Re: [gentoo-user] Gitlab experiences

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:44 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> Has anyone attempted to install a self hosted gitlab  on gentoo server(s)?
> A small gentoo cluster/container setup? Using a Distributed File System,
> like cephfs, orangefs or other DFS?
>

I know the Gentoo Infra team has had negative experiences with hosting
just about anything Java and don't want to go near it.  I don't know
if that is based on specific experiences with GitLab or with just
avoidance with Java in general.  Most of the competing solutions in
this space are also Java-based which is why we don't host any kind of
alternative to Github.

So, take that as a data point or not as you wish.  Certainly
interested to hear what others have found.

One thing I might suggest if there are concerns with maintenance of
Java is that you try to containerize it as much as possible.  Put
Gitlab and its dependencies in a container.  Use config management to
carefully track what need to be changed above the baseline to get it
working.  Put all the storage on mounts hosted outside the container
and bind/network mount them into the container.  Then if things get
out of hand in updates/etc you can just build a new Gitlab container
on each update, apply configuration and mounts, and then test it out.
You could make everything Gitlab depends on essentially disposable
that way.

-- 
Rich