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GitLab.com settings (FREE SAAS)
This page contains information about the settings that are used on GitLab.com, available to GitLab SaaS customers.
See some of these settings on the instance configuration page of GitLab.com.
Password requirements
GitLab.com has the following requirements for passwords on new accounts and password changes:
- Minimum character length 8 characters.
- Maximum character length 128 characters.
- All characters are accepted. For example,
~,!,@,#,$,%,^,&,*,(),[],_,+,=, and-.
SSH key restrictions
GitLab.com uses the default SSH key restrictions.
SSH host keys fingerprints
Below are the fingerprints for SSH host keys on GitLab.com. The first time you connect to a GitLab.com repository, one of these keys is displayed in the output.
| Algorithm | MD5 (deprecated) | SHA256 |
|---|---|---|
| ED25519 | 2e:65:6a:c8:cf:bf:b2:8b:9a:bd:6d:9f:11:5c:12:16 |
eUXGGm1YGsMAS7vkcx6JOJdOGHPem5gQp4taiCfCLB8 |
| RSA | b6:03:0e:39:97:9e:d0:e7:24:ce:a3:77:3e:01:42:09 |
ROQFvPThGrW4RuWLoL9tq9I9zJ42fK4XywyRtbOz/EQ |
| DSA (deprecated) | 7a:47:81:3a:ee:89:89:64:33:ca:44:52:3d:30:d4:87 |
p8vZBUOR0XQz6sYiaWSMLmh0t9i8srqYKool/Xfdfqw |
| ECDSA | f1:d0:fb:46:73:7a:70:92:5a:ab:5d:ef:43:e2:1c:35 |
HbW3g8zUjNSksFbqTiUWPWg2Bq1x8xdGUrliXFzSnUw |
SSH known_hosts entries
Add the following to .ssh/known_hosts to skip manual fingerprint
confirmation in SSH:
gitlab.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAfuCHKVTjquxvt6CM6tdG4SLp1Btn/nOeHHE5UOzRdf
gitlab.com ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCsj2bNKTBSpIYDEGk9KxsGh3mySTRgMtXL583qmBpzeQ+jqCMRgBqB98u3z++J1sKlXHWfM9dyhSevkMwSbhoR8XIq/U0tCNyokEi/ueaBMCvbcTHhO7FcwzY92WK4Yt0aGROY5qX2UKSeOvuP4D6TPqKF1onrSzH9bx9XUf2lEdWT/ia1NEKjunUqu1xOB/StKDHMoX4/OKyIzuS0q/T1zOATthvasJFoPrAjkohTyaDUz2LN5JoH839hViyEG82yB+MjcFV5MU3N1l1QL3cVUCh93xSaua1N85qivl+siMkPGbO5xR/En4iEY6K2XPASUEMaieWVNTRCtJ4S8H+9
gitlab.com ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBFSMqzJeV9rUzU4kWitGjeR4PWSa29SPqJ1fVkhtj3Hw9xjLVXVYrU9QlYWrOLXBpQ6KWjbjTDTdDkoohFzgbEY=
Mail configuration
GitLab.com sends emails from the mg.gitlab.com domain by using Mailgun,
and has its own dedicated IP addresses:
161.38.202.219159.135.226.146192.237.158.143198.61.254.13623.253.183.23669.72.35.190
The IP addresses for mg.gitlab.com are subject to change at any time.
Service Desk custom mailbox
On GitLab.com, there's a mailbox configured for Service Desk with the email address:
contact-project+%{key}@incoming.gitlab.com. To use this mailbox, configure the
custom suffix in project
settings.
Backups
To back up an entire project on GitLab.com, you can export it either:
- Through the UI.
- Through the API. You can also use the API to programmatically upload exports to a storage platform, such as Amazon S3.
With exports, be aware of what is and is not included in a project export.
GitLab is built on Git, so you can back up just the repository of a project by cloning it to another computer. Similarly, you can clone a project's wiki to back it up. All files uploaded after August 22, 2020 are included when cloning.
Delayed project deletion (PREMIUM SAAS)
Top-level groups created after August 12, 2021 have delayed project deletion enabled by default. Projects are permanently deleted after a seven-day delay.
If you are on:
- Premium tier and above, you can disable this by changing the group setting.
- Free tier, you cannot disable this setting or restore projects.
Inactive project deletion
Inactive project deletion is disabled on GitLab.com.
