Preface

GitLab is a popular, open source Git hosting solution implemented by more than 50,000 organizations. Over the last few years, GitLab has evolved with strong community support and growth, handling thousands of users on a single server and several such servers on an active cluster. If you need to set up a Git server, GitLab provides a perfect solution for you!

This book has some carefully chosen recipes to help you decide on the type of GitLab installation that will fit your requirements. You will also explore the benefits of each of these installation types.

Along with covering some of the basic principles of Git, the book covers practical scenarios that will show how you or your organization can effectively manage your proprietary code. You will learn how to manage multiple users, groups, and the permissions GitLab has for them. Updating your GitLab instance, creating backups, and restoring backups are some of the important tasks that are described in detail in order to assist you in maintaining your GitLab server. Moreover, the GitLab API is extensively covered to guide you through the various operations to help you manage your project. Among some of the more complex stuff, you will see how to incorporate the Git workflow and integrate GitLab in your existing LDAP environment. Furthermore, the book takes a peek at the GitLab CI, which is a continuous integration service specially built by people from GitLab for GitLab.

To summarize, this Cookbook will provide you with the knowledge required to work effortlessly toward self-hosting your Git repositories and maintaining them. Whether you are dealing with small or large projects, the recipes conveniently provide you with a thorough learning curve to help you handle the repository with speed and efficiency.