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Merge branch 'jl-add-source-gdk-components-docs' into 'master' 

Add source and gdk installations to components

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!28691
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### Component list
 
| Component | Description | [Omnibus GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/README.html) | [GitLab chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/) | [Minikube Minimal](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/minikube/#deploying-gitlab-with-minimal-settings) | [GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com) | CE/EE |
| --------- | ----------- |:--------------------:|:------------------:|:-----:|:--------:|:--------:|
| [NGINX](#nginx) | Routes requests to appropriate components, terminates SSL | [✅][nginx-omnibus] | [✅][nginx-charts] | [⚙][nginx-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [Unicorn (GitLab Rails)](#unicorn) | Handles requests for the web interface and API | [✅][unicorn-omnibus] | [✅][unicorn-charts] | [✅][unicorn-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#unicorn) | CE & EE |
| [Sidekiq](#sidekiq) | Background jobs processor | [✅][sidekiq-omnibus] | [✅][sidekiq-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html) | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#sidekiq) | CE & EE |
| [Gitaly](#gitaly) | Git RPC service for handling all git calls made by GitLab | [✅][gitaly-omnibus] | [✅][gitaly-charts] | [✅][gitaly-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Workhorse](#gitlab-workhorse) | Smart reverse proxy, handles large HTTP requests | [✅][workhorse-omnibus] | [✅][workhorse-charts] | [✅][workhorse-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Shell](#gitlab-shell) | Handles `git` over SSH sessions | [✅][shell-omnibus] | [✅][shell-charts] | [✅][shell-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Pages](#gitlab-pages) | Hosts static websites | [⚙][pages-omnibus] | [❌][pages-charts] | [❌][pages-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#gitlab-pages) | CE & EE |
| [Registry](#registry) | Container registry, allows pushing and pulling of images | [⚙][registry-omnibus] | [✅][registry-charts] | [✅][registry-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/container_registry.html#build-and-push-images) | CE & EE |
| [Redis](#redis) | Caching service | [✅][redis-omnibus] | [✅][redis-omnibus] | [✅][redis-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [PostgreSQL](#postgresql) | Database | [✅][postgres-omnibus] | [✅][postgres-charts] | [✅][postgres-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#postgresql) | CE & EE |
| [PgBouncer](#pgbouncer) | Database connection pooling, failover | [⚙][pgbouncer-omnibus] | [❌][pgbouncer-charts] | [❌][pgbouncer-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#database-architecture) | EE Only |
| [Consul](#consul) | Database node discovery, failover | [⚙][consul-omnibus] | [❌][consul-charts] | [❌][consul-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#consul) | EE Only |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Prometheus](#prometheus) | Time-series database, metrics collection, and query service | [✅][prometheus-omnibus] | [✅][prometheus-charts] | [⚙][prometheus-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#prometheus) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Alertmanager](#alertmanager) | Deduplicates, groups, and routes alerts from Prometheus | [✅][alertmanager-omnibus] | [✅][alertmanager-charts] | [⚙][alertmanager-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Grafana](#grafana) | Metrics dashboard | [⚙][grafana-omnibus] | [⤓][grafana-charts] | [⤓][grafana-charts] | [✅](https://dashboards.gitlab.com/d/RZmbBr7mk/gitlab-triage?refresh=30s) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Sentry](#sentry) | Track errors generated by the GitLab instance | [⤓][sentry-omnibus] | [❌][sentry-charts] | [❌][sentry-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/support/workflows/services/gitlab_com/500_errors.html#searching-sentry) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Jaeger](#jaeger) | View traces generated by the GitLab instance | [❌][jaeger-omnibus] | [❌][jaeger-charts] | [❌][jaeger-charts] | [❌](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4104) | CE & EE |
| [Redis Exporter](#redis-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with Redis metrics | [✅][redis-exporter-omnibus] | [✅][redis-exporter-charts] | [✅][redis-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [Postgres Exporter](#postgres-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with PostgreSQL metrics | [✅][postgres-exporter-omnibus] | [✅][postgres-exporter-charts] | [✅][postgres-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [PgBouncer Exporter](#pgbouncer-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with PgBouncer metrics | [⚙][pgbouncer-exporter-omnibus] | [❌][pgbouncer-exporter-charts] | [❌][pgbouncer-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Monitor](#gitlab-monitor) | Generates a variety of GitLab metrics | [✅][gitlab-monitor-omnibus] | [❌][gitab-monitor-charts] | [❌][gitab-monitor-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [Node Exporter](#node-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with system metrics | [✅][node-exporter-omnibus] | [❌][node-exporter-charts] | [❌][node-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | CE & EE |
| [Mattermost](#mattermost) | Open-source Slack alternative | [⚙][mattermost-omnibus] | [⤓][mattermost-charts] | [⤓][mattermost-charts] | [⤓](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost_slash_commands.html#manual-configuration), [⤓](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost.html) | CE & EE |
| [Minio](#minio) | Object storage service | [⤓][minio-omnibus] | [✅][minio-charts] | [✅][minio-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#storage-architecture) | CE & EE |
| [Runner](#gitlab-runner) | Executes GitLab CI jobs | [⤓][runner-omnibus] | [✅][runner-charts] | [⚙][runner-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#shared-runners) | CE & EE |