Alternative SSH port
GitLab.com can be reached by using a different SSH port for git+ssh.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
Hostname |
altssh.gitlab.com |
Port |
443 |
An example ~/.ssh/config is the following:
Host gitlab.com
Hostname altssh.gitlab.com
User git
Port 443
PreferredAuthentications publickey
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gitlab
GitLab Pages
Below are the settings for GitLab Pages.
| Setting | GitLab.com | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Domain name | gitlab.io |
- |
| IP address | 35.185.44.232 |
- |
| Custom domains support | {check-circle} Yes | {dotted-circle} No |
| TLS certificates support | {check-circle} Yes | {dotted-circle} No |
| Maximum size (compressed) | 1 GB | 100 MB |
The maximum size of your Pages site is also regulated by the artifacts maximum size, which is part of GitLab CI/CD.
There are also rate limits set for GitLab Pages.
GitLab CI/CD
Below are the current settings regarding GitLab CI/CD. Any settings or feature limits not listed here are using the defaults listed in the related documentation.
| Setting | GitLab.com | Default (self-managed) |
|---|---|---|
| Artifacts maximum size (compressed) | 1 GB | See Maximum artifacts size |
| Artifacts expiry time | From June 22, 2020, deleted after 30 days unless otherwise specified (artifacts created before that date have no expiry). | See Default artifacts expiration |
| Scheduled Pipeline Cron | */5 * * * * |
See Pipeline schedules advanced configuration |
| Maximum jobs in active pipelines | 500 for Free tier, 1000 for all trial tiers, and unlimited otherwise. |
See Number of jobs in active pipelines |
| Maximum CI/CD subscriptions to a project | 2 |
See Number of CI/CD subscriptions to a project |
| Maximum number of pipeline triggers in a project | 25000 for Free tier, Unlimited for all paid tiers |
See Limit the number of pipeline triggers |
| Maximum pipeline schedules in projects | 10 for Free tier, 50 for all paid tiers |
See Number of pipeline schedules |
| Maximum pipelines per schedule | 24 for Free tier, 288 for all paid tiers |
See Limit the number of pipelines created by a pipeline schedule per day |
| Maximum number of schedule rules defined for each security policy project | Unlimited for all paid tiers | See Number of schedule rules defined for each security policy project |
| Scheduled job archiving | 3 months (from June 22, 2020). Jobs created before that date were archived after September 22, 2020. | Never |
| Maximum test cases per unit test report | 500000 |
Unlimited |
| Maximum registered runners | Free tier: 50 per-group / 50 per-projectAll paid tiers: 1000 per-group / 1000 per-project |
See Number of registered runners per scope |
| Limit of dotenv variables | Free tier: 50 / Premium tier: 100 / Ultimate tier: 150 |
See Limit dotenv variables |
| Authorization token duration (minutes) | 15 |
To set a custom value, in the Rails console, run ApplicationSetting.last.update(container_registry_token_expire_delay: <integer>), where <integer> is the desired number of minutes. |
Package registry limits
The maximum file size for a package uploaded to the GitLab Package Registry varies by format:
| Package type | GitLab.com |
|---|---|
| Conan | 5 GB |
| Generic | 5 GB |
| Helm | 5 MB |
| Maven | 5 GB |
| npm: | 5 GB |
| NuGet | 5 GB |
| PyPI | 5 GB |
| Terraform | 1 GB |
Account and limit settings
GitLab.com has the following account limits enabled. If a setting is not listed, the default value is the same as for self-managed instances:
| Setting | GitLab.com default |
|---|---|
| Repository size including LFS | 10 GB |
| Maximum import size | 5 GB |
| Maximum attachment size | 10 MB |
If you are near or over the repository size limit, you can either reduce your repository size with Git or purchase additional storage.
NOTE:
git push and GitLab project imports are limited to 5 GB per request through
Cloudflare. Git LFS and imports other than a file upload are not affected by
this limit. Repository limits apply to both public and private projects.
IP range
GitLab.com uses the IP ranges 34.74.90.64/28 and 34.74.226.0/24 for traffic from its Web/API
fleet. This whole range is solely allocated to GitLab. You can expect connections from webhooks or repository mirroring to come
from those IPs and allow them.
GitLab.com is fronted by Cloudflare. For incoming connections to GitLab.com, you might need to allow CIDR blocks of Cloudflare (IPv4 and IPv6).
For outgoing connections from CI/CD runners, we are not providing static IP addresses. All GitLab.com shared runners are deployed into Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Any IP-based firewall can be configured by looking up all IP address ranges or CIDR blocks for GCP.
