Gitlab Puppet Module and Profiles

A short introduction in our Gitlab Module, why we created a new one and how we use profiles to customize it.

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1. Gitlab Puppet Module and Profiles Or: How do I module?
2. 07/07/15 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 2 Agenda • VSHN? Or: How do I spell that? • Gitlab: Git all the things! • (Not) just another Gitlab Puppet module • Customize it: Profiles!
3. 07/07/15 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 3 /me • Tobias Brunner aka tobru • VSHNeer • Puppetizer since 2011. Modules: – Smokeping – Knot DNS – Gitlab – Identity • Blog: https://tobrunet.ch • Twitter: @tobruzh
4. 07/07/15 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 4 Company Profile | v ʒ | ˈ ɪ nn • Owner-operated Swiss company • 12 employees at the head office in Zurich • Service provider for DevOps, software delivery automation and configuration management • Partner for operations/hosting of web applications • Further specialty fields: Consulting, System Engineering, Continuous Delivery, Monitoring, Backup, 24/7 Support
5. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 5 Software Delivery Automation
6. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 6 Gitlab? #1 Create, review and deploy code together
7. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 7 Gitlab? #2 • Release day: 22nd • Git • (Web)Hooks • Activity stream • History • Issues • Merge requests • Groups • ...
8. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 8 A Gitlab Puppet Module #1 • Forge: Found 6 modules tagged with 'gitlab' – sbadia/gitlab: Plain installation, no Omnibus. Exposes too many parameters. – spuder/gitlab: The original one. A lot (!) of workarounds for all different Gitlab versions. No repo. Bloated. – lboynton/gitlab: Abandonware. – abrader/gms: Not a Gitlab installer. – Aethylred/gitlab: Complicated, a lot of dependencies, no Omnibus. – vshn/gitlab: That's what were talking about.
9. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 9 A Gitlab Puppet Module #2 vshn/gitlab • init.pp Input validation and class caller • install.pp Repo management and package installer • config.pp Omnibus config file writer and gitlab-ctl reconfigure executor • service.pp Gitlab service manager using gitlab-ctl
10. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 10 A Gitlab Puppet Module #3 vshn/gitlab init.pp Hiera
11. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 11 A Gitlab Puppet Module #4 vshn/gitlab ERB Template
12. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 12 Customize it: Profile #1 Profile: Customize a base Puppet module with specific parameters and add surrounding services: • Backup • Monitoring • Firewall • ...
13. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 13 Customize it: Profile #2
14. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 14 Customize it: Profile #3 Hiera
15. 07/07/2015 VSHN AG | http://vshn.ch 15 Questions?