| [Database Migrations](#database-migrations) | Database migrations | [✅][database-migrations-omnibus] | [✅]() | [✅][database-migrations-charts] | [✅][database-migrations-charts] | CE & EE |
| [Certificate Management](#certificate-management) | TLS Settings, Let's Encrypt | [✅][certificate-management-omnibus] | [✅][certificate-management-charts] | [⚙][certificate-management-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#secrets-management) | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Geo Node](#gitlab-geo) | Geographically distributed GitLab nodes | [⚙][geo-omnibus] | [❌][geo-charts] | [❌][geo-charts] | ✅ | EE Only |
| [LDAP Authentication](#ldap-authentication) | Authenticate users against centralized LDAP directory | [⤓][ldap-omnibus] | [⤓][ldap-charts] | [⤓][ldap-charts] | [❌](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#gitlab-com) | CE & EE |
| [Outbound email (SMTP)](#outbound-email) | Send email messages to users | [⤓][outbound-email-omnibus] | [⤓][outbound-email-charts] | [⤓][outbound-email-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | CE & EE |
| [Inbound email (SMTP)](#inbound-email) | Receive messages to update issues | [⤓][inbound-email-omnibus] | [⤓][inbound-email-charts] | [⤓][inbound-email-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | CE & EE |
| [ElasticSearch](#elasticsearch) | Improved search within GitLab | [⤓][elasticsearch-omnibus] | [⤓][elasticsearch-charts] | [⤓][elasticsearch-charts] | [❌](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/153) | EE Only |
| [Sentry integration](#sentry) | Error tracking for deployed apps | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | CE & EE |
| [Jaeger integration](#jaeger) | Distributed tracing for deployed apps | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | EE Only |
| [Kubernetes cluster apps](#kubernetes-cluster-apps) | Deploy [Helm](https://docs.helm.sh/), [Ingress](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/), [Cert-Manager](https://docs.cert-manager.io/en/latest/), [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/), a [Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/), [JupyterHub](http://jupyter.org/), [Knative](https://cloud.google.com/knative) to a cluster | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | CE & EE |
| Component | Description | [Omnibus GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/README.html) | [GitLab chart](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/) | [Minikube Minimal](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/development/minikube/#deploying-gitlab-with-minimal-settings) | [GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com) | [Source](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html) | [GDK](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit) | CE/EE |
| --------- | ----------- |:--------------------:|:------------------:|:-----:|:--------:|:--------:|:-------:|:-------:|
| [NGINX](#nginx) | Routes requests to appropriate components, terminates SSL | [✅][nginx-omnibus] | [✅][nginx-charts] | [⚙][nginx-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [⤓][nginx-source] | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [Unicorn (GitLab Rails)](#unicorn) | Handles requests for the web interface and API | [✅][unicorn-omnibus] | [✅][unicorn-charts] | [✅][unicorn-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#unicorn) | [⚙][unicorn-source] | [✅][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [Sidekiq](#sidekiq) | Background jobs processor | [✅][sidekiq-omnibus] | [✅][sidekiq-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html) | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#sidekiq) | [✅][gitlab-yml] | [✅][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [Gitaly](#gitaly) | Git RPC service for handling all git calls made by GitLab | [✅][gitaly-omnibus] | [✅][gitaly-charts] | [✅][gitaly-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [⚙][gitaly-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Workhorse](#gitlab-workhorse) | Smart reverse proxy, handles large HTTP requests | [✅][workhorse-omnibus] | [✅][workhorse-charts] | [✅][workhorse-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [⚙][workhorse-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Shell](#gitlab-shell) | Handles `git` over SSH sessions | [✅][shell-omnibus] | [✅][shell-charts] | [✅][shell-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [⚙][shell-source] | [✅][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Pages](#gitlab-pages) | Hosts static websites | [⚙][pages-omnibus] | [❌][pages-charts] | [❌][pages-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#gitlab-pages) | [⚙][pages-source] | [⚙][pages-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Registry](#registry) | Container registry, allows pushing and pulling of images | [⚙][registry-omnibus] | [✅][registry-charts] | [✅][registry-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/container_registry.html#build-and-push-images) | [⤓][registry-source] | [⚙][registry-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Redis](#redis) | Caching service | [✅][redis-omnibus] | [✅][redis-omnibus] | [✅][redis-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#service-architecture) | [⤓][redis-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [PostgreSQL](#postgresql) | Database | [✅][postgres-omnibus] | [✅][postgres-charts] | [✅][postgres-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#postgresql) | [⤓][postgres-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [PgBouncer](#pgbouncer) | Database connection pooling, failover | [⚙][pgbouncer-omnibus] | [❌][pgbouncer-charts] | [❌][pgbouncer-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#database-architecture) | ❌ | ❌ | EE Only |
