments and delivery. -- [Infrastructure as Code and GitOps](iac/index.md) -- [Kubernetes clusters](../project/clusters/index.md) -- [Runbooks](../project/clusters/runbooks/index.md) +GitLab offers various features to speed up and simplify your infrastructure management practices. + +## Infrastructure as Code + +GitLab has deep integrations with Terraform to run Infrastructure as Code pipelines +and support various processes. Terraform is considered the standard in cloud infrastructure provisioning. +The various GitLab integrations help you: + +- Get started quickly without any setup. +- Collaborate around infrastructure changes in merge requests the same as you might + with code changes. +- Scale using a module registry. + +Learn more about how GitLab can help you run [Infrastructure as Code](iac/index.md). + +## Integrated Kubernetes management + +GitLab has special integrations with Kubernetes to help you deploy, manage and troubleshoot +third-party or custom applications in Kubernetes clusters. Auto DevOps provides a full +DevSecOps pipeline by default targeted at Kubernetes based deployments. To support +all the GitLab features, GitLab offers a cluster management project for easy onboarding. +The deploy boards provide quick insights into your cluster, including pod logs tailing. + +Learn more about the [GitLab integration with Kubernetes](../project/clusters/index.md). + +## Runbooks in GitLab + +Runbooks are a collection of documented procedures that explain how to carry out a task, +such as starting, stopping, debugging, or troubleshooting a system. + +Read more about [how executable runbooks work in GitLab](../project/clusters/runbooks/index.md). |