GitLab Admin Training Overview
This Introduction to GitLab Administration training course teaches attendees the fundamentals of GitLab's components and architecture and how to successfully install, configure, and update GitLab.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Understand the GitLab framework
- Deploy successful CI/CD environments
- Install, configure, and maintain tasks in GitLab
- Work with GitLab.com
- Understand the GitLab UI
- Use GitLab CE on AWS
- Import GitHub into GitLab
Prerequisites
An understanding of the software development lifecycle and CI/CD process is helpful.
Outline
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Introduction to GitLab
- What is GitLab
- Big Bang Workflow - Where does GitLab fit?
- History
- Benefits
- Features
- Advantage and disadvantages
- Gitlab Components
- Setting up an Account
- Create New Project
- Choice for Projects
- GitLab Commands
Introduction to CI/CD and GitLab
- Foundation of Agile AppDev
- Extreme Programming
- Agile Development
- What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
- Typical Setup for Continuous Integration
- Setup Notes for Continuous Integration
- CI with Artifact Management
- What is Continuous Delivery (CD)?
- Why Continuous Delivery?
- DevOps and Continuous Delivery
- Continuous Delivery Challenges
- Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment
- GitLab CI/CD
- Running GitLab
- Creating a GitLab Project
- GitLab via YAML Templates
Introduction to GitLab Flow
- Environment Branches
- Release Branches
- Release Branches (Contd.)
- Pros and Cons
Best Practices for GitLab
- Secure GitLab
- Users
- Build Directory
- Shutdown
- CI/CD
- Optimize Pipeline Stages
GitLab Administration
- GitLab Administrator
- GitLab Distributions
- Installing GitLab
- Installing GitLab on Linux
- Guide to Linux Installations
- GitLab on Amazon AWS
- GitLab on Amazon Documentation
- Official GitLab releases as AMIs
- Pick the GitLab AWS Edition
- EKS cluster provisioning best practices
- Use eksctl
- Gitaly
- Get Started Administering GitLab
- Example of Backing up GitLab SaaS
- Alternative backup strategies
Conclusion
Training Materials
All GitLab training attendees receive comprehensive course materials.
Software Requirements
- Git 2.x or later
- GitLab and related files that Accelebrate provides
- Internet access for all attendees and the instructor
