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Thanks for the answer - very helpful! Other (unrelated) minor things: - SAML support exists, but at last check was mostly broken. Universities in particular u

Thanks for the answer - very helpful! Other (unrelated) minor things: - SAML support exists, but at last check was mostly broken. Universities in particular use SAML over OAuth (See http://www.incommonfederation.org/participants/ http://www.incommonfederation.org/participants/) - Resource usage seems very high for small shops; will there be a GitLab "lite"? ...would be especially awesome if it didn't need a mostly dedicated container and could drop in as a subfolder of an existing site (with minimal resource requirements).

sytse 11y ago
I'm glad to hear my answer was helpful. Saml support should be pretty good, it was contributed by CERN and they use it in production. Please see http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/saml.html http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/saml.html for documentation. If you encounter a bug please create an issue on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues We will try to reduce memory usage by something like 20% in the coming year. We have package for the Raspberry Pi 2 if you're into that. But GitLab will always be large due to its many features. For more details see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/requirements.md https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/inst... If you want something with minimal requirements I recommend Gogs https://gogs.io/ https://gogs.io/
- girvo 11y ago
  It's really nice to see you plug Gogs like that :) I'm a massive fan of both! They fill different niches I think. You're always super helpful here on HN, too, and I just wanted to let you know that I (and I'm sure others here) appreciate it!
  - sytse 11y ago
    Thanks! I agree they fill a different niche.
  - m6w6 11y ago
    Huh? Looking at the GOGS documentation, it seems that only LDAP auth is upported?
    - geostyx 11y ago
      You can also just setup accounts manually, w/o using external auth.
      - m6w6 11y ago
        Ah, thanks for clarifying. Not sure why I got downvoted on that...
- mintplant 11y ago
  Info on the Raspberry Pi 2 distribution is here, if anyone else is interested: (installation instructions) https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#raspberrypi2 https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#raspberrypi2 (original blog post) https://about.gitlab.com/2015/04/21/gitlab-on-raspberry-pi-2/ https://about.gitlab.com/2015/04/21/gitlab-on-raspberry-pi-2...
  - sytse 11y ago
    Thanks for adding the links!
  - sytse 11y ago
    Thanks for adding the links!
KurtMueller 11y ago
We use Gitlab here at The Ohio State University. We authenticate via Shibboleth. So far it's worked pretty well.
- matheweis 11y ago
  Nice! Could you share some info? (Many variations of contact info in my profile). I run our Shibboleth IDP among other things, and I was told by the team that was looking at GitLab at the time that it was impossible to tie it in with the currently available SAML SP plugins. This was over a year ago, maybe things have improved...
  - sytse 11y ago
    I think support for Shibboleth was added on Aug 28, 2014, but it has been improved since then, see http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/shibboleth.html http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/shibboleth.html
kennydude 11y ago
SAML and Shibboleth is awfully documented itself, so I'm not surprised at all.

sytse 11y ago

I'm glad to hear my answer was helpful. Saml support should be pretty good, it was contributed by CERN and they use it in production. Please see http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/saml.html http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/saml.html for documentation. If you encounter a bug please create an issue on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues We will try to reduce memory usage by something like 20% in the coming year. We have package for the Raspberry Pi 2 if you're into that. But GitLab will always be large due to its many features. For more details see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/requirements.md https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/inst... If you want something with minimal requirements I recommend Gogs https://gogs.io/ https://gogs.io/

girvo 11y ago
It's really nice to see you plug Gogs like that :) I'm a massive fan of both! They fill different niches I think. You're always super helpful here on HN, too, and I just wanted to let you know that I (and I'm sure others here) appreciate it!
- sytse 11y ago
  Thanks! I agree they fill a different niche.
- m6w6 11y ago
  Huh? Looking at the GOGS documentation, it seems that only LDAP auth is upported?
  - geostyx 11y ago
    You can also just setup accounts manually, w/o using external auth.
    - m6w6 11y ago
      Ah, thanks for clarifying. Not sure why I got downvoted on that...
mintplant 11y ago
Info on the Raspberry Pi 2 distribution is here, if anyone else is interested: (installation instructions) https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#raspberrypi2 https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/#raspberrypi2 (original blog post) https://about.gitlab.com/2015/04/21/gitlab-on-raspberry-pi-2/ https://about.gitlab.com/2015/04/21/gitlab-on-raspberry-pi-2...
- sytse 11y ago
  Thanks for adding the links!
- sytse 11y ago
  Thanks for adding the links!

KurtMueller 11y ago

We use Gitlab here at The Ohio State University. We authenticate via Shibboleth. So far it's worked pretty well.

matheweis 11y ago
Nice! Could you share some info? (Many variations of contact info in my profile). I run our Shibboleth IDP among other things, and I was told by the team that was looking at GitLab at the time that it was impossible to tie it in with the currently available SAML SP plugins. This was over a year ago, maybe things have improved...
- sytse 11y ago
  I think support for Shibboleth was added on Aug 28, 2014, but it has been improved since then, see http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/shibboleth.html http://doc.gitlab.com/ce/integration/shibboleth.html

kennydude 11y ago

SAML and Shibboleth is awfully documented itself, so I'm not surprised at all.