Customize the complete sign-in page (GitLab Enterprise Edition only)

Please see Branded login page

Add a welcome message to the sign-in page (GitLab Community Edition)

It is possible to add a markdown-formatted welcome message to your GitLab sign-in page. Users of GitLab Enterprise Edition should use the branded login page feature instead.

Omnibus-gitlab example

In /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:

gitlab_rails['extra_sign_in_text'] = <<'EOS'
# ACME GitLab
Welcome to the [ACME](http://www.example.com) GitLab server!
EOS

Run sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure for changes to take effect.

Installation from source

In /home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml:

# snip
production:
  # snip
  extra:
    sign_in_text: |
      # ACME GitLab
      Welcome to the [ACME](http://www.example.com) GitLab server!

Run sudo service gitlab reload for the change to take effect.