You will need Kubernetes cluster up and running in order to use GitLab Auto DevOps feature. This is a step by step guide to help you to manually create a Kubernetes cluster in Google Cloud Platform.
More details Auto DevOps
You need a Google Cloud Platform account, GitLab employees will have this. Ensure you are logged in with your GitLab account.
| Step | What it looks like |
| 1. Open a browser and login to Google Kubernetes Engine | |
| 2. GitLab employees - Sign-in using your GitLab email. | |
| 3. GitLab employees should use the gitlab-demos project. Others should select or create a project to work in. |  |
| 4. Under COMPUTE on the side bar select Kubernetes Engine -> Clusters. |  |
| 5. Click CREATE CLUSTER. |  |
| 6. Set name for your cluster. GitLab Product and Solution Marketing employees, the naming convention is sm_<yourname>, or, if you are in the Product Marketing sub-group use pmm_<yourname>, or for the Technical Marketing group use tmm_<yourname>. Keep the overall name short (up to 16 chars). Set the number of nodes to 3, and expand the page for additional settings. |
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| 7. GitLab employees should select the 'demonet' network in Networking. Others should select or create network. |  |
| 8. Enable legacy authorization. |  |
| 9. You are ready to create the cluster, click Create. |  |
| 10. It will take a few minutes to create the cluster, once it is created, you will see your just created cluster on the list. |  |
| 11. Now you are ready to integrate your GitLab project with Kubernetes, and use the Auto DevOps feature. | |
| 12. Cleanup steps PLACEHOLDER |