preconfigured-gitlab

This repository creates preconfigured GitLab to download Your repos and run their CI/CD pipelines in EC2. 🔨

Create your GitLab server only when you need it and destroy it afterwards using simple Terraform commands! 💥 This will reduce your costs to minimum!

Use my init script and adapt them to your environment to quickly recreate a preconfigured GitLab for your own needs! Turn it on and off whenever your want. 😎

Usage:

0. Install AWS CLI and Terraform.

1. Create AWS access keys and export them:

$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AK************IEVXQ
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=gbaIbK*********************iwN0dGfS

, or configure a default AWS profile

aws configure --profile default
AWS Access Key ID [None]: AK************IEVXQ
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: gbaIbK*********************iwN0dGfS
Default region name [None]: eu-central-1
Default output format [None]: json

2. Create preconfigured-gitlab-key certificate key to be able to login using ssh

3. Execute:

cd infrastructure-terra

terraform init

, and then:

terraform apply

, confirm with 'yes' and enjoy your newly created AWS EC2 GitLab server ;) The IP will be randomly generated and printed in the console output.

       *.                  *.
      ***                 ***
     *****               *****
    .******             *******
    ********            ********
   ,,,,,,,,,***********,,,,,,,,,
  ,,,,,,,,,,,*********,,,,,,,,,,,
  .,,,,,,,,,,,*******,,,,,,,,,,,,
      ,,,,,,,,,*****,,,,,,,,,.
         ,,,,,,,****,,,,,,
            .,,,***,,,,
                ,*,.
     _______ __  __          __
    / ____(_) /_/ /   ____ _/ /_
   / / __/ / __/ /   / __ `/ __ \
  / /_/ / / /_/ /___/ /_/ / /_/ /
  \____/_/\__/_____/\__,_/_.___/


Thank you for installing GitLab!
GitLab should be available at http://<random-ip>/

4. To destroy you EC2 instance execute:

terraform destroy

... and type: 'yes'.

Deploy your GitLab instance only when needed to reduce the costs and destroy it afterwards ;)

So far this server is only created and doesn't include any ready to go pipelines or repos.

Need further support?

Contact me if you need help at rojberr@outlook.com .

Quick TODO list:

• use Amazon EC2 Spot Instances,

• adhere to Spot Instances best practices,

• automate with Kubernetes the deployment, management, and scaling of containers

• setting up the infra / server

• downloading gitlab or container hosted?

• installation / first setup

• unlocking gitlab for the first time (token?)

• user creation (at least one for each: guest / dev / admin) with roles

• gitlab master runners setup (one master and create at least one runner) (master - scheduling jobs, communicating and giving instr) (runner - execute jobs, takes cmds from master)

• configure global security for runners

• build pipelines (at least one for each project)

• schedule some nightly / periodic builds

• configure build triggers on git push (webhook and poll scm)

• delegate user database or include LDAP

• configure:

• set system message

• set # executors

• email notifications (use plugin extended e-mail notification)

• configure smtp (gmail? / docker mailserver)

• html reports after tests

• add .gitlab-ci.yml to each project

• pipelines to build docker image from Dockerfile and upload to Dockerhub

• multibranch jobs ?? like in jenkins?

• deploy with AWS marketplace image? and then edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb ? sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure