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wikipedia:GitLab (2011) is a web-based DevOps lifecycle software service or locally installed, available since 2011, that provides a Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline features, using an open-source license.

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ?hl=en&window=5Y

Since April 2018, GitLab support integration with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to simplify the process of spinning up a new Kubernetes cluster and deploy applications.

GitLab is integrated of different modules including GitLab Runner^[1] (.gitlab-ci.yml) responsible for the continuous integration^[2] with an embedded HTTP Statistics Server with Prometheus metrics available on /metrics since GitLab Runner 1.8.0.^[3]

GitLab offers many features such as:

Audit events^[4]
GitLab container registry^[5]
ElasticSearch and Sentry integration ^[6] (not installed with GitLab)
read-only mirrors called GitLab Geo (Premium)
SAML 2.0 Service Provider (SP) capabilities used for Web Browser Single Sign-On (SSO)
Project members permissions: Guest, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, Owner ^[7]

An integrates with many platforms such as Salesforce DX and Snowplow.

GitLab Software[edit]

Binaries[edit]

gitlab-ctl
- gitlab-ctl status
- gitlab-ctl tail
- gitlab-ctl pg-password-md5 gitlab
- gitlab-ctl reconfigure

Configuration files[edit]

Default configuration file: /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
Secrets: /etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json
Default data directory: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/
Default backup directory: /var/opt/gitlab/backup/
GitLab CI/CD pipelines: .gitlab-ci.yml https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/

GitLab logs[edit]

/var/log/gitlab/gitlab-rails/production.log
application.log and application_json.log (Since GitLab 12.7)

Health checks and monitoring[edit]

Health checks https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.html

GitLab provides a Prometheus and Grafana integration, GitLab export GitLab metrics to Prometheus monitoring system^[8] and it is activated by default since version 9.0 in 2017.^[9]

Components[edit]

Sidekiq job scheduler

GitLab editions[edit]

Activities[edit]

Basic[edit]

Read GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Configuration Reference:.gitlab-ci.yml https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/
Create a backup from GitLab

Medium[edit]

Read GitLab release notes/Changelog/versions
Install GitLab using docker containers. Note: Gitlab uses PostgreSQL as database backend.^[10]
Review GitLab Automatic Let’s Encrypt Renewal
Review GitLab project members permissions/privileges: Guest, Reporter, Developer, Maintainer, Owner, and external users.
Generate new 2FA codes: GitLab: ssh [email protected] 2fa recovery codes

Advanced[edit]

Review Ansible GitLab modules https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/list_of_all_modules.html
Enable Gitlab container registry in: /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb^[11]
Read https://about.gitlab.com/devops-tools/teamcity-vs-gitlab.html

GitLab and Kubernetes[edit]

Since April 2018, GitLab simplifies process of spinning up a new Kubernetes cluster in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to deploy applications.^[12]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

glab [ glab auth login | issue | list | ci | repo ], version, glab --help
GitLab: Install GitLab, Upgrade GitLab Gitlab runner (changelog), gitlab.rb, .gitlab/, gitlab-ci.yml, gitlab-ctl, gitlab-rake, gitlab-backup, gitlab-rails, GitLab editions, GitLab Security Dashboards, GitLab environments, GitLab environment variables, Auto DevOps, permissions, GitLab Pages, gitlab-rails, GitLab scheduled pipelines, GitLab logs, GitLab changelog , GitLab Release CLI, GitLab Omnibus, GitLab Advanced Search, GitLab container registry, GitLab infrastructure registry
VCS: GitHub, GitLab, AWS CodeCommit, Bitbucket, Assembla, GitKraken, Azure DevOps

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↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/monitoring/README.html
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/audit_events.html
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/container_registry/
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/permissions.html
↑ "GitLab Prometheus metrics". Retrieved December 26, 2018.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
↑ https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html
↑ https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/packages/container_registry.html#container-registry-storage-driver
↑ https://about.gitlab.com/2018/04/05/gke-gitlab->in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) integration/

[1] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/runner/

[2] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/runner/

[3] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/runner/monitoring/README.html

[4] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/audit_events.html

[5] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/container_registry/

[6] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html

[7] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/permissions.html

[8] "GitLab Prometheus metrics". Retrieved December 26, 2018.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>

[9] ttps://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/

[10] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html

[11] ttps://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/packages/container_registry.html#container-registry-storage-driver

[12] ttps://about.gitlab.com/2018/04/05/gke-gitlab->in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) integration/