| [Consul](#consul) | Database node discovery, failover | [⚙][consul-omnibus] | [❌][consul-charts] | [❌][consul-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#consul) | ❌ | ❌ | EE Only |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Prometheus](#prometheus) | Time-series database, metrics collection, and query service | [✅][prometheus-omnibus] | [✅][prometheus-charts] | [⚙][prometheus-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#prometheus) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Alertmanager](#alertmanager) | Deduplicates, groups, and routes alerts from Prometheus | [✅][alertmanager-omnibus] | [✅][alertmanager-charts] | [⚙][alertmanager-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Grafana](#grafana) | Metrics dashboard | [⚙][grafana-omnibus] | [⤓][grafana-charts] | [⤓][grafana-charts] | [✅](https://dashboards.gitlab.com/d/RZmbBr7mk/gitlab-triage?refresh=30s) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Sentry](#sentry) | Track errors generated by the GitLab instance | [⤓][sentry-omnibus] | [❌][sentry-charts] | [❌][sentry-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/support/workflows/services/gitlab_com/500_errors.html#searching-sentry) | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [GitLab self-monitoring: Jaeger](#jaeger) | View traces generated by the GitLab instance | [❌][jaeger-omnibus] | [❌][jaeger-charts] | [❌][jaeger-charts] | [❌](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4104) | [⤓][jaeger-source] | [⚙][jaeger-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Redis Exporter](#redis-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with Redis metrics | [✅][redis-exporter-omnibus] | [✅][redis-exporter-charts] | [✅][redis-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [Postgres Exporter](#postgres-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with PostgreSQL metrics | [✅][postgres-exporter-omnibus] | [✅][postgres-exporter-charts] | [✅][postgres-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [PgBouncer Exporter](#pgbouncer-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with PgBouncer metrics | [⚙][pgbouncer-exporter-omnibus] | [❌][pgbouncer-exporter-charts] | [❌][pgbouncer-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Monitor](#gitlab-monitor) | Generates a variety of GitLab metrics | [✅][gitlab-monitor-omnibus] | [❌][gitab-monitor-charts] | [❌][gitab-monitor-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [Node Exporter](#node-exporter) | Prometheus endpoint with system metrics | [✅][node-exporter-omnibus] | [❌][node-exporter-charts] | [❌][node-exporter-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/monitoring/) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [Mattermost](#mattermost) | Open-source Slack alternative | [⚙][mattermost-omnibus] | [⤓][mattermost-charts] | [⤓][mattermost-charts] | [⤓](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost_slash_commands.html#manual-configuration), [⤓](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/mattermost.html) | ❌ | ❌ | CE & EE |
| [MinIO](#minio) | Object storage service | [⤓][minio-omnibus] | [✅][minio-charts] | [✅][minio-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#storage-architecture) | ❌ | [⚙][minio-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Runner](#gitlab-runner) | Executes GitLab CI jobs | [⤓][runner-omnibus] | [✅][runner-charts] | [⚙][runner-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#shared-runners) | [⚙][runner-source] | [⚙][runner-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Database Migrations](#database-migrations) | Database migrations | [✅][database-migrations-omnibus] | [✅][database-migrations-charts] | [✅][database-migrations-charts] | ✅ | [⚙][database-migrations-source] | ✅ | CE & EE |
| [Certificate Management](#certificate-management) | TLS Settings, Let's Encrypt | [✅][certificate-management-omnibus] | [✅][certificate-management-charts] | [⚙][certificate-management-charts] | [✅](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/infrastructure/production-architecture/#secrets-management) | [⚙][certificate-management-source] | [⚙][certificate-management-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [GitLab Geo Node](#gitlab-geo) | Geographically distributed GitLab nodes | [⚙][geo-omnibus] | [❌][geo-charts] | [❌][geo-charts] | ✅ | [❌](../administration/geo/replication/configuration_source.md) | [⚙][geo-gdk] | EE Only |
| [LDAP Authentication](#ldap-authentication) | Authenticate users against centralized LDAP directory | [⤓][ldap-omnibus] | [⤓][ldap-charts] | [⤓][ldap-charts] | [❌](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/#gitlab-com) | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | [⤓][ldap-gdk] | CE & EE |
| [Outbound email (SMTP)](#outbound-email) | Send email messages to users | [⤓][outbound-email-omnibus] | [⤓][outbound-email-charts] | [⤓][outbound-email-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [Inbound email (SMTP)](#inbound-email) | Receive messages to update issues | [⤓][inbound-email-omnibus] | [⤓][inbound-email-charts] | [⤓][inbound-email-charts] | [✅](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/#mail-configuration) | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | [⤓][gitlab-yml] | CE & EE |
| [ElasticSearch](#elasticsearch) | Improved search within GitLab | [⤓][elasticsearch-omnibus] | [⤓][elasticsearch-charts] | [⤓][elasticsearch-charts] | [❌](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/153) | [⤓][elasticsearch-source] | [⤓][elasticsearch-gdk] | EE Only |
| [Sentry integration](#sentry) | Error tracking for deployed apps | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | [⤓][sentry-integration] | CE & EE |
| [Jaeger integration](#jaeger) | Distributed tracing for deployed apps | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | [⤓][jaeger-integration] | EE Only |
| [Kubernetes cluster apps](#kubernetes-cluster-apps) | Deploy [Helm](https://docs.helm.sh/), [Ingress](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/), [Cert-Manager](https://docs.cert-manager.io/en/latest/), [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/), a [Runner](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/), [JupyterHub](http://jupyter.org/), [Knative](https://cloud.google.com/knative) to a cluster | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | [⤓][managed-k8s-apps] | CE & EE |
 