Hostname list
Add these hostnames when you configure allow-lists in local HTTP(S) proxies, or other web-blocking software that governs end-user computers. Pages on GitLab.com load content from these hostnames:
gitlab.com*.gitlab.com*.gitlab-static.net*.gitlab.io*.gitlab.net
Documentation and Company pages served over docs.gitlab.com and about.gitlab.com
also load certain page content directly from common public CDN hostnames.
Webhooks
The following limits apply for webhooks.
Rate limits
The number of times a webhook can be called per minute, per top-level namespace. The limit varies depending on your plan and the number of seats in your subscription.
| Plan | Default for GitLab.com |
|---|---|
| Free | 500 |
| Premium | 99 seats or fewer: 1,600100-399 seats: 2,800400 seats or more: 4,000 |
| Ultimate and open source | 999 seats or fewer: 6,0001,000-4,999 seats: 9,0005,000 seats or more: 13,000 |
Other limits
| Setting | Default for GitLab.com |
|---|---|
| Number of webhooks | 100 per project, 50 per group |
| Maximum payload size | 25 MB |
For self-managed instance limits, see Webhook rate limit and Number of webhooks.
Runner SaaS
Runner SaaS is the hosted, secure, and managed build environment you can use to run CI/CD jobs for your GitLab.com hosted project.
For more information, see Runner SaaS.
Sidekiq
GitLab.com runs Sidekiq with arguments --timeout=4 --concurrency=4
and the following environment variables:
| Setting | GitLab.com | Default |
|---|---|---|
SIDEKIQ_DAEMON_MEMORY_KILLER |
- | 1 |
SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_MAX_RSS |
2000000 |
2000000 |
SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_HARD_LIMIT_RSS |
- | - |
SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_CHECK_INTERVAL |
- | 3 |
SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_GRACE_TIME |
- | 900 |
SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_SHUTDOWN_WAIT |
- | 30 |
SIDEKIQ_LOG_ARGUMENTS |
1 |
1 |
NOTE:
The SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_MAX_RSS setting is 16000000 on Sidekiq import
nodes and Sidekiq export nodes.
PostgreSQL
GitLab.com being a fairly large installation of GitLab means we have changed various PostgreSQL settings to better suit our needs. For example, we use streaming replication and servers in hot-standby mode to balance queries across different database servers.
The list of GitLab.com specific settings (and their defaults) is as follows:
| Setting | GitLab.com | Default |
|---|---|---|
archive_command |
/usr/bin/envdir /etc/wal-e.d/env /opt/wal-e/bin/wal-e wal-push %p |
empty |
archive_mode |
on | off |
autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor |
0.01 | 0.01 |
autovacuum_max_workers |
6 | 3 |
autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit |
1000 | -1 |
autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor |
0.01 | 0.02 |
checkpoint_completion_target |
0.7 | 0.9 |
checkpoint_segments |
32 | 10 |
effective_cache_size |
338688MB | Based on how much memory is available |
hot_standby |
on | off |
hot_standby_feedback |
on | off |
log_autovacuum_min_duration |
0 | -1 |
log_checkpoints |
on | off |
log_line_prefix |
%t [%p]: [%l-1] |
empty |
log_min_duration_statement |
1000 | -1 |
log_temp_files |
0 | -1 |
maintenance_work_mem |
2048MB | 16 MB |
max_replication_slots |
5 | 0 |
max_wal_senders |
32 | 0 |
max_wal_size |
5GB | 1GB |
shared_buffers |
112896MB | Based on how much memory is available |
shared_preload_libraries |
pg_stat_statements | empty |
shmall |
30146560 | Based on the server's capabilities |
shmmax |
123480309760 | Based on the server's capabilities |
wal_buffers |
16MB | -1 |
wal_keep_segments |
512 | 10 |
wal_level |
replica | minimal |
statement_timeout |
15s | 60s |
idle_in_transaction_session_timeout |
60s | 60s |
Some of these settings are in the process being adjusted. For example, the value
for shared_buffers is quite high, and we are
considering adjusting it.
Puma
GitLab.com uses the default of 60 seconds for Puma request timeouts.
GitLab.com-specific rate limits
NOTE: See Rate limits for administrator documentation.
When a request is rate limited, GitLab responds with a 429 status
code. The client should wait before attempting the request again. There
are also informational headers with this response detailed in
rate limiting responses.
