GitLab: Boon for Devops tool!

Item: GitLab
Rating: 9
Author: Meet Dhruv

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

GitLab includes a built-in container registry that allows users to store, manage, and distribute Docker images directly in the GitLab environment and that makes the deployment of containerized applications simple and more reliable. GitLab supports single sign-on (SSO) integration with popular identity providers like LDAP SAML and OAuth that is secure and safe.

Pros and Cons

Version Control
Code Review
Project Management

Complex Customization
Support Response Time
Cost reduce

Return on Investment

Built in Monitoring
Code Review
Community and support

Alternatives Considered

AWS CodeCommit

GitLab has a open-source community and great documentation that provides support resources and community contributions. AWS CodeCommit is used for integration with other AWS services in the AWS ecosystem and also have a low community and support compared to GitLab hence GitLab is used more compared to aws code commit as it has limitation.

Security

GitLab's secret detection feature is used that scan the codebase for secrets such as API tokens passwords and encryption keys that may have been used for version control. It helps to identify and remove sensitive information from the codebase to avoid unauthorized access and data breaches and provide the security.

Continuous Integration

GitLab CI allows us to test execution and build tasks that enables faster feedback and reduce validation time by distributing tests among multiple runners or stages we can optimize resource utilization and decrease the overall build and validation time. This helps us to get more quickly and deliver code changes to production faster.

Key Insights

Do you think GitLab delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with GitLab's feature set?

Yes

Did GitLab live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of GitLab go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy GitLab again?

Yes

Other Software Used

AWS CodeCommit, GitHub, Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Likelihood to Recommend

To develop the new checkout process team creates branches in GitLab's repository for each component. Each developer works on their respective branch and implement specific work. To manage all these branches team uses GitLab's flag capabilities. GitLab's built-in monitoring and feedback tools allow team to monitor the performance of the process in real-time and get the feedback from users.