### Component details
 
@@ -164,13 +164,14 @@ GitLab can be considered to have two layers from a process perspective:
- [Project page](https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][alertmanager-omnibus], [Charts][alertmanager-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `alertmanager`
 
[Alert manager](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/alertmanager/) is a tool provided by Prometheus that _"handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. It takes care of deduplicating, grouping, and routing them to the correct receiver integration such as email, PagerDuty, or OpsGenie. It also takes care of silencing and inhibition of alerts."_ You can read more in [issue gitlab-ce#45740](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/45740) about what we will be alerting on.
 
#### Certificate management
 
- Project page: [Omnibus](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/blob/master/README.rst), [Charts](https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][certificate-management-omnibus], [Charts][certificate-management-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][certificate-management-omnibus], [Charts][certificate-management-charts], [Source][certificate-management-source], [GDK][certificate-management-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
#### Consul
@@ -183,13 +184,13 @@ Consul is a tool for service discovery and configuration. Consul is distributed,
 
#### Database migrations
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][registry-omnibus], [Charts][registry-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][registry-omnibus], [Charts][registry-charts], [Source][database-migrations-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
 
#### Elasticsearch
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/master/README.textile)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][elasticsearch-omnibus], [Charts][elasticsearch-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][elasticsearch-omnibus], [Charts][elasticsearch-charts], [Source][elasticsearch-source], [GDK][elasticsearch-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
 
Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud.
@@ -197,14 +198,15 @@ Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud.
#### Gitaly
 
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitaly-omnibus], [Charts][gitaly-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitaly-omnibus], [Charts][gitaly-charts], [Source][gitaly-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
- Process: `gitaly`
 
Gitaly is a service designed by GitLab to remove our need for NFS for Git storage in distributed deployments of GitLab (think GitLab.com or High Availability Deployments). As of 11.3.0, this service handles all Git level access in GitLab. You can read more about the project [in the project's readme](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly).
 