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@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[wikipedia:GitLab]] ([[2011]]) is a web-based [[DevOps]] lifecycle software service or locally installed, available since 2011, that provides a [[Git]]-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking and [[CI/CD]] pipeline features, using an open-source license.
+* https://www.google.com/finance/quote/GTLB:NASDAQ?hl=en&window=5Y
 Since April 2018, GitLab support integration with [[Google Kubernetes Engine]] (GKE) to simplify the process of spinning up a new [[Kubernetes]] cluster and deploy applications.
-[[GitLab]] provides a Prometheus integration guide to export GitLab metrics to [[Prometheus]] monitoring system<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_metrics.html|title = GitLab Prometheus metrics|accessdate = December 26, 2018}}</ref> and it is activated by default since version 9.0 in 2017.<ref>https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/</ref>
 GitLab is integrated of different modules including [[GitLab Runner]]<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/</ref> (<code>.[[gitlab-ci.yml]]</code>) responsible for the [[continuous integration]]<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/</ref> with an embedded HTTP Statistics Server with Prometheus metrics available on <code>/metrics</code> since GitLab Runner 1.8.0.<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/monitoring/README.html</ref>
 GitLab offers many features such as:
-* audit events<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/audit_events.html</ref>
+* [[Audit events]]<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/audit_events.html</ref>
 * [[GitLab container registry]]<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/container_registry/</ref>
 * [[ElasticSearch]] and [[Sentry]] integration <ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html</ref> (not installed with GitLab)
@@ Line 27: / Line 26: @@
 === Configuration files ===
 * Default configuration file: <code>/etc/gitlab/[[gitlab.rb]]</code>
-* Secrets: <code>/etc/gitlab/gitlab-secrets.json</code>
+* Secrets: <code>/etc/gitlab/[[gitlab-secrets.json]]</code>
-* Default data directory: <code>[[/var/opt/gitlab/]]git-data</code>
+* Default data directory: <code>[[/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/]]</code>
-* GitLab [[CI/CD]] pipelines: <code>.[[gitlab-ci.yml]]</code> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/
+* Default [[Gitlab backups|backup]] directory: <code>[[/var/opt/gitlab/backup/]]</code>
+* [[GitLab CI/CD]] pipelines: <code>.[[gitlab-ci.yml]]</code> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/
 === [[GitLab logs]] ===
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 * <code>[[application.log]]</code> and <code>application_json.log</code> (Since [[GitLab 12.7]])
-== [[Health check]]s ==
+== [[Health check]]s and monitoring ==
 [[Health check]]s  https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.html
 * <code>GET http://localhost/-/health</code>
 * <code>GET http://localhost/-/readiness</code>
 * <code>GET http://localhost/-/liveness</code>
+[[GitLab]] provides a [[Prometheus]] and [[Grafana]] integration, GitLab export GitLab metrics to [[Prometheus]] monitoring system<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/prometheus/gitlab_metrics.html|title = GitLab Prometheus metrics|accessdate = December 26, 2018}}</ref> and it is activated by default since version 9.0 in 2017.<ref>https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/</ref>
@@ Line 46: / Line 48: @@
 * [[Sidekiq]] job scheduler
-== Editions ==
+== [[GitLab editions]] ==
-* Self-managed: Core, Starter, Premium and [[GitLab Ultimate|Ultimate]]
 ==Activities==
@@ Line 58: / Line 59: @@
 # [[Install GitLab]] using docker containers. Note: Gitlab uses [[PostgreSQL]] as database backend.<ref>https://docs.gitlab.com/omnibus/settings/database.html</ref>
 # Review [[GitLab Automatic Let’s Encrypt Renewal]]
+# Review [[GitLab project members permissions]]/privileges: <code>Guest, Reporter, Developer, [[Maintainer]], Owner</code>, and <code>external users</code>.
+# Generate new 2FA codes: [[GitLab: ssh [email protected] 2fa recovery codes]]
 === Advanced ===
@@ Line 66: / Line 69: @@
 == GitLab and Kubernetes ==
 Since April 2018, GitLab simplifies process of spinning up a new [[Kubernetes]] cluster in [[Google Kubernetes Engine]] ([[GKE]]) to deploy applications.<ref>https://about.gitlab.com/2018/04/05/gke-gitlab->in [[Google Kubernetes Engine]] (GKE) integration/</ref>
+See also: [[GitLab Kubernetes agent]], [[gitlab-agent for Kubernetes]]
 == Related terms ==
 * [[U2F]]
 * [[GitLab groups]] https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2014/06/30/feature-highlight-groups/
+* [[EKS]] integration
+* [[Bitbucket]]
+* [[Azure DevOps Server]]
+* [[GitHub Enterprise Server]]
+* [[Terraform resource: gitlab_deploy_token]]
+* [[ICONIQ Capital]]
+* [[Meltano]] [[ETL]]
+* [[GitLab environment variables]]
+* [[GitLab terraform integration]]
 == See also ==
+* {{glab}}
 * {{GitLab}}
-* {{git software}}
+* {{VCS}}
-* {{dev}}
-* {{SCA}}
-* {{CI}}
-* [[wikipedia:Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities]]
-[[Category:Cloud computing| ]]
+[[Category:Cloud computing]]
-[[Category: Software development]]
 [[Category:Version Control]]
+[[Category:CI]]
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