The following table describes the rate limits for GitLab.com, both before and after the limits change in January, 2021:
| Rate limit | From 2021-02-12 | From 2022-02-03 |
|---|---|---|
| Protected paths (for a given IP address) | 10 requests per minute | 10 requests per minute |
| Raw endpoint traffic (for a given project, commit, and file path) | 300 requests per minute | 300 requests per minute |
| Unauthenticated traffic (from a given IP address) | 500 requests per minute | 500 requests per minute |
| Authenticated API traffic (for a given user) | 2,000 requests per minute | 2,000 requests per minute |
| Authenticated non-API HTTP traffic (for a given user) | 1,000 requests per minute | 1,000 requests per minute |
| All traffic (from a given IP address) | 2,000 requests per minute | 2,000 requests per minute |
| Issue creation | 300 requests per minute | 200 requests per minute |
| Note creation (on issues and merge requests) | 60 requests per minute | 60 requests per minute |
| Advanced, project, and group search API (for a given IP address) | 10 requests per minute | 10 requests per minute |
| GitLab Pages requests (for a given IP address) | 1000 requests per 50 seconds | |
| GitLab Pages requests (for a given GitLab Pages domain) | 5000 requests per 10 seconds | |
| Pipeline creation requests (for a given project, user, and commit) | 25 requests per minute | |
| Alert integration endpoint requests (for a given project) | 3600 requests per hour |
More details are available on the rate limits for protected paths and raw endpoints.
GitLab can rate-limit requests at several layers. The rate limits listed here are configured in the application. These limits are the most restrictive per IP address. To learn more about the rate limiting for GitLab.com, read our runbook page Overview of rate limits for GitLab.com.
Rate limiting responses
For information on rate limiting responses, see:
Protected paths throttle
GitLab.com responds with HTTP status code 429 to POST requests at protected
paths that exceed 10 requests per minute per IP address.
See the source below for which paths are protected. This includes user creation, user confirmation, user sign in, and password reset.
User and IP rate limits includes a list of the headers responded to blocked requests.
See Protected Paths for more details.
IP blocks
IP blocks can occur when GitLab.com receives unusual traffic from a single IP address that the system views as potentially malicious. This can be based on rate limit settings. After the unusual traffic ceases, the IP address is automatically released depending on the type of block, as described in a following section.
If you receive a 403 Forbidden error for all requests to GitLab.com,
check for any automated processes that may be triggering a block. For
assistance, contact GitLab Support
with details, such as the affected IP address.
Git and container registry failed authentication ban
GitLab.com responds with HTTP status code 403 for 1 hour, if 30 failed
authentication requests were received in a 3-minute period from a single IP address.
This applies only to Git requests and container registry (/jwt/auth) requests
(combined).
This limit:
- Is reset by requests that authenticate successfully. For example, 29 failed authentication requests followed by 1 successful request, followed by 29 more failed authentication requests would not trigger a ban.
- Does not apply to JWT requests authenticated by
gitlab-ci-token.
No response headers are provided.
Pagination response headers
For performance reasons, if a query returns more than 10,000 records, GitLab excludes some headers.
Visibility settings
Projects, groups, and snippets have the Internal visibility setting disabled on GitLab.com.
SSH maximum number of connections
GitLab.com defines the maximum number of concurrent, unauthenticated SSH
connections by using the MaxStartups setting.
If more than the maximum number of allowed connections occur concurrently, they
are dropped and users get
an ssh_exchange_identification error.
Import/export
To help avoid abuse, project and group imports, exports, and export downloads are rate limited. See Project import/export rate limits and Group import/export rate limits for details.
Non-configurable limits
See non-configurable limits for information on rate limits that are not configurable, and therefore also used on GitLab.com.
GitLab.com logging
We use Fluentd
to parse our logs. Fluentd sends our logs to
Stackdriver Logging
and Cloud Pub/Sub.
Stackdriver is used for storing logs long-term in Google Cold Storage (GCS).
Cloud Pub/Sub is used to forward logs to an Elastic cluster using pubsubbeat.
You can view more information in our runbooks such as:
- A detailed list of what we're logging
- Our current log retention policies
- A diagram of our logging infrastructure
Job logs
By default, GitLab does not expire job logs. Job logs are retained indefinitely, and can't be configured on GitLab.com to expire. You can erase job logs manually with the Jobs API or by deleting a pipeline.
GitLab.com at scale
In addition to the GitLab Enterprise Edition Omnibus install, GitLab.com uses the following applications and settings to achieve scale. All settings are publicly available at chef cookbooks.
Elastic cluster
We use Elasticsearch and Kibana for part of our monitoring solution:
Fluentd
We use Fluentd to unify our GitLab logs:
Prometheus
Prometheus complete our monitoring stack:
Grafana
For the visualization of monitoring data:
Sentry
Open source error tracking:
Consul
Service discovery:
HAProxy
High Performance TCP/HTTP Load Balancer: