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Rename the Agent on the GitLab UI

Scope

This issue is part of a bigger development effort described in detail by its epic. The scope of this issue is to rename Kubernetes Agent to Gitlab Agent for Kubernetes:

  • In the Agents' empty state view on Infrastructure -> Kubernetes page
  • In the Agents' modal empty state variant
  • In the Agents' modal for Agent configuration present variant
  • In the alert on Security & Compliance -> Policies -> Create new policy page

Proposals

Screen 1

Agents tab

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Change to:

Use the [GitLab Agent](https://gitlab.com/help/user/clusters/agent/index.md) to safely connect your Kubernetes clusters to GitLab.
You can deploy your applications, run your pipelines, use Review Apps, and much more.

If you are setting up multiple clusters with Auto DevOps, learn
[how to use multiple Kubernetes clusters](LINK-TO-DOC) first.

Clusters tab

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Change to:

Connect your cluster to GitLab through [cluster certificates](https://gitlab.com/help/user/infrastructure/clusters/index.md#certificate-based-kubernetes-integration-deprecated).

If you are setting up multiple clusters with Auto DevOps, learn
[how to use multiple Kubernetes clusters](LINK-TO-DOC) first.

Add alert saying:

For a number of reasons, the certificate-based method to connect clusters to GitLab was [deprecated](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/11/15/deprecating-the-cert-based-kubernetes-integration/) in GitLab 14.5. Use it at your own risk.

Screen 2

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Change to:

Install a new agent

Before installing an agent, add the agent's configuration file to this repository.

[Go to the repository](LINK-TO-REPO) [What's the Agent's configuration file?](LINK-TO-DOC)

For the state when KAS is not enabled:

Before using the GitLab Agent, ask a GitLab Administrator to enable the
[GitLab Agent Server (KAS)](LINK-TO https://gitlab.com/help/administration/clusters/kas).

Screen 3

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Change to

Install a new agent

Select an agent to install

Select an agent to register with GitLab and install on your cluster. [How to register an agent?](https://gitlab.com/help/user/clusters/agent/install/index.md)

Screen 4

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Change to

To enable XXX alerts, [install an agent](https://gitlab.com/help/user/clusters/agent/install/index.md) first.
Edited by Anna Vovchenko