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GitLab version 13.0, released just days ago, now allows for high availability and redundancy of the Git storage component. This is important if GitLab is critical for your organization, and its downtime disables software development, CI/CD pipelines and delivery times. We are talking about Gitaly — one of GitLab’s most important components. Let’s talk about Gitaly […]

Starting from today, GitHub is offering unlimited free repositories – at no charge  – on their public cloud (github dot com). It’s good for those who have a side-project and they want to keep it private; those who want to keep files private and those who want to hide a project before they make it […]

Bitbucket announcement Back in 2008, when Bitbucket (formerly Stash), Atlassian’s version-controlled software-hosting service, was launched, it supported only Mercurial repositories. Since then the version control software market has evolved, and Git became the de-facto standard.  According to StackOverfow’s 2018 survey, more than 87% of developers used Git and less than 4% used Mercurial. On August […]

To encourage downloads of the ‘Shield’ app that fights coronavirus, we have built a complementary Continuous Integration (CI) solution and code scanners to improve information security, code security and privacy of the app. We also invite the developers to use it freely and continuously in future. A few days ago, the Israeli Ministry of Health […]

Due to the latest global events and frequently asked questions, we’ve decided to gather tools and services that can help you manage remote work and working from home. We’d be happy to answer any question regarding environment setup, consulting, licensing and support. Contact us: remote@almtoolbox.com Services to support remote work Migration of test and development environments […]

I am happy to share a GitLab CI/CD video that is concise, technical and up-to-date. I have chosen this video as the best of several videos that I have recently watched. At your convenience, we have added subtitles, a summary of the video and the transcription of the video. You can watch the video and […]

We’re often asked about the integration of Kubernetes with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD and how it works if compared to Jenkins CI. So we thought to write a post about the maturity of integration with GitLab and provide a full list of how GitLab can help you get the most out of Kubernetes. So here […]

A few days ago I encountered an interesting interview in the Kubernetes Podcast website, talking about GitLab and Kubernetes. The hosts interviewed Marin Jankovski — an Engineering Manager at GitLab and the first employee of GitLab (!) . The interview concerns GitLab, Kubernetes, deployment, the SaaS offering of GitLab, transparency and an anecdote around the logo […]

Watch an interesting case study how AppsFlyer moved from Bitbucket to GitLab   Transcription: Hello, my name is Elad Leev. I’m a platform engineer from AppsFlyer and I’ve been there for the last two and a half years I love distributed systems and databases and I’m doing it for a while. I like to call […]

Last update: 06/18/2020 We have just released a new white paper (15 pages) that describes ALL features provided in GitLab that support a modern Code Review process. There are 29 relevant features to code review, and we grouped them by editions (from free edition to enterprise editions) . We also added a few examples, a […]

When a software team releases a version of its software, it is often requested to prepare a document describing that version. When the  software is delivered to a specific client (e.g., the government),  you must attach a Version Description Document (VDD). If the software is released to the general public, it is usually accompanied by […]

In short: GitLab CI/CD lets you run your programs without the need to maintain your own computer, free of charge. A few months ago, we started distributing, to some of our customers, Excel sheets listing GitLab features. How did we create those sheets? We wrote a script, which used GitLab API to extract information from […]

This week we are hosting two GitLab employees (one of them is the first engineer at GitLab company) to discuss aspects of GitLab engineering, how GitLab was built and different aspects of using GitLab effectively. Webinar is free of charge. “Ask Me Anything” about GitLab Engineering (September 26th 2PM CET) We’ll be hosting: Marin Jankovski, Engineering Manager […]

Creating a CI/CD Pipeline with GitLab and Kubernetes in 20 Minutes  GitLab and Kubernetes provide everything you need to build, test, deploy, and run your app at scale. In this session you’ll learn how to transform a fresh Kubernetes cluster into a CI/CD bastion for your GitLab projects in 20 minutes starting from scratch […]

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 […]