Logging in user when setting up new instance
I went through the process of setting up an instance of GitLab.
The first screen the user sees is this one. The top banner tells the user to "create a password for your new account" but the form says to "Change your password". We should fix copy on this page to make it clear that they are creating the password for the admin user.
After "changing" your password, the user is asked to log in.
We expect them to know what the username is of the admin user. It does mention it on the downloads page, but this is easily forgotten. We should really make the first screen the user sees show that they are the root user, set a password, and immediately log in.
After logging in, the user see's this screen that is not very helpful at all. This is being addressed in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/issues/1869
Proposal
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Include text on the downloads page and command line telling the user where to go after installation to view their instance -
Improve the first page by including the username of the admin user (root), allowing them to create a password, and automatically log the user in -
Since we are combining the download of EE and CE, the welcome message will just say "Welcome to GitLab"
First time registration | Second time registration |
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