01_12-setting-up-a-project.md

Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Login as root. Add a project. You will use this project to explore GitLab CI functionality. To add a project, select the "New..." icon (it looks like a plus sign) and select "New project":

On the next screen, change the visibility level to "Public".

Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Name the project "www" (we'll pretend it's the source code for our web site).

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Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Select the big fat green "Create project" button to create your project.

Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

GitLab will now take you to the "www" project page, and you should see a prompt to add an SSH key to your profile so you can pull or push project code.

Select "Don't show again", as in this tutorial, you'll use the GitLab Web UI to change files in your project.

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Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Add a README.md file by selecting "README" in the UI:

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Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Add text and select "Commit changes" to create the README.md file.

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Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

You should then see the confirmation.

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Setting up your CI/CD infrastructure

Adding a project

Use the navigation breadcrumbs at the top to go back to the main "www" project screen: