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Maintaining a GitLab server takes time.

by geostyx 8y ago

theyinwhy 8y ago
This is just utterly wrong. yum upgrade Done. No problems for years now. Not a single one.
- naikrovek 8y ago
  Are you using it? I've yet to come across anyone hosting their own gitlab instance that has not had trouble of some sort.
  - lttlrck 8y ago
    I am using it on Digital Ocean. I have had no issues whatsoever. Not only that, it’s a 1-click application too so I didn’t even have any setup issues. That’s not to say I won’t have trouble of some sort one day - but what software is 100% trouble free? Edit: typos
  - Sir_Substance 8y ago
    Really? I've been using and selfhosting it for years without issue.
  - Lazare 8y ago
    My company has been self hosting the CE edition for quite a while; it's been totally smooth. Zero issues.
    - leetbulb 8y ago
      Same here. After a few years and moving it around from server to server (switched hosts a couple times), it's run flawlessly and upgrades are just one apt-get upgrade away...never had a single issue with that. We have 40+ projects and utilize container registry and CI with Kubernetes as well.
      - naikrovek 8y ago
        Dang. Afaict, you guys are the exceptions to the rule. I guess you folks gave it enough hardware to run properly. From what I'm reading that's what's missing in a lot of failing installations. It seems particularly resource hungry.
        theyinwhy 8y ago
        Code repository management is a central part of every company. I don't see any problem in throwing sufficient hardware at such a crucial piece of software. Relevant: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html#hardware-requirements https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html#hardwar...
        naikrovek 8y ago
        Thank you. I wonder why the advise a minimum of 4GB of RAM and offer a build for Raspberry Pi. Changing that URL from "/ee/" to "/ce/" gives the same RAM requirements.
        theyinwhy 8y ago
        I would be guessing someone at gitlab was playing around with his/her Raspberry. But yeah, I would advise against running anything important on a Raspberry ;).
        leetbulb 8y ago
        It's currently running as an omnibus installation on a KVM node. 8GB of memory and 4 vCPU (E3-1230v6). Anything more than 4GB of memory and a couple cores appears to be sufficient for our use.
        Lazare 8y ago
        Actually, one of the things we're liking about Gitlab is how lightweight it is. ...of course, it replaced Upsource for us, and Upsource is incredibly resource hungry, so maybe we just have a very, very skewed frame of reference. :)
  - Karunamon 8y ago
    Anecdotal but I’ve gone through two major versions and a bunch of point releases at $dayjob and the worst that ever happened was a failed database migration that didn’t actually break anything. It’s probably the easiest thing to upgrade in our entire app stack.
  - some_account 8y ago
    I ran the latest version inside docker for 6 months and used daily CI/CD across multiple environments. It's been perfectly stable and fast. Highly recommended.
  - apple4ever 8y ago
    I've used it at two different jobs where we hosted it ourselves, and I host it for my own projects at home, and I have had zero issues with it. I'm actually surprised that many people you know have had issues with it.

Maintaining a GitLab server takes time.

theyinwhy 8y ago

This is just utterly wrong. yum upgrade Done. No problems for years now. Not a single one.

naikrovek 8y ago
Are you using it? I've yet to come across anyone hosting their own gitlab instance that has not had trouble of some sort.
- lttlrck 8y ago
  I am using it on Digital Ocean. I have had no issues whatsoever. Not only that, it’s a 1-click application too so I didn’t even have any setup issues. That’s not to say I won’t have trouble of some sort one day - but what software is 100% trouble free? Edit: typos
- Sir_Substance 8y ago
  Really? I've been using and selfhosting it for years without issue.
- Lazare 8y ago
  My company has been self hosting the CE edition for quite a while; it's been totally smooth. Zero issues.
  - leetbulb 8y ago
    Same here. After a few years and moving it around from server to server (switched hosts a couple times), it's run flawlessly and upgrades are just one apt-get upgrade away...never had a single issue with that. We have 40+ projects and utilize container registry and CI with Kubernetes as well.
    - naikrovek 8y ago
      Dang. Afaict, you guys are the exceptions to the rule. I guess you folks gave it enough hardware to run properly. From what I'm reading that's what's missing in a lot of failing installations. It seems particularly resource hungry.
      - theyinwhy 8y ago
        Code repository management is a central part of every company. I don't see any problem in throwing sufficient hardware at such a crucial piece of software. Relevant: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html#hardware-requirements https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html#hardwar...
        naikrovek 8y ago
        Thank you. I wonder why the advise a minimum of 4GB of RAM and offer a build for Raspberry Pi. Changing that URL from "/ee/" to "/ce/" gives the same RAM requirements.
        theyinwhy 8y ago
        I would be guessing someone at gitlab was playing around with his/her Raspberry. But yeah, I would advise against running anything important on a Raspberry ;).
      - leetbulb 8y ago
        It's currently running as an omnibus installation on a KVM node. 8GB of memory and 4 vCPU (E3-1230v6). Anything more than 4GB of memory and a couple cores appears to be sufficient for our use.
      - Lazare 8y ago
        Actually, one of the things we're liking about Gitlab is how lightweight it is. ...of course, it replaced Upsource for us, and Upsource is incredibly resource hungry, so maybe we just have a very, very skewed frame of reference. :)
- Karunamon 8y ago
  Anecdotal but I’ve gone through two major versions and a bunch of point releases at $dayjob and the worst that ever happened was a failed database migration that didn’t actually break anything. It’s probably the easiest thing to upgrade in our entire app stack.
- some_account 8y ago
  I ran the latest version inside docker for 6 months and used daily CI/CD across multiple environments. It's been perfectly stable and fast. Highly recommended.
- apple4ever 8y ago
  I've used it at two different jobs where we hosted it ourselves, and I host it for my own projects at home, and I have had zero issues with it. I'm actually surprised that many people you know have had issues with it.