GitLab 9.3 release post

Review Apps link: https://release-9-3.about.gitlab.com/2017/06/22/gitlab-9-3-released/

Release Post

• Blog handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/
• Release post handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/

General Contributions

General contributions from the team.

Due date: 06/14 (6th working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release
• Add milestone
• Intro
• MVP
• Add cover image image_title (compressed)
• Upgrade barometer
• Top features
• Primary features
• Secondary features (improvements)
• Performance improvements
• Omnibus improvements
• Deprecations
• Documentation links
• Authorship (author's data)

Review

Content review (PMs)

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-in-progress
• General review (PM)
  • Check Features' names
  • Check Features' availability (CE, EES, EEP)
  • Check Documentation links
  • Update data/promo.yml
  • Check all images' size - compress whenever > 300KB
  • Meaningful links (SEO)
  • Check links to product/feature webpages
• Copyedit (Sean P, Rebecca, or Marcia)
  • Title
  • Description
  • Grammar, spelling, clearness (body)
• Final review (Job)

Structural Check

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-structure
• Check frontmatter (entries, syntax)
• Check image_title and twitter_image
• Check image shadow {:.shadow}
• Check images' ALT text
• Videos/iframes wrapped in <figure> tags (responsiveness)
• Add/check <!-- more --> separator
• Add/check cover img reference (at the end of the post)
• Columns (content balance between the columns)
• Badges consistency (applied to all headings)
• Remove any remaining instructions
• Remove HTML comments
• Run deadlink checker
• Update release template with any changes (if necessary)

source/posts/2017-06-22-gitlab-9-3-released.html.md

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ We are continuing to make great strides improving the performance of GitLab in e
 In GitLab 9.3 we are continuing to make listing projects a lot faster and improving performance overall server performance by making changes to how we mirror repositories. Syntax highlighting on files will also be cached to improve overall performance and make viewing commits noticeably faster.
-There are [numerous other performance enhancements](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/issues?scope=all&state=opened&utf8=%E2%9C%93&milestone_title=9.3&label_name%5B%5D=performance) in GitLab 9.3 that should not only make GitLab feel faster, but reduce overall impact on server infrastructure. 
+There are [numerous other performance enhancements](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/issues?scope=all&state=opened&utf8=%E2%9C%93&milestone_title=9.3&label_name%5B%5D=performance) in GitLab 9.3 that should not only make GitLab feel faster, but reduce overall impact on server infrastructure.
 <!-- ## Omnibus improvements
@@ -352,3 +352,51 @@ In GitLab 9.0 we introduced sub groups, allowing for more flexibility and manage
 We are continuing to improve this functionality in ever release and in GitLab 9.3 we are making the discoverability and navigation of subgroups a lot better. On the Groups page you can now see an expandable tree view of all subgroups and projects rather than having to navigate and explore them one page load at a time.
 Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30343
+
+----
+
+## Automated monitoring for system services
+<!-- - Feature name: Automated monitoring for system services
+- Available in: CE
+- Feature weight: primary
+- Documentation link:
+- Feature description, related images, and videos: -->
+
+As part of GitLab 9.0 we launched application performance management integrated with CI/CD deployments, [monitoring deployed applications](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/8935) on Kubernetes by tracking CPU and Memory utilization. This was a great first step, and with GitLab 9.3 we are excited to launch significantly expanded support for other metrics and deployment types.
+
+Now with 9.3, GitLab will automatically detect [common system services](https://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exporters/) like web servers and databases, tracking key metrics like throughput and load. With support for such a wider set of metrics, performance monitoring is now available for all deployments.
+
+Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/28717, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/30369
+
+## Improved Terraform support
+<!-- - Feature name: Improved Terraform support
+- Available in: CE
+- Feature weight: secondary
+- Documentation link:
+- Feature description, related images, and videos: -->
+
+With GitLab 9.1, we added official support for deploying GitLab with Terraform. As part of GitLab 9.3, we are making improvements by allowing deployment of Runners, as well as configuring SSL.
+
+Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1521
+
+## GitLab HA database enhancements
+<!-- - Feature name: Improved Terraform support
+- Available in: CE
+- Feature weight: secondary
+- Documentation link:
+- Feature description, related images, and videos: -->
+
+With GitLab 9.1, we added official support for deploying GitLab with Terraform. As part of GitLab 9.3, we are making improvements by allowing deployment of Runners, as well as configuring SSL.
+
+Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/1521
+
+## Kubernetes Helm Charts
+<!-- - Feature name: Improved Terraform support
+- Available in: CE
+- Feature weight: secondary
+- Documentation link:
+- Feature description, related images, and videos: -->
+
+With GitLab 9.3, we are announcing that our Helm charts for deploying GitLab on Kubernetes are no longer beta and ready for production use. Charts are available for individual GitLab components, and can be composed along with external databases and cloud services. 
+
+Will remove this line in blog post: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/2171