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Add documentation to Files API Rate Limits

What does this MR do?

Contributes to #335075

Roadmap

  1. Database migration MR: !68559 (merged)
  2. Throttling configuration form in Admin Area MR: !68560 (merged)
  3. Rack attack configuration MR: !68561 (merged)
  4. Documentation update <== This MR

Why

We want to have an option to rate limit Files API requests.

Current MR

  • Add documentation for Files API rate limit settings

Screenshots or Screencasts (strongly suggested)

How to setup and validate locally (strongly suggested)

  1. Enable feature flag:

    Feature.enable(:files_api_throttling)
  2. Go to Admin Area -> Network: http://localhost:3000/admin/application_settings/network

  3. Check that Files API Rate Limits section is appeared

Does this MR meet the acceptance criteria?

Conformity

Availability and Testing

Security

Does this MR contain changes to processing or storing of credentials or tokens, authorization and authentication methods or other items described in the security review guidelines? If not, then delete this Security section.

  • Label as security and @ mention @gitlab-com/gl-security/appsec
  • The MR includes necessary changes to maintain consistency between UI, API, email, or other methods
  • Security reports checked/validated by a reviewer from the AppSec team
Edited by Vasilii Iakliushin

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