Recently we witnessed a growing interest in GitLab and especially in its advanced built-in CI/CD component. To answer that interest, we have written a few papers on that topic and held several meetings (all of them recorded). As a result we were asked a number of questions about GitLab CI/CD. In this paper I want […]

Next week we are hosting a HashiCorp employee to discuss different aspects of using Vault effectively. Webinar is free of charge. Introducing Vault ; Integration with OpenShift and “Ask Me Anything” (July 31st 11AM CET) We are hosting Lieuwe Helmus, Senior Solution Engineer in HashiCorp Company, to discuss about Vault, integration with OpenShift and give you the chance to […]

This is a demo we got from GitLab company – we’ve edited and added English captions. It’s an updated technical demo that demonstrates how to use GitLab CI/CD: How to set configuration file of GitLab CI/CD (gitlab-ci.yml) How to run CI pipelines How to configure runners (nodes) and how to execute tests To watch demo […]

Foreword: What you gain by installing GitLab on Kubernetes (K8S) and what you don’t. As GitLab representatives in Israel, we are regularly asked technical questions about GitLab and tools, which integrate with it. One of the questions often asked lately is about GitLab’s integration with K8S. We have noticed that there is a popular assumption […]

GitLab is considered a breakthrough tool not just as a version control and CI tool – but also as a strong CD (Continuous Deployment) tool, especially if you work with containers (such as Docker) and Kubernetes. To demonstrate these benefits of GitLab,we have collected 7 selected videos that were released in the past year. They […]

This time I have chosen to summarize a lecture from the recent DevOps Enterprise Summit in London. The conference was organized by Gene Kim, the author of a well-known book, The Phoenix Project. Lecture recordings were published a few days ago. I have selected this specific lecture for a number of reasons: It’s an interesting […]

Spotinst now offers a new service that enables you to integrate their Elastigroup to GitLab CI/CD. That means you can enjoy 3 benefits: Save money on Spot instances you install on AWS (Amazon Web Services) EC2. You can save up to 80% by using Spotinst (read below what Spot instances are) High availability that Spotinst […]

GitLab has acquired Gemnasium, a service that scans for security vulnerabilities in open source libraries, and soon it will be part of the GitLab product. This move helps GitLab users enjoy static code analysis; dynamic security testing; security container scanning and more. The tool can now scan Ruby, Python and JavaScript code languages, and very […]

During a recent GitLab live event, GitLab made several interesting  announcements: They presented their vision of “Complete DevOps”, and demonstrated capabilities that will soon be incorporated into their product. They announced that they had raised $20 million in new venture capital funding led by Google Ventures (GV). So far, the total amount of funding raised […]

There are currently 5 different editions of GitLab, including free, paid, cloud and more. This variety confuses some users, so I wrote this article to explain the differences between the editions. I’m going to introduce the editions as different layers on top of each other. Each layer provides some additional functionality beyond the layer below […]