Overview of Gitlab usage
- 1. GITLAB TRAINING Olupot. D Wednesday Meetup
- 2. Who am I? ● Olupot Douglas ● Software Eng. ● Neptune Software ● gitlab/hub: @oludouglas
- 3. What is Gitlab? ● Gitlab is an open source software development tool which provides a single app for every stage of the DevOps lifecycle. ● Goal is to make software development faster so you can spend more time fixing bugs (writing code) and less time mantaining your tool chain. ● Based on Git, the most widely adopted version control system for software development.
- 4. What is Gitlab? Gitlab is that single application for complete DevOps lifecycle
- 5. Why Managed Version Control ● Easy management of privileges ● Inline feedback options ● Enforce reviews (releases and artefacts) ● Spend time coding, not managing tools and users. ● Firm control over source code access ● No external parties involved. ● Keep sensitive info inhouse
- 6. Some Gitlab Features ● Code reviews ● Bug tracking ● Personal and private branches ● Management of numerous Git repos ● Wikis (we all need wiki) ● Issue tracking ● Access control ● Highly available (active cluster where needed)
- 7. Gitlab is collaborative ● Unlimited number of public and private repos ● Unlimited number of public and private collabos ● Integrates with external ticket systems eg Redmine ● Works with JIRA for issue tracking. ● Displays merge request status for builds on Jenkins CI (Oops only on EE).
- 8. Who else uses Gitlab?
- 9. Who works on Gitlab? ● Been around since 2011 ● An active community with hundreds of contributors ● Managed by Gitlab.com ● Enterprise support by Gitlab B.V
- 10. Traditional Git Workflow ● Clone a repository ● Create a branch ● Modify source code ● Check in ● Create a patch or push changes to upstream
- 11. Drawbacks and disadvantages ● Write access: ● every committer needs write access on projects (intended workflows could be omitted) ● Format patch: ● Every committer submits their patches and has to wait for the mantaining of a review. (quite labour intensive)
- 12. The Gitlab Workflow ● Fork a repo into your own workspace ● Full access to your own forked copy ● Edit online in browser or local check outs ● Create merge request (MR) ● Reviewer coments on diffs on the platform ● Automated process for pulling forks back into mainstream repo.
- 13. Access control ● Gitlab provides access control for user and group based on permission levels. ● Users’ abilities depend on their access level on a particular project or group ● If a user is in both a project group and in project itself the highest permission level is considered. ● The Gitlab administrator receives all permissions.
- 14. Internal Issue/Review Ops ● Gitlab provides APIs for external ticketing − Access to redmine tickets through commit messages in Git − Use of internal issue tracking. ● API for Gitlab CI − Continuous integration: Automated builds and test suites run on commit − Improved software quality − Use dead code detectors or code coverage tools.
- 15. More Info ● About Gitlab architecture − http://gitlab.com ● Gitlab continuous integration − https://about.gitlab.com/gitbal-ci ● Official Gitlab Documentation − http://doc.gitlab.com/ee
- 16. Any Questions?
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