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I recommend hosting it yourself, works great and is fast on local network. You can run updates when it's convenient to you, not to others. GitLab is a rare sof

• PhilKunz 7y ago
  I've always been a little cautious of running it myself. When I look at the components involved there are a lot of moving parts. And I don't want to be ever in a position where I can't get things started again. If I'm running on premise I'll switch to gitea with drone ci instead.
  • niceworkbuddy 7y ago
    GitLab has virtual machine image, so it's really unobtrusive for your system.
    • jeltz 7y ago
      They also have a Debian package with sets up the whole environment. It has worked well for me so far. The only thing I had to add was a backup script.
      • apple4ever 7y ago
        The omnibus package makes it real easy to install, especially with Ansible. FYI if you are uploading to AWS or other cloud providers, you don’t even need a backup script. You can configure it in the gitlab.rb file: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_restore.html#uploading-backups-to-a-remote-cloud-storage https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/raketasks/backup_restore.html#upl...