#### Gitlab Geo
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][geo-omnibus], [Charts][geo-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][geo-omnibus], [Charts][geo-charts], [GDK][geo-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
#### Gitlab Monitor
@@ -212,12 +214,13 @@ Gitaly is a service designed by GitLab to remove our need for NFS for Git storag
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-monitor)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitlab-monitor-omnibus], [Charts][gitlab-monitor-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `gitlab-monitor`
 
GitLab Monitor is a process designed in house that allows us to export metrics about GitLab application internals to Prometheus. You can read more [in the project's readme](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-monitor).
 
#### Gitlab Pages
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][pages-omnibus], [Charts][pages-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][pages-omnibus], [Charts][pages-charts], [Source][pages-source], [GDK][pages-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
GitLab Pages is a feature that allows you to publish static websites directly from a repository in GitLab.
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ You can use it either for personal or business websites, such as portfolios, doc
#### Gitlab Runner
 
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][runner-omnibus], [Charts][runner-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][runner-omnibus], [Charts][runner-charts], [Source][runner-source], [GDK][runner-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
GitLab Runner runs tests and sends the results to GitLab.
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ GitLab CI is the open-source continuous integration service included with GitLab
#### Gitlab Shell
 
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][shell-omnibus], [Charts][shell-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][shell-omnibus], [Charts][shell-charts], [Source][shell-source], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
[GitLab Shell](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell) is a program designed at GitLab to handle ssh-based `git` sessions, and modifies the list of authorized keys. GitLab Shell is not a Unix shell nor a replacement for Bash or Zsh.
@@ -245,8 +248,9 @@ GitLab CI is the open-source continuous integration service included with GitLab
#### Gitlab Workhorse
 
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitlab-workhorse-omnibus], [Charts][gitlab-workhorse-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][gitlab-workhorse-omnibus], [Charts][gitlab-workhorse-charts], [Source][workhorse-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
- Process: `gitlab-workhorse`
 
[GitLab Workhorse](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse) is a program designed at GitLab to help alleviate pressure from Unicorn. You can read more about the [historical reasons for developing](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/12/a-brief-history-of-gitlab-workhorse/). It's designed to act as a smart reverse proxy to help speed up GitLab as a whole.
 
@@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for G
#### Jaeger
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][jaeger-omnibus], [Charts][jaeger-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][jaeger-omnibus], [Charts][jaeger-charts], [Source][jaeger-source], [GDK][jaeger-gdk]
- Layer: Monitoring
 
Jaeger, inspired by Dapper and OpenZipkin, is a distributed tracing system. It can be used for monitoring microservices-based distributed systems.
@@ -271,6 +275,7 @@ Jaeger, inspired by Dapper and OpenZipkin, is a distributed tracing system. It c
- [Project page](https://github.com/logrotate/logrotate/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus](https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/logs.html#logrotate)
- Layer: Core Service
- Process: `logrotate`
 
GitLab is comprised of a large number of services that all log. We started bundling our own logrotate as of 7.4 to make sure we were logging responsibly. This is just a packaged version of the common open source offering.
 
@@ -285,7 +290,7 @@ Mattermost is an open source, private cloud, Slack-alternative from https://matt
#### MinIO
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][minio-omnibus], [Charts][minio-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][minio-omnibus], [Charts][minio-charts], [GDK][minio-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
 
MinIO is an object storage server released under Apache License v2.0. It is compatible with Amazon S3 cloud storage service. It is best suited for storing unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups and container / VM images. Size of an object can range from a few KBs to a maximum of 5TB.
@@ -293,8 +298,9 @@ MinIO is an object storage server released under Apache License v2.0. It is comp
#### NGINX
 
- Project page: [Omnibus](https://github.com/nginx/nginx), [Charts](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][nginx-omnibus], [Charts][nginx-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][nginx-omnibus], [Charts][nginx-charts], [Source][nginx-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
- Process: `nginx`
 
Nginx as an ingress port for all HTTP requests and routes them to the approriate sub-systems within GitLab. We are bundling an unmodified version of the popular open source webserver.
 
