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To install GitLab on my company, I have two main choices:

  • Use Docker
  • Use a regular package

This kind of installation doesn't really need to be portable and would probably require a whole VM dedicated to it. So why is the Docker alternative a good solution ?

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I like putting applications into containers, because:

  • installation is easier
  • you can easily split configuration, core application and database
    • easier to switch to a different database
  • if you have messed it up, just delete the core container, link your database and your configuration to it and you will be fine again
  • gitlab runs in its own separated environment
    • this also gives you security advantages

Often programs are very complicated to be installed (I haven't installed GitLab by myself yet, just used the containers) which is why I often tend to use containers, because I do not want to think about the installation process -- just a docker-compose or docker-command and it's running. That sufficiently convinces me to use it.

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