Ralf <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> writes:
> On 07/13/16 16:35, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:19 AM, Ralf > > <ralf+gentoo <at> ramses-pyramidenbau.de> wrote: > >> I recommend to deploy gitlab inside a Debian LXC/Docker container as > >> Gitlab guys provide and maintain precompiled .deb packages. You do not > >> want to compile it on your own as it comes with a load of dependencies. > >> And once dependencies change you really might run into trouble with > >> gentoo. Gitlab isn't just a tiny one-click-and-it-runs webservice, it's > >> a whole ecosystem. Yep, I heard a bit of bitching about maintaining it. I was contacted by a corp to install and manage gitlab for them. It's not my cup of tea, so folks in that space must be upset with maintenance issues.... > > This is part of why I'd suggest not upgrading it in-place. Just > > create a new container from scratch every time there is an update. > Sure, I totally agree. But from a maintenance point of view this can > become a full-time job very quickly, as gitlab has pretty short > innovation and release cycles. And you do want to install updates very > quickly, especially for web-apps. Interesting idea. It certainly is a good candidate for codes that stress a cluster. I'll keep that in mind. > Ralf > > OF course, Gentoo makes this somewhat more painful than other distros; > > it tends to be designed around upgrading in-place. I did not realize it was so java centric...... I'm out, cause I have more icedtea-java projects than I know what to do with..... (apache-spark). Thanks for all the info guys, James