@@ -303,6 +309,7 @@ Nginx as an ingress port for all HTTP requests and routes them to the approriate
- [Project page](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][node-exporter-omnibus], [Charts][node-exporter-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `node-exporter`
 
[Node Exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter) is a Prometheus tool that gives us metrics on the underlying machine (think CPU/Disk/Load). It's just a packaged version of the common open source offering from the Prometheus project.
 
@@ -325,8 +332,9 @@ Prometheus exporter for PgBouncer. Exports metrics at 9127/metrics.
#### Postgresql
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/README)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][postgres-omnibus], [Charts][postgres-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][postgres-omnibus], [Charts][postgres-charts], [Source][postgres-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
- Process: `postgresql`
 
GitLab packages the popular Database to provide storage for Application meta data and user information.
 
@@ -335,6 +343,7 @@ GitLab packages the popular Database to provide storage for Application meta dat
- [Project page](https://github.com/wrouesnel/postgres_exporter/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][postgres-exporter-omnibus], [Charts][postgres-exporter-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `postgres-exporter`
 
[Postgres-exporter](https://github.com/wrouesnel/postgres_exporter) is the community provided Prometheus exporter that will deliver data about Postgres to Prometheus for use in Grafana Dashboards.
 
@@ -343,14 +352,16 @@ GitLab packages the popular Database to provide storage for Application meta dat
- [Project page](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][prometheus-omnibus], [Charts][prometheus-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `prometheus`
 
Prometheus is a time-series tool that helps GitLab administrators expose metrics about the individual processes used to provide GitLab the service.
 
#### Redis
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/antirez/redis/blob/unstable/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][redis-omnibus], [Charts][redis-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][redis-omnibus], [Charts][redis-charts], [Source][redis-source]
- Layer: Core Service (Data)
- Process: `redis`
 
Redis is packaged to provide a place to store:
 
@@ -363,13 +374,14 @@ Redis is packaged to provide a place to store:
- [Project page](https://github.com/oliver006/redis_exporter/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][redis-exporter-omnibus], [Charts][redis-exporter-charts]
- Layer: Monitoring
- Process: `redis-exporter`
 
[Redis Exporter](https://github.com/oliver006/redis_exporter) is designed to give specific metrics about the Redis process to Prometheus so that we can graph these metrics in Grafana.
 
#### Registry
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][registry-omnibus], [Charts][registry-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][registry-omnibus], [Charts][registry-charts], [Source][registry-source], [GDK][registry-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
The registry is what users use to store their own Docker images. The bundled
@@ -385,7 +397,7 @@ An external registry can also be configured to use GitLab as an auth endpoint.
#### Sentry
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/blob/master/README.rst)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][sentry-omnibus], [Charts][sentry-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][sentry-omnibus], [Charts][sentry-charts], [Source][gitlab-yml], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Monitoring
 
Sentry fundamentally is a service that helps you monitor and fix crashes in realtime. The server is in Python, but it contains a full API for sending events from any language, in any application.
@@ -393,37 +405,39 @@ Sentry fundamentally is a service that helps you monitor and fix crashes in real
#### Sidekiq
 
- [Project page](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][sidekiq-omnibus], [Charts][sidekiq-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][sidekiq-omnibus], [Charts][sidekiq-charts], [Source][gitlab-yml], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
- Process: `sidekiq`
 
Sidekiq is a Ruby background job processor that pulls jobs from the redis queue and processes them. Background jobs allow GitLab to provide a faster request/response cycle by moving work into the background.
 
#### Unicorn
 
- [Project page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/blob/master/README.md)
- Configuration: [Omnibus][unicorn-omnibus], [Charts][unicorn-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][unicorn-omnibus], [Charts][unicorn-charts], [Source][unicorn-source], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
- Process: `unicorn`
 
[Unicorn](https://bogomips.org/unicorn/) is a Ruby application server that is used to run the core Rails Application that provides the user facing features in GitLab. Often process output you will see this as `bundle` or `config.ru` depending on the GitLab version.
 
