Recently, I had to migrate a bigger amount of git repositories from one software to another provider. One requirement was to copy the whole project including commit history and tags. Fortunately, it was easy to … Read more
When using tools such as GitLab can cloned via HTTP and SSH. Especially the second choice can be handy if there is no VPN available – but keep in mind, also sending DNS via the … Read more
GitLab can utilize LDAP to authenticate against a variety of directory services such as Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services or FreeIPA and Red Hat Identity Management. This post describes configuring and integrating into FreeIPA. By … Read more
When creating RPM packages recently, I had the effect that package names on CentOS 7 were set incorrectly. For example, a package had the name pinkepank-0.6-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm but should have set pinkepank-0.6-1.el7.x86_64.rpm instead. As Enterprise Linux derivates (CentOS, Scientific … Read more
Some time ago I wrote about GitLab Continuous Integration and explained how code changes can be catched up to create or update software packages on remote systems. In order to communicate with the development systems, … Read more
With the new major version 8, GitLab was extended to include a continuous integration (CI) component that was developed as dedicated project until now. While it was necessary to utilize external solutions, such as Jenkins, previously, … Read more
GitLab is a very popular alternative to GitHub that is available as free Community Edition for interested hobbyists and smaller companies. For installing the software, there is a script for downloading and installing the particular software … Read more
