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# Interactive Web Terminals **[CORE ONLY]**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/50144) in GitLab 11.3.
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Interactive web terminals give the user access to a terminal in GitLab for
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running one-off commands for their CI pipeline.
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NOTE: **Note:**
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GitLab.com does not support interactive web terminal at the moment – neither
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using shared GitLab.com runners nor your own runners. Please follow
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[this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/52611) for
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progress.
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## Configuration
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Two things need to be configured for the interactive web terminal to work:
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- The Runner needs to have [`[session_server]` configured
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properly](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration.html#the-session_server-section)
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- If you are using a reverse proxy with your GitLab instance, web terminals need to be
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[enabled](../../administration/integration/terminal.md#enabling-and-disabling-terminal-support)
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## Debugging a running job
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NOTE: **Note:** Not all executors are
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[supported](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/#compatibility-chart).
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NOTE: **Note:** The `docker` executor does not keep running
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after the build script is finished. At that point, the terminal will automatically
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disconnect and will not wait for the user to finish. Please follow [this
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issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/issues/3605) for updates on
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improving this behavior.
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Sometimes, when a job is running, things don't go as you would expect, and it
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would be helpful if one can have a shell to aid debugging. When a job is
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running, on the right panel you can see a button `debug` that will open the terminal
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for the current job.
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When clicked, a new tab will open to the terminal page where you can access
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the terminal and type commands like a normal shell.
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If you have the terminal open and the job has finished with its tasks, the
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terminal will block the job from finishing for the duration configured in
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[`[session_server].terminal_max_retention_time`](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration.html#the-session_server-section) until you
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close the terminal window.
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