#### LDAP Authentication
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][ldap-omnibus], [Charts][ldap-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][ldap-omnibus], [Charts][ldap-charts], [Source][gitlab-yml], [GDK][ldap-gdk]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
#### Outbound Email
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][outbound-email-omnibus], [Charts][outbound-email-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][outbound-email-omnibus], [Charts][outbound-email-charts], [Source][gitlab-yml], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
#### Inbound Email
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][inbound-email-omnibus], [Charts][inbound-email-charts]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][inbound-email-omnibus], [Charts][inbound-email-charts], [Source][gitlab-yml], [GDK][gitlab-yml]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
#### Kubernetes Cluster Apps
 
- Configuration: [Omnibus][managed-k8s-apps], [Charts][managed-k8s-apps]
- Configuration: [Omnibus][managed-k8s-apps], [Charts][managed-k8s-apps], [Source][managed-k8s-apps], [GDK][managed-k8s-apps]
- Layer: Core Service (Processor)
 
GitLab provides [GitLab Managed Apps](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications), a one-click install for various applications which can be added directly to your configured cluster. These applications are needed for Review Apps and deployments when using Auto DevOps. You can install them after you create a cluster.
@@ -597,24 +611,36 @@ We've also detailed [our architecture of GitLab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/ha
[alertmanager-charts]: https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/prometheus
[nginx-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/nginx.html
[nginx-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/nginx/index.html
[nginx-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#9-nginx
[unicorn-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/unicorn.html
[unicorn-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html
[unicorn-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#configure-it
[gitlab-yml]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/config/gitlab.yml.example
[sidekiq-omnibus]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
[sidekiq-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/sidekiq/index.html
[gitaly-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/gitaly/
[gitaly-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitaly/index.html
[gitaly-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#install-gitaly
[workhorse-omnibus]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
[workhorse-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/unicorn/index.html
[workhorse-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#install-gitlab-workhorse
[shell-omnibus]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
[shell-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/gitlab-shell/index.html
[shell-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#install-gitlab-shell
[pages-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/pages/
[pages-charts]: https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/37
[pages-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#install-gitlab-pages
[pages-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/pages.md
[registry-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/container_registry.html#container-registry-domain-configuration
[registry-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/registry/index.html
[registry-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/container_registry.html#enable-the-container-registry
[registry-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/registry.md
[redis-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/redis.html
[redis-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html
[redis-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#7-redis
[postgres-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html
[postgres-charts]: https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/postgresql
[postgres-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#6-database
[pgbouncer-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/high_availability/pgbouncer.html
[pgbouncer-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/deployment.html#postgresql
[consul-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/high_availability/consul.html
@@ -627,6 +653,8 @@ We've also detailed [our architecture of GitLab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/ha
[sentry-charts]: https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1319
[jaeger-omnibus]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/issues/4104
[jaeger-charts]: https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/1320
[jaeger-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/distributed_tracing.html#enabling-distributed-tracing
[jaeger-gdk]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/distributed_tracing.html#using-jaeger-in-the-gitlab-development-kit
[redis-exporter-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/redis_exporter.html
[redis-exporter-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/redis/index.html
[postgres-exporter-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/postgres_exporter.html
@@ -641,22 +669,32 @@ We've also detailed [our architecture of GitLab.com](https://about.gitlab.com/ha
[mattermost-charts]: https://docs.mattermost.com/install/install-mmte-helm-gitlab-helm.html
[minio-omnibus]: https://min.io/download
[minio-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/minio/index.html
[minio-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/object_storage.md
[runner-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/
[runner-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/kubernetes.html
[runner-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/
[runner-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/runner.md
[database-migrations-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html#disabling-automatic-database-migration
[database-migrations-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/gitlab/migrations/index.html
[database-migrations-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/update/upgrading_from_source.html#13-install-libs-migrations-etc
[certificate-management-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/ssl.html
[certificate-management-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/tls.html
[certificate-management-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/installation.html#using-https
[certificate-management-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/https.md
[geo-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/geo/replication/index.html#setup-instructions
[geo-charts]: https://gitlab.com/charts/gitlab/issues/8
[geo-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/geo.md
[ldap-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/auth/ldap.html
[ldap-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/charts/globals.html#ldap
[ldap-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/ldap.md
[outbound-email-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/smtp.html
[outbound-email-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#outgoing-email-configuration
[inbound-email-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/incoming_email.html
[inbound-email-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/charts/installation/command-line-options.html#incoming-email-configuration
[elasticsearch-omnibus]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html
[elasticsearch-charts]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html
[elasticsearch-source]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html
[elasticsearch-gdk]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/blob/master/doc/howto/elasticsearch.md
[sentry-integration]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/error_tracking.html
[jaeger-integration]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/operations/tracing.html
[managed-k8s-apps]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/clusters/#installing